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services.slskd.domain

If non-null, enables an nginx reverse proxy virtual host at this FQDN, at the path configurated with services.slskd.web.url_base.

Type: null or string

Example

"slskd.example.com"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.enable

Whether to enable slskd. Type: boolean

Default

false

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.environmentFile

Path to the environment file sourced on startup. It must at least contain the variables SLSKD_SLSK_USERNAME and SLSKD_SLSK_PASSWORD. Web interface credentials should also be set here in SLSKD_USERNAME and SLSKD_PASSWORD. Other, optional credentials like SOCKS5 with SLSKD_SLSK_PROXY_USERNAME and SLSKD_SLSK_PROXY_PASSWORD should all reside here instead of in the world-readable nix store. Variables are documented at https://github.com/slskd/slskd/blob/master/docs/config.md

Type: path

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.group

Group under which slskd runs. Type: string

Default

"slskd"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx

This option customizes the nginx virtual host set up for slskd.

Type: submodule

Default

{ }

Example

{enableACME = true;forceHttps = true;}

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.acmeFallbackHost

Host which to proxy requests to if ACME challenge is not found. Useful if you want multiple hosts to be able to verify the same domain name.

With this option, you could request certificates for the present domain with an ACME client that is running on another host, which you would specify here.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.acmeRoot

Directory for the ACME challenge, which is public. Don't put certs or keys in here. Set to null to inherit from config.security.acme.

Type: null or string

Default

"/var/lib/acme/acme-challenge"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.addSSL

Whether to enable HTTPS in addition to plain HTTP. This will set defaults for listen to listen on all interfaces on the respective default ports (80, 443).

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.basicAuth

Basic Auth protection for a vhost.

WARNING: This is implemented to store the password in plain text in the Nix store.

Type: attribute set of string

Default

{ }

Example

{user = "password";};

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.basicAuthFile

Basic Auth password file for a vhost. Can be created via: {command}htpasswd -c <filename> <username>.

WARNING: The generate file contains the users' passwords in a non-cryptographically-securely hashed way.

Type: null or path

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.default

Makes this vhost the default.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.enableACME

Whether to ask Let's Encrypt to sign a certificate for this vhost. Alternately, you can use an existing certificate through {option}useACMEHost.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.extraConfig

These lines go to the end of the vhost verbatim.

Type: strings concatenated with "\n"

Default

""

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.forceSSL

Whether to add a separate nginx server block that redirects (defaults to 301, configurable with redirectCode) all plain HTTP traffic to HTTPS. This will set defaults for listen to listen on all interfaces on the respective default ports (80, 443), where the non-SSL listens are used for the redirect vhosts.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.globalRedirect

If set, all requests for this host are redirected (defaults to 301, configurable with redirectCode) to the given hostname.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Example

"newserver.example.org"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.http2

Whether to enable the HTTP/2 protocol. Note that (as of writing) due to nginx's implementation, to disable HTTP/2 you have to disable it on all vhosts that use a given IP address / port. If there is one server block configured to enable http2, then it is enabled for all server blocks on this IP. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/39466948/263061.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.http3

Whether to enable the HTTP/3 protocol. This requires using pkgs.nginxQuic package which can be achieved by setting services.nginx.package = pkgs.nginxQuic; and activate the QUIC transport protocol services.nginx.virtualHosts.<name>.quic = true;. Note that HTTP/3 support is experimental and not yet recommended for production. Read more at https://quic.nginx.org/ HTTP/3 availability must be manually advertised, preferably in each location block.

Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.http3_hq

Whether to enable the HTTP/0.9 protocol negotiation used in QUIC interoperability tests. This requires using pkgs.nginxQuic package which can be achieved by setting services.nginx.package = pkgs.nginxQuic; and activate the QUIC transport protocol services.nginx.virtualHosts.<name>.quic = true;. Note that special application protocol support is experimental and not yet recommended for production. Read more at https://quic.nginx.org/

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.kTLS

Whether to enable kTLS support. Implementing TLS in the kernel (kTLS) improves performance by significantly reducing the need for copying operations between user space and the kernel. Required Nginx version 1.21.4 or later.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen

Listen addresses and ports for this virtual host. IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets. Note: this option overrides addSSL and onlySSL.

If you only want to set the addresses manually and not the ports, take a look at listenAddresses.

Type: list of (submodule)

Default

[ ]

Example

[{addr = "195.154.1.1";port = 443;ssl = true;}{addr = "192.154.1.1";port = 80;}{addr = "unix:/var/run/nginx.sock";}]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen.*.addr

Listen address. Type: string

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen.*.extraParameters

Extra parameters of this listen directive. Type: list of string

Default

[ ]

Example

["backlog=1024""deferred"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen.*.port

Port number to listen on. If unset and the listen address is not a socket then nginx defaults to 80.

Type: null or 16 bit unsigned integer; between 0 and 65535 (both inclusive)

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen.*.proxyProtocol

Enable PROXY protocol. Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listen.*.ssl

Enable SSL. Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.listenAddresses

Listen addresses for this virtual host. Compared to listen this only sets the addresses and the ports are chosen automatically.

Note: This option overrides enableIPv6

Type: list of string

Default

[ ]

Example

["127.0.0.1""[::1]"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations

Declarative location config Type: attribute set of (submodule)

Default

{ }

Example

{"/" = {proxyPass = "http://localhost:3000";};};

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.alias

Alias directory for requests.

Type: null or path

Default

null

Example

"/your/alias/directory"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.basicAuth

Basic Auth protection for a vhost.

WARNING: This is implemented to store the password in plain text in the Nix store.

Type: attribute set of string

Default

{ }

Example

{user = "password";};

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.basicAuthFile

Basic Auth password file for a vhost. Can be created via: {command}htpasswd -c <filename> <username>.

WARNING: The generate file contains the users' passwords in a non-cryptographically-securely hashed way.

Type: null or path

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.extraConfig

These lines go to the end of the location verbatim.

Type: strings concatenated with "\n"

Default

""

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.fastcgiParams

FastCGI parameters to override. Unlike in the Nginx configuration file, overriding only some default parameters won't unset the default values for other parameters.

Type: attribute set of (string or path)

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.index

Adds index directive.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Example

"index.php index.html"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.priority

Order of this location block in relation to the others in the vhost. The semantics are the same as with lib.mkOrder. Smaller values have a greater priority.

Type: signed integer

Default

1000

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.proxyPass

Adds proxy_pass directive and sets recommended proxy headers if recommendedProxySettings is enabled.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Example

"http://www.example.org/"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.proxyWebsockets

Whether to support proxying websocket connections with HTTP/1.1.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.recommendedProxySettings

Enable recommended proxy settings.

Type: boolean

Default

config.services.nginx.recommendedProxySettings

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.return

Adds a return directive, for e.g. redirections.

Type: null or string or signed integer

Default

null

Example

"301 http://example.com$request_uri"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.root

Root directory for requests.

Type: null or path

Default

null

Example

"/your/root/directory"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.locations.<name>.tryFiles

Adds try_files directive.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Example

"$uri =404"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.onlySSL

Whether to enable HTTPS and reject plain HTTP connections. This will set defaults for listen to listen on all interfaces on port 443.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.quic

Whether to enable the QUIC transport protocol. This requires using pkgs.nginxQuic package which can be achieved by setting services.nginx.package = pkgs.nginxQuic;. Note that QUIC support is experimental and not yet recommended for production. Read more at https://quic.nginx.org/

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.redirectCode

HTTP status used by globalRedirect and forceSSL. Possible usecases include temporary (302, 307) redirects, keeping the request method and body (307, 308), or explicitly resetting the method to GET (303). See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirections.

Type: integer between 300 and 399 (both inclusive)

Default

301

Example

308

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.rejectSSL

Whether to listen for and reject all HTTPS connections to this vhost. Useful in default server blocks to avoid serving the certificate for another vhost. Uses the ssl_reject_handshake directive available in nginx versions 1.19.4 and above.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.reuseport

Create an individual listening socket . It is required to specify only once on one of the hosts.

Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.root

The path of the web root directory.

Type: null or path

Default

null

Example

"/data/webserver/docs"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.serverAliases

Additional names of virtual hosts served by this virtual host configuration.

Type: list of string

Default

[ ]

Example

["www.example.org""example.org"]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.serverName

Name of this virtual host. Defaults to attribute name in virtualHosts.

Type: null or string

Default

null

Example

"example.org"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.sslCertificate

Path to server SSL certificate. Type: path

Example

"/var/host.cert"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.sslCertificateKey

Path to server SSL certificate key. Type: path

Example

"/var/host.key"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.sslTrustedCertificate

Path to root SSL certificate for stapling and client certificates. Type: null or path

Default

null

Example

"${pkgs.cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.nginx.useACMEHost

A host of an existing Let's Encrypt certificate to use. This is useful if you have many subdomains and want to avoid hitting the rate limit. Alternately, you can generate a certificate through {option}enableACME. Note that this option does not create any certificates, nor it does add subdomains to existing ones – you will need to create them manually using .

Type: null or string

Default

null

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.openFirewall

Whether to open the firewall for the soulseek network listen port (not the web interface port). Type: boolean

Default

false

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.package

The slskd package to use. Type: package

Default

pkgs.slskd

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings

Application configuration for slskd. See documentation.

Type: YAML value

Default

{ }

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.directories.downloads

Directory where downloaded files are stored. Type: null or path

Default

"/var/lib/slskd/downloads"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.directories.incomplete

Directory where incomplete downloading files are stored. Type: null or path

Default

"/var/lib/slskd/incomplete"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.filters.search.request

Incoming search requests which match this filter are ignored. Type: list of string

Example

[ "^.{1,2}$" ]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.flags.force_share_scan

Force a rescan of shares on every startup. Type: boolean

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.global.download.slots

Limit of the number of concurrent download slots. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.global.download.speed_limit

Total upload download limit Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.global.upload.slots

Limit of the number of concurrent upload slots. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.global.upload.speed_limit

Total upload speed limit. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.remote_file_management

Whether to enable modification of share contents through the web ui. Type: boolean

Default

false

Example

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.files.complete

Lifespan of completely downloaded files in minutes. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Example

20160

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.files.incomplete

Lifespan of incomplete downloading files in minutes. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.download.cancelled

Lifespan of cancelled download tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.download.errored

Lifespan of errored download tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.download.succeeded

Lifespan of succeeded download tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.upload.cancelled

Lifespan of cancelled upload tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.upload.errored

Lifespan of errored upload tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.retention.transfers.upload.succeeded

Lifespan of succeeded upload tasks. Type: unsigned integer, meaning >=0

Default

"(indefinite)"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.rooms

Chat rooms to join on startup. Type: list of string

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.shares.directories

Paths to shared directories. See documentation for advanced usage.

Type: list of string

Example

[ "/home/John/Music" "!/home/John/Music/Recordings" "[Music Drive]/mnt" ]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.shares.filters

Regular expressions of files to exclude from sharing. Type: list of string

Example

[ "\.ini$" "Thumbs.db$" "\.DS_Store$" ]

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.soulseek.description

The user description for the Soulseek network. Type: string

Default

"A slskd user. https://github.com/slskd/slskd"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.soulseek.listen_port

The port on which to listen for incoming connections. Type: 16 bit unsigned integer; between 0 and 65535 (both inclusive)

Default

50300

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.web.https.disabled

Disable the built-in HTTPS server Type: boolean

Default

true

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.web.port

The HTTP listen port. Type: 16 bit unsigned integer; between 0 and 65535 (both inclusive)

Default

5030

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.settings.web.url_base

The base path in the url for web requests. Type: path

Default

"/"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix

services.slskd.user

User account under which slskd runs. Type: string

Default

"slskd"

Declared by: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/slskd.nix