nomicon/nixos/modules/tasks/auto-upgrade.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

with lib;

let cfg = config.system.autoUpgrade;

in {

  options = {

    system.autoUpgrade = {

      enable = mkOption {
        type = types.bool;
        default = false;
        description = ''
          Whether to periodically upgrade NixOS to the latest
          version. If enabled, a systemd timer will run
          <literal>nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade</literal> once a
          day.
        '';
      };

      flake = mkOption {
        type = types.nullOr types.str;
        default = null;
        example = "github:kloenk/nix";
        description = ''
          The Flake URI of the NixOS configuration to build.
          Disables the option <option>system.autoUpgrade.channel</option>.
        '';
      };

      channel = mkOption {
        type = types.nullOr types.str;
        default = null;
        example = "https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-14.12-small";
        description = ''
          The URI of the NixOS channel to use for automatic
          upgrades. By default, this is the channel set using
          <command>nix-channel</command> (run <literal>nix-channel
          --list</literal> to see the current value).
        '';
      };

      flags = mkOption {
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        default = [ ];
        example = [
          "-I"
          "stuff=/home/alice/nixos-stuff"
          "--option"
          "extra-binary-caches"
          "http://my-cache.example.org/"
        ];
        description = ''
          Any additional flags passed to <command>nixos-rebuild</command>.

          If you are using flakes and use a local repo you can add
          <command>[ "--update-input" "nixpkgs" "--commit-lock-file" ]</command>
          to update nixpkgs.
        '';
      };

      dates = mkOption {
        type = types.str;
        default = "04:40";
        example = "daily";
        description = ''
          How often or when upgrade occurs. For most desktop and server systems
          a sufficient upgrade frequency is once a day.

          The format is described in
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
          <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
        '';
      };

      allowReboot = mkOption {
        default = false;
        type = types.bool;
        description = ''
          Reboot the system into the new generation instead of a switch
          if the new generation uses a different kernel, kernel modules
          or initrd than the booted system.
          See <option>rebootWindow</option> for configuring the times at which a reboot is allowed.
        '';
      };

      randomizedDelaySec = mkOption {
        default = "0";
        type = types.str;
        example = "45min";
        description = ''
          Add a randomized delay before each automatic upgrade.
          The delay will be chosen between zero and this value.
          This value must be a time span in the format specified by
          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.time</refentrytitle>
          <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
        '';
      };

      rebootWindow = mkOption {
        description = ''
          Define a lower and upper time value (in HH:MM format) which
          constitute a time window during which reboots are allowed after an upgrade.
          This option only has an effect when <option>allowReboot</option> is enabled.
          The default value of <literal>null</literal> means that reboots are allowed at any time.
        '';
        default = null;
        example = { lower = "01:00"; upper = "05:00"; };
        type = with types; nullOr (submodule {
          options = {
            lower = mkOption {
              description = "Lower limit of the reboot window";
              type = types.strMatching "[[:digit:]]{2}:[[:digit:]]{2}";
              example = "01:00";
            };

            upper = mkOption {
              description = "Upper limit of the reboot window";
              type = types.strMatching "[[:digit:]]{2}:[[:digit:]]{2}";
              example = "05:00";
            };
          };
        });
      };

      persistent = mkOption {
        default = true;
        type = types.bool;
        example = false;
        description = ''
          Takes a boolean argument. If true, the time when the service
          unit was last triggered is stored on disk. When the timer is
          activated, the service unit is triggered immediately if it
          would have been triggered at least once during the time when
          the timer was inactive. Such triggering is nonetheless
          subject to the delay imposed by RandomizedDelaySec=. This is
          useful to catch up on missed runs of the service when the
          system was powered down.
        '';
      };

    };

  };

  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {

    assertions = [{
      assertion = !((cfg.channel != null) && (cfg.flake != null));
      message = ''
        The options 'system.autoUpgrade.channels' and 'system.autoUpgrade.flake' cannot both be set.
      '';
    }];

    system.autoUpgrade.flags = (if cfg.flake == null then
        [ "--no-build-output" ] ++ optionals (cfg.channel != null) [
          "-I"
          "nixpkgs=${cfg.channel}/nixexprs.tar.xz"
        ]
      else
        [ "--flake ${cfg.flake}" ]);

    systemd.services.nixos-upgrade = {
      description = "NixOS Upgrade";

      restartIfChanged = false;
      unitConfig.X-StopOnRemoval = false;

      serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";

      environment = config.nix.envVars // {
        inherit (config.environment.sessionVariables) NIX_PATH;
        HOME = "/root";
      } // config.networking.proxy.envVars;

      path = with pkgs; [
        coreutils
        gnutar
        xz.bin
        gzip
        gitMinimal
        config.nix.package.out
        config.programs.ssh.package
      ];

      script = let
        nixos-rebuild = "${config.system.build.nixos-rebuild}/bin/nixos-rebuild";
        date     = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/date";
        readlink = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/readlink";
        shutdown = "${config.systemd.package}/bin/shutdown";
        upgradeFlag = optional (cfg.channel == null) "--upgrade";
      in if cfg.allowReboot then ''
        ${nixos-rebuild} boot ${toString (cfg.flags ++ upgradeFlag)}
        booted="$(${readlink} /run/booted-system/{initrd,kernel,kernel-modules})"
        built="$(${readlink} /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/{initrd,kernel,kernel-modules})"

        ${optionalString (cfg.rebootWindow != null) ''
          current_time="$(${date} +%H:%M)"

          lower="${cfg.rebootWindow.lower}"
          upper="${cfg.rebootWindow.upper}"

          if [[ "''${lower}" < "''${upper}" ]]; then
            if [[ "''${current_time}" > "''${lower}" ]] && \
               [[ "''${current_time}" < "''${upper}" ]]; then
              do_reboot="true"
            else
              do_reboot="false"
            fi
          else
            # lower > upper, so we are crossing midnight (e.g. lower=23h, upper=6h)
            # we want to reboot if cur > 23h or cur < 6h
            if [[ "''${current_time}" < "''${upper}" ]] || \
               [[ "''${current_time}" > "''${lower}" ]]; then
              do_reboot="true"
            else
              do_reboot="false"
            fi
          fi
        ''}

        if [ "''${booted}" = "''${built}" ]; then
          ${nixos-rebuild} switch ${toString cfg.flags}
        ${optionalString (cfg.rebootWindow != null) ''
          elif [ "''${do_reboot}" != true ]; then
            echo "Outside of configured reboot window, skipping."
        ''}
        else
          ${shutdown} -r +1
        fi
      '' else ''
        ${nixos-rebuild} switch ${toString (cfg.flags ++ upgradeFlag)}
      '';

      startAt = cfg.dates;

      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
    };

    systemd.timers.nixos-upgrade = {
      timerConfig = {
        RandomizedDelaySec = cfg.randomizedDelaySec;
        Persistent = cfg.persistent;
      };
    };
  };

}