# Defines a service for automatically collecting Nix garbage # periodically, without relying on the (ostensibly broken) Nix options # for min/max space available. { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let cfg = config.services.depot.automatic-gc; description = "Automatically collect Nix garbage"; GiBtoKiB = n: n * 1024 * 1024; GiBtoBytes = n: n * 1024 * 1024 * 1024; gcScript = pkgs.writeShellScript "automatic-nix-gc" '' set -ueo pipefail if [ -e /run/stop-automatic-gc ]; then echo "GC is disabled through /run/stop-automatic-gc" exit 0 fi readonly MIN_THRESHOLD_KIB="${toString (GiBtoKiB cfg.diskThreshold)}" readonly MAX_FREED_BYTES="${toString (GiBtoBytes cfg.maxFreed)}" readonly GEN_THRESHOLD="${cfg.preserveGenerations}" readonly AVAILABLE_KIB=$(df --sync /nix --output=avail | tail -n1) if [ "''${AVAILABLE_KIB}" -lt "''${MIN_THRESHOLD_KIB}" ]; then echo "Have ''${AVAILABLE_KIB} KiB, but want ''${MIN_THRESHOLD_KIB} KiB." echo "Triggering Nix garbage collection up to ''${MAX_FREED_BYTES} bytes." set -x ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix-collect-garbage \ --delete-older-than "''${GEN_THRESHOLD}" \ --max-freed "''${MAX_FREED_BYTES}" else echo "Skipping GC, enough space available" fi ''; in { options.services.depot.automatic-gc = { enable = lib.mkEnableOption description; interval = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.str; example = "1h"; description = '' Interval between garbage collection runs, specified in systemd.time(7) format. ''; }; diskThreshold = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.int; example = "100"; description = '' Minimum amount of space that needs to be available (in GiB) on the partition holding /nix. Garbage collection is triggered if it falls below this. ''; }; maxFreed = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.int; example = "420"; description = '' Maximum amount of space to free in a single GC run, in GiB. ''; }; preserveGenerations = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.str; default = "90d"; description = '' Preserve NixOS generations younger than the specified value, in the format expected by nix-collect-garbage(1). ''; }; }; config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { systemd.services.automatic-gc = { inherit description; script = "${gcScript}"; serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot"; }; systemd.timers.automatic-gc = { inherit description; requisite = [ "nix-daemon.service" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; timerConfig = { OnActiveSec = "1"; OnUnitActiveSec = cfg.interval; }; }; }; }