[bug#70677] [PATCH 0/2] Improve syslog service flexibility

[bug#70677] [PATCH 0/2] Improve syslog service flexibility

[Jean-Baptiste Note]

While setting up centralized logging in a guix environment, I had to add flags
to the running syslog on the central server (udp networking, for instance).

Further, I had to use rsyslog instead of syslog.

The following set of patches enable both of these to be done. The patches are
independent conceptually but touch around the same pieces of code, so they're
presented as a set.

Jean-Baptiste Note (2):
  services: syslog: Add extra-options argument to syslog service.
  services: syslog: Adjust service for rsyslog compatibility.

 doc/guix.texi         | 3 +++
 gnu/services/base.scm | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


-- 
2.41.0

[bug#70677] [PATCH 1/2] services: syslog: Add extra-options argument to syslog service.

[Jean-Baptiste Note]

* gnu/services/base.scm (<syslog-configuration>): Add extra-options field.
  (syslog-shepherd-service): Use it when running the service.

* doc/guix.texi: Document it.

Change-Id: I540d070b9a9678b45ec9fa28d6fdc761f9b3fd9a
---
 doc/guix.texi         | 3 +++
 gnu/services/base.scm | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 3a9afcd814..81e6283196 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -19442,6 +19442,9 @@ Base Services
 @xref{syslogd invocation,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils}, for more
 information on the configuration file syntax.
 
+@item @code{extra-options} (default: @code{'()})
+List of extra command-line options for @command{syslog}.
+
 @end table
 @end deftp
 
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index f35d74ee40..47565a3d5a 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1553,7 +1553,9 @@ (define-record-type* <syslog-configuration>
   (syslogd              syslog-configuration-syslogd
                         (default (file-append inetutils "/libexec/syslogd")))
   (config-file          syslog-configuration-config-file
-                        (default %default-syslog.conf)))
+                        (default %default-syslog.conf))
+  (extra-options        syslog-configuration-extra-options
+                        (default '())))
 
 ;;; Note: a static file name is used for syslog.conf so that the reload action
 ;;; work as intended.
@@ -1589,7 +1591,8 @@ (define (syslog-shepherd-service config)
    ;; action work as intended.
    (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
              (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
-                   #$(string-append "--rcfile=" syslog.conf))
+                   #$(string-append "--rcfile=" syslog.conf)
+                   #$@(syslog-configuration-extra-options config))
              #:file-creation-mask #o137
              #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))
    (stop #~(make-kill-destructor))))
-- 
2.41.0

[bug#70677] [PATCH 2/2] services: syslog: Adjust service for rsyslog compatibility.

[Jean-Baptiste Note]

* gnu/services/base.scm (syslog-shepherd-service): Change flag for designating
configuration file. The long option is not compatible with rsyslog while the
short is; switch to the short one.
---
 gnu/services/base.scm | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 47565a3d5a..0d73e5344e 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1591,7 +1591,8 @@ (define (syslog-shepherd-service config)
    ;; action work as intended.
    (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
              (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
-                   #$(string-append "--rcfile=" syslog.conf)
+                   ;; the -f option here is compatible with rsyslog
+                   #$(string-append "-f " syslog.conf)
                    #$@(syslog-configuration-extra-options config))
              #:file-creation-mask #o137
              #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))
-- 
2.41.0

bug#70677: [PATCH 0/2] Improve syslog service flexibility

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Jean-Baptiste Note <jean-baptiste.note@m4x.org> skribis:

> While setting up centralized logging in a guix environment, I had to add flags
> to the running syslog on the central server (udp networking, for instance).
>
> Further, I had to use rsyslog instead of syslog.
>
> The following set of patches enable both of these to be done. The patches are
> independent conceptually but touch around the same pieces of code, so they're
> presented as a set.
>
> Jean-Baptiste Note (2):
>   services: syslog: Add extra-options argument to syslog service.
>   services: syslog: Adjust service for rsyslog compatibility.

Finally applied.

Sorry that it took so many months for no good reason!

Ludo’.

[bug#70677] [PATCH 0/2] Improve syslog service flexibility

[Jean-Baptiste Note]

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Hi Ludovic,

First, thank you for devoting some previous Christmas time to this.  I'm
reading this out of office, and i'm suddenly assailed by a doubt. It's
been a while, but I think the second patch, amending the commandline,
was completely untested and completely wrong.

Indeed the string "-f syslog.conf" is not a proper argument and won't be
parsed as such, it should probably be something like "-f"
#$(syslog.conf) (two separate arguments).

I can't easily assess the situation from where I am, or access a
possibly updated patch version from work, but maybe the continuous
integration is showing the problem.

I'm very sorry for the situation, and I think you may want to revert
this part of the series to avoid nuisances to people who would do a
system upgrade.

I will send a fixed patch as soon as possible, which may take a few
days. The problem doesn't show upon system build but on system reboot,
and manifests itself with an early fail during the herd startup
sequence.

I'm very sorry about the situation, and even more so about wasting your
time.

Kind regards,
Jean-Baptiste

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