[bug#62465] [PATCH v3 2/2] services: mcron: Add instance name support for mcron.

[Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>]

Allow running more than one mcron instance.
Make log-file a mandatory field when instantiating
mcron-configuration records.

Follow-up to <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/62169>.

* gnu/services/mcron.scm (mcron-configuration)[instance-name]: New field.
[log-file]: Update description. Remove default value.
(mcron-shepherd-services): Implement instance-name support. Set the
default service instantiation to log to /var/log/mcron.log.
* gnu/tests/base.scm (%mcron-os): Update tests.
* doc/guix.texi (Scheduled Job Execution): Update it.
---

Notable changes from v2 to v3:
  Changing the final log-file value used in v2 behind the scenes
made it poorly reflexive as you couldn't trust what the accessors returned.
v3 makes log-file a mandatory field that has to be set manually and leaves
the default service instantiation responsible for setting the default log-file
that is used for the main mcron instance.

 doc/guix.texi          | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 gnu/services/mcron.scm | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 gnu/tests/base.scm     |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 5a597cf122..b9bd78f3cc 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19383,6 +19383,10 @@ Scheduled Job Execution
 This is a list of symbols naming Shepherd services that this service
 will depend on.
 
+@item @code{instance} (type: maybe-symbol)
+Set the shepherd service name to @code{mcron-@var{instance}}.  This is
+useful when you want to have more than one mcron instance.
+
 @item @code{jobs} (default: @code{()}) (type: list-of-gexps)
 This is a list of gexps (@pxref{G-Expressions}), where each gexp
 corresponds to an mcron job specification (@pxref{Syntax, mcron job
@@ -19391,8 +19395,10 @@ Scheduled Job Execution
 @item @code{log?} (default: @code{#t}) (type: boolean)
 Log messages to standard output.
 
-@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/mcron.log"}) (type: string)
-Log file location.
+@item @code{log-file} (type: string)
+Log file location.  By default, the main mcron instance (which is
+instantiated with @samp{(service mcron-service-type)}) is set to log to
+@file{/var/log/mcron.log}.
 
 @item @code{log-format} (default: @code{"~1@@*~a ~a: ~a~%"}) (type: string)
 @code{(ice-9 format)} format string for log messages.  The default value
@@ -19407,6 +19413,28 @@ Scheduled Job Execution
 @end deftp
 @c %end of fragment
 
+Occasionally, it is desirable to run another mcron instance to separate
+some of the jobs from the main mcron instance for clarity purposes, or if
+the jobs are very chatty and frequent. (for example, a heartbeat check
+every 30 seconds)
+
+The example below shows how an extra mcron service can be defined.
+@lisp
+(use (guix)
+     (guix records)
+     (gnu services)
+     (gnu services mcron))
+
+(define secondary-mcron-service-type
+  (service-type
+   (inherit mcron-service-type)
+   (name 'mcron-secondary)
+   (default-value
+     (mcron-configuration
+       (instance 'secondary)
+       (log-file "/var/log/mcron-secondary.log")))))
+@end lisp
+
 @node Log Rotation
 @subsection Log Rotation
 
diff --git a/gnu/services/mcron.scm b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
index 99eb0edd60..164ef0e723 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mcron.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mcron.scm
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ (define-module (gnu services mcron)
   #:use-module (guix records)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 format)
   #:use-module (ice-9 match)
   #:use-module (ice-9 vlist)
   #:export (mcron-configuration
             mcron-configuration?
             mcron-configuration-mcron
             mcron-configuration-shepherd-requirement
+            mcron-configuration-instance
             mcron-configuration-jobs
             mcron-configuration-log?
             mcron-configuration-log-file
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ (define list-of-symbols?
   (list-of symbol?))
 
 (define-maybe/no-serialization string)
+(define-maybe/no-serialization symbol)
 
 (define-configuration/no-serialization mcron-configuration
   (mcron
@@ -74,6 +77,11 @@ (define-configuration/no-serialization mcron-configuration
    "This is a list of symbols naming Shepherd services that this service
 will depend on.")
 
+  (instance
+   maybe-symbol
+   "Set the shepherd service name to @code{mcron-@var{instance}}.
+This is useful when you want to have more than one mcron instance.")
+
   (jobs
    (list-of-gexps '())
    "This is a list of gexps (@pxref{G-Expressions}), where each gexp
@@ -85,8 +93,10 @@ (define-configuration/no-serialization mcron-configuration
    "Log messages to standard output.")
 
   (log-file
-   (string "/var/log/mcron.log")
-   "Log file location.")
+   string
+   "Log file location.  By default, the main mcron instance
+(which is instantiated with @samp{(service mcron-service-type)})
+is set to log to @file{/var/log/mcron.log}.")
 
   (log-format
    (string "~1@*~a ~a: ~a~%")
@@ -167,12 +177,16 @@ (define (shepherd-schedule-action mcron files)
 
 (define (mcron-shepherd-services config)
   (match-record config <mcron-configuration>
-    (mcron shepherd-requirement jobs log? log-file log-format date-format)
+    (mcron shepherd-requirement instance
+     jobs log? log-file log-format date-format)
     (if (eq? jobs '())
         '()                             ;nothing to do
-        (let ((files (job-files mcron jobs)))
+        (let* ((files (job-files mcron jobs))
+               (instance-name
+                (format #f "mcron~@[-~a~]" (maybe-value instance)))
+               (service-name (string->symbol instance-name)))
           (list (shepherd-service
-                 (provision '(mcron))
+                 (provision (list service-name))
                  (requirement `(user-processes ,@shepherd-requirement))
                  (modules `((srfi srfi-1)
                             (srfi srfi-26)
@@ -220,7 +234,9 @@ (define mcron-service-type
                            (inherit config)
                            (jobs (append (mcron-configuration-jobs config)
                                          jobs)))))
-                (default-value (mcron-configuration)))) ;empty job list
+                (default-value
+                  (mcron-configuration
+                   (log-file "/var/log/mcron.log"))))) ;empty job list
 
 \f
 ;;;
diff --git a/gnu/tests/base.scm b/gnu/tests/base.scm
index 97edbbc6ad..ffff713e4c 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/base.scm
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@ (define %mcron-os
                      "touch witness-touch")))
     (simple-operating-system
      (service mcron-service-type
-              (mcron-configuration (jobs (list job1 job2 job3)))))))
+              (mcron-configuration
+               (jobs (list job1 job2 job3))
+               (log-file "/var/log/mcron.log"))))))
 
 (define (run-mcron-test name)
   (define os
-- 
2.39.1