1 { config, lib, pkgs, options, ... }:
6 cfg = config.services.transmission;
7 inherit (config.environment) etc;
8 apparmor = config.security.apparmor.enable;
9 stateDir = "/var/lib/transmission";
10 # TODO: switch to configGen.json once RFC0042 is implemented
11 settingsFile = pkgs.writeText "settings.json" (builtins.toJSON (cfg.settings // {
12 download-dir = "${stateDir}/Downloads";
13 incomplete-dir = "${stateDir}/.incomplete";
15 settingsDir = ".config/transmission-daemon";
16 makeAbsolute = base: path:
17 if builtins.match "^/.*" path == null
18 then base+"/"+path else path;
22 services.transmission = {
23 enable = mkEnableOption ''
24 Whether or not to enable the headless Transmission BitTorrent daemon.
26 Transmission daemon can be controlled via the RPC interface using
27 transmission-remote, the WebUI (http://${cfg.settings.rpc-bind-address}:${toString cfg.settings.rpc-port}/ by default),
28 or other clients like stig or tremc.
30 Torrents are downloaded to ${cfg.settings.download-dir} by default and are
31 accessible to users in the "transmission" group.
34 settings = mkOption rec {
35 # TODO: switch to types.config.json as prescribed by RFC0042 once it's implemented
38 let super = recursiveUpdate default attrs; in
40 download-dir = makeAbsolute cfg.home super.download-dir;
41 incomplete-dir = makeAbsolute cfg.home super.incomplete-dir;
45 download-dir = "${cfg.home}/Downloads";
46 incomplete-dir = "${cfg.home}/.incomplete";
47 incomplete-dir-enabled = true;
49 peer-port-random-high = 65535;
50 peer-port-random-low = 49152;
51 peer-port-random-on-start = false;
52 rpc-bind-address = "127.0.0.1";
54 umask = 18; # 0o022 in decimal as expected by Transmission, obtained with: echo $((8#022))
58 download-dir = "/srv/torrents/";
59 incomplete-dir = "/srv/torrents/.incomplete/";
60 incomplete-dir-enabled = true;
61 rpc-whitelist = "127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*";
64 Attribute set whose fields overwrites fields in
65 <literal>.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json</literal>
66 (each time the service starts). String values must be quoted, integer and
67 boolean values must not.
69 See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Editing-Configuration-Files
74 downloadDirPermissions = mkOption {
79 The permissions set by the <literal>systemd-tmpfiles-setup</literal> service
80 on <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.download-dir</link>
81 and <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.incomplete-dir</link>.
88 TCP port number to run the RPC/web interface.
90 If instead you want to change the peer port,
91 use <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.peer-port</link>
92 or <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.peer-port-random-on-start</link>.
100 The directory where Transmission will create <literal>.config/transmission-daemon/</literal>.
101 as well as <literal>Downloads/</literal> unless <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.download-dir</link> is changed,
102 and <literal>.incomplete/</literal> unless <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.incomplete-dir</link> is changed.
108 default = "transmission";
109 description = "User account under which Transmission runs.";
114 default = "transmission";
115 description = "Group account under which Transmission runs.";
118 credentialsFile = mkOption {
121 Path to a JSON file to be merged with the settings.
122 Useful to merge a file which is better kept out of the Nix store
123 because it contains sensible data like <link linkend="opt-services.transmission.settings">settings.rpc-password</link>.
125 default = "/dev/null";
126 example = "/var/lib/secrets/transmission/settings.json";
129 openFirewall = mkEnableOption "Whether to automatically open the peer port(s) in the firewall.";
133 config = mkIf cfg.enable {
134 systemd.tmpfiles.rules =
135 optional (cfg.home != stateDir) "d '${cfg.home}/${settingsDir}' 700 '${cfg.user}' '${cfg.group}' - -"
136 ++ [ "d '${cfg.settings.download-dir}' '${cfg.downloadDirPermissions}' '${cfg.user}' '${cfg.group}' - -" ]
137 ++ optional cfg.settings.incomplete-dir-enabled
138 "d '${cfg.settings.incomplete-dir}' '${cfg.downloadDirPermissions}' '${cfg.user}' '${cfg.group}' - -";
141 { assertion = builtins.match "^/.*" cfg.home != null;
142 message = "`services.transmission.home' must be an absolute path.";
144 { assertion = types.port.check cfg.settings.rpc-port;
145 message = "${toString cfg.settings.rpc-port} is not a valid port number for `services.transmission.settings.rpc-port`.";
147 # In case both port and settings.rpc-port are explicitely defined: they must be the same.
148 { assertion = !options.services.transmission.port.isDefined || cfg.port == cfg.settings.rpc-port;
149 message = "`services.transmission.port' is not equal to `services.transmission.settings.rpc-port'";
153 services.transmission.settings =
154 optionalAttrs options.services.transmission.port.isDefined { rpc-port = cfg.port; };
156 systemd.services.transmission = {
157 description = "Transmission BitTorrent Service";
158 after = [ "network.target" ] ++ optional apparmor "apparmor.service";
159 requires = optional apparmor "apparmor.service";
160 wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
161 environment.CURL_CA_BUNDLE = etc."ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt".source;
164 ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq --slurp add ${settingsFile} '${cfg.credentialsFile}' >'${stateDir}/${settingsDir}/settings.json'
168 WorkingDirectory = stateDir;
169 ExecStart = "${pkgs.transmission}/bin/transmission-daemon -f";
170 ExecReload = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
173 StateDirectory = removePrefix "/var/lib/" stateDir + "/" + settingsDir;
174 StateDirectoryMode = "0700";
176 optional (cfg.home != stateDir) "${cfg.home}/${settingsDir}:${stateDir}/${settingsDir}"
177 ++ [ "${cfg.settings.download-dir}:${stateDir}/Downloads" ]
178 ++ optional cfg.settings.incomplete-dir-enabled "${cfg.settings.incomplete-dir}:${stateDir}/.incomplete";
179 # The following options give:
180 # systemd-analyze security transmission
181 # → Overall exposure level for transmission.service: 1.5 OK
182 AmbientCapabilities = "";
183 CapabilityBoundingSet = "";
184 LockPersonality = true;
185 MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
186 NoNewPrivileges = true;
187 PrivateDevices = true;
188 PrivateMounts = true;
189 PrivateNetwork = false;
191 PrivateUsers = false;
193 ProtectControlGroups = true;
194 ProtectHome = mkDefault true;
195 ProtectHostname = true;
196 ProtectKernelLogs = true;
197 ProtectKernelModules = true;
198 ProtectKernelTunables = true;
199 ProtectSystem = mkDefault "strict";
200 ReadWritePaths = [ stateDir ];
202 RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "AF_INET" "AF_INET6" ];
203 RestrictNamespaces = true;
204 RestrictRealtime = true;
205 RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
206 # In case transmission crashes with status=31/SYS,
207 # having systemd.coredump.enable = true
208 # and environment.enableDebugInfo = true
209 # enables to use coredumpctl debug to find the denied syscall.
229 # Reached when querying infos through RPC (eg. with stig)
242 SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
247 # It's useful to have transmission in path, e.g. for remote control
248 environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.transmission ];
250 users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "transmission") ({
253 uid = config.ids.uids.transmission;
254 description = "Transmission BitTorrent user";
260 users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "transmission") ({
262 gid = config.ids.gids.transmission;
266 networking.firewall = mkIf cfg.openFirewall (
267 if cfg.settings.peer-port-random-on-start
269 { allowedTCPPortRanges =
270 [ { from = cfg.settings.peer-port-random-low;
271 to = cfg.settings.peer-port-random-high;
274 allowedUDPPortRanges =
275 [ { from = cfg.settings.peer-port-random-low;
276 to = cfg.settings.peer-port-random-high;
281 { allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.settings.peer-port ];
282 allowedUDPPorts = [ cfg.settings.peer-port ];
286 security.apparmor.policies."bin/transmission-daemon".profile = ''
287 #include <tunables/global>
289 ${pkgs.transmission}/bin/transmission-daemon {
290 #include <abstractions/base>
291 #include <abstractions/nameservice>
293 ${getLib pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc}/lib/*.so* mr,
294 ${getLib pkgs.stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/*.so* mr,
295 ${getLib pkgs.libevent}/lib/libevent*.so* mr,
296 ${getLib pkgs.curl}/lib/libcurl*.so* mr,
297 ${getLib pkgs.openssl}/lib/libssl*.so* mr,
298 ${getLib pkgs.openssl}/lib/libcrypto*.so* mr,
299 ${getLib pkgs.zlib}/lib/libz*.so* mr,
300 ${getLib pkgs.libssh2}/lib/libssh2*.so* mr,
301 ${getLib pkgs.systemd}/lib/libsystemd*.so* mr,
302 ${getLib pkgs.xz}/lib/liblzma*.so* mr,
303 ${getLib pkgs.libgcrypt}/lib/libgcrypt*.so* mr,
304 ${getLib pkgs.libgpgerror}/lib/libgpg-error*.so* mr,
305 ${getLib pkgs.nghttp2}/lib/libnghttp2*.so* mr,
306 ${getLib pkgs.c-ares}/lib/libcares*.so* mr,
307 ${getLib pkgs.libcap}/lib/libcap*.so* mr,
308 ${getLib pkgs.attr}/lib/libattr*.so* mr,
309 ${getLib pkgs.lz4}/lib/liblz4*.so* mr,
310 ${getLib pkgs.libkrb5}/lib/lib*.so* mr,
311 ${getLib pkgs.keyutils}/lib/libkeyutils*.so* mr,
312 ${getLib pkgs.utillinuxMinimal.out}/lib/libblkid.so* mr,
313 ${getLib pkgs.utillinuxMinimal.out}/lib/libmount.so* mr,
314 ${getLib pkgs.utillinuxMinimal.out}/lib/libuuid.so* mr,
316 @{PROC}/sys/kernel/random/uuid r,
317 @{PROC}/sys/vm/overcommit_memory r,
318 #@{PROC}/@{pid}/environ r,
319 @{PROC}/@{pid}/mounts r,
320 /tmp/tr_session_id_* rwk,
322 ${pkgs.openssl.out}/etc/** r,
323 ${config.systemd.services.transmission.environment.CURL_CA_BUNDLE} r,
324 ${pkgs.transmission}/share/transmission/** r,
326 owner ${stateDir}/${settingsDir}/** rw,
328 ${stateDir}/Downloads/** rw,
329 ${optionalString cfg.settings.incomplete-dir-enabled ''
330 ${stateDir}/.incomplete/** rw,
336 meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ julm ];