nix-configs

commit e0b78afd37508ec615b24617d602856c64de8680
parent 0a3ab78e6a4e8729eed6b4f248a1f4d771567717
Author: breadcat <breadcat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2026 16:13:16 +0100

Attempt to move restic to systemd timers

Diffstat:
M
machines/artemis.nix
 | 
1
-
M
machines/ilias.nix
 | 
10
----------
M
scripts/restic.nix
 | 
21
++++++++++++++++++++-

3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/machines/artemis.nix b/machines/artemis.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ let machine = "artemis"; in {
       "*/10 * * * * ${vars.user.username} magnets"
       "*/10 * * * * ${vars.user.username} stagit-generate"
       "55 23 * * SUN  ${vars.user.username} blog-duolingo"
-      "0 */12 * * * ${vars.user.username} backup-cloud"
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/machines/ilias.nix b/machines/ilias.nix
@@ -69,16 +69,6 @@ let machine = "ilias"; in {
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3397e636-91db-44ae-9572-923e4b3acbbe"; }
   ];
 
-  # Cron jobs
-  services = {
-    cron = {
-      enable = true;
-      systemCronJobs = [
-        "0 */12 * * * ${vars.user.username} backup-cloud"
-      ];
-    };
-  };
-
   # Packages
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     czkawka # duplicate file finder
diff --git a/scripts/restic.nix b/scripts/restic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, vars, ... }:
 
 let
   backup-cloud = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "backup-cloud" ''
@@ -23,4 +23,23 @@ let
   '';
 in {
   environment.systemPackages = [ backup-cloud ];
+
+  systemd.services.backup-cloud = {
+    description = "Restic cloud backup";
+    serviceConfig = {
+      Type = "oneshot";
+      User = vars.user.username;
+      ExecStart = "${backup-cloud}/bin/backup-cloud";
+    };
+  };
+
+  systemd.timers.backup-cloud = {
+    description = "Run backup-cloud every 12 hours at a random offset";
+    wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+    timerConfig = {
+      OnCalendar = "*-*-* 00/12:00:00";
+      RandomizedDelaySec = "6h";
+      Persistent = true;
+    };
+  };
 }