[Nix-dev] Why nginx config isn't placed into /etc/nginx/nginx.conf?

[Robin Gloster]

Hi,

Adding to Eelco's explanation, this would also theoretically allow you to start e.g.
different nginx servers on different versions with different configurations. For 
the most or probably all services more changes would be needed to support this
realistically.

Robin

 
-----Original message-----
> From:Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com>
> Sent: Tuesday 9th August 2016 11:38
> To: nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl
> Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] Why nginx config isn't placed into /etc/nginx/nginx.conf?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 08/09/2016 01:29 PM, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote:
> 
> > Is this intentional? I'm writing a service and want to know whether to do like
> > nginx or use /etc for configs.
> 
> Generally, files should not be placed in /etc unless they are global
> configuration, like /etc/resolv.conf. This way, implicit dependencies are
> avoided. Service-specific configuration files like nginx.conf don't need to be
> in /etc because they usually can be passed to the service via a command line
> switch from the generated systemd unit.
> 
> -- 
> Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/
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