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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-10-27 12:26:31 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2021-12-12 23:20:50 +0100
commit5967aee398c26a4814da1d8dba3f2dba84b06a4b (patch)
treebc6b08807abc7ac3eb4afdd3265dc12c341e8ba3
parent1644f4f1f8957f3f3a88037aed80d501fdceaae7 (diff)
services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (%loopback-static-networking): New variable. (%base-services): Use it. * gnu/system/hurd.scm (%base-services/hurd): Use it. * gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use it. * doc/guix.texi (Networking Setup): Document it.
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi7
-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm17
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/hurd.scm8
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm8
4 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 22f710d0c1..c00ec81e44 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -17012,6 +17012,13 @@ List of arguments for this type of link.
@end table
@end deftp
+@cindex loopback device
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %loopback-static-networking
+This is the @code{static-networking} record representing the ``loopback
+device'', @code{lo}, for IP addresses 127.0.0.1 and ::1, and providing
+the @code{loopback} Shepherd service.
+@end defvr
+
@cindex networking, with QEMU
@cindex QEMU, networking
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %qemu-static-networking
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 31b418dabf..5f93483dda 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
static-networking-service
static-networking-service-type
+ %loopback-static-networking
%qemu-static-networking
udev-configuration
@@ -2710,6 +2711,15 @@ to handle."
(provision (or provision '(networking)))
(name-servers name-servers)))))
+(define %loopback-static-networking
+ ;; The loopback device.
+ (static-networking
+ (addresses (list (network-address
+ (device "lo")
+ (value "127.0.0.1"))))
+ (requirement '())
+ (provision '(loopback))))
+
(define %qemu-static-networking
;; Networking configuration for QEMU's user-mode network stack (info "(QEMU)
;; Using the user mode network stack").
@@ -2754,12 +2764,7 @@ to handle."
(tty "tty6")))
(service static-networking-service-type
- (list (static-networking
- (addresses (list (network-address
- (device "lo")
- (value "127.0.0.1"))))
- (requirement '())
- (provision '(loopback)))))
+ (list %loopback-static-networking))
(syslog-service)
(service urandom-seed-service-type)
(service guix-service-type)
diff --git a/gnu/system/hurd.scm b/gnu/system/hurd.scm
index ec8484d746..2acc7b7e11 100644
--- a/gnu/system/hurd.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/hurd.scm
@@ -79,13 +79,7 @@
(service hurd-getty-service-type (hurd-getty-configuration
(tty "tty2")))
(service static-networking-service-type
- (list (static-networking
- (addresses
- (list (network-address
- (device "lo")
- (value "127.0.0.1"))))
- (requirement '())
- (provision '(loopback)))
+ (list %loopback-static-networking
;; QEMU user-mode networking. To get "eth0", you need
;; QEMU to emulate a device for which Mach has an
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index bdfe580145..073d7df1db 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -408,13 +408,7 @@ Access documentation at any time by pressing Alt-F2.\x1b[0m
;; Loopback device, needed by OpenSSH notably.
(service static-networking-service-type
- (list (static-networking
- (addresses
- (list (network-address
- (device "lo")
- (value "127.0.0.1"))))
- (requirement '())
- (provision '(loopback)))))
+ (list %loopback-static-networking))
(service wpa-supplicant-service-type)
(dbus-service)