nixos/node-red: add module

Adds a basic nixos module/service for node-red based on nodePackages.node-red

Co-authored-by: Aaron Andersen <aaron@fosslib.net>
Co-authored-by: Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
Co-authored by: Adrian Parvin Ouano <adrianparvino@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Norbert Melzer <nmelzer@nobbz.dev>

nixos/modules/module-list.nix

@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@
   ./services/web-apps/moodle.nix
   ./services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
   ./services/web-apps/nexus.nix
+  ./services/web-apps/node-red.nix
   ./services/web-apps/plantuml-server.nix
   ./services/web-apps/pgpkeyserver-lite.nix
   ./services/web-apps/matomo.nix

nixos/modules/services/web-apps/node-red.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.node-red;
+  defaultUser = "node-red";
+  finalPackage = if cfg.withNpmAndGcc then node-red_withNpmAndGcc else cfg.package;
+  node-red_withNpmAndGcc = pkgs.runCommandNoCC "node-red" {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+  }
+  ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    makeWrapper ${pkgs.nodePackages.node-red}/bin/node-red $out/bin/node-red \
+      --set PATH '${lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.nodePackages.npm pkgs.gcc ]}:$PATH' \
+  '';
+in
+{
+  options.services.node-red = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "the Node-RED service";
+
+    package = mkOption {
+      default = pkgs.nodePackages.node-red;
+      defaultText = "pkgs.nodePackages.node-red";
+      type = types.package;
+      description = "Node-RED package to use.";
+    };
+
+    openFirewall = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Open ports in the firewall for the server.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    withNpmAndGcc = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = ''
+        Give Node-RED access to NPM and GCC at runtime, so 'Nodes' can be
+        downloaded and managed imperatively via the 'Palette Manager'.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    configFile = mkOption {
+      type = types.path;
+      default = "${cfg.package}/lib/node_modules/node-red/settings.js";
+      defaultText = "\${cfg.package}/lib/node_modules/node-red/settings.js";
+      description = ''
+        Path to the JavaScript configuration file.
+        See <link
+        xlink:href="https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/node-red/settings.js"/>
+        for a configuration example.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    port = mkOption {
+      type = types.port;
+      default = 1880;
+      description = "Listening port.";
+    };
+
+    user = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = defaultUser;
+      description = ''
+        User under which Node-RED runs.If left as the default value this user
+        will automatically be created on system activation, otherwise the
+        sysadmin is responsible for ensuring the user exists.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    group = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = defaultUser;
+      description = ''
+        Group under which Node-RED runs.If left as the default value this group
+        will automatically be created on system activation, otherwise the
+        sysadmin is responsible for ensuring the group exists.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    userDir = mkOption {
+      type = types.path;
+      default = "/var/lib/node-red";
+      description = ''
+        The directory to store all user data, such as flow and credential files and all library data. If left
+        as the default value this directory will automatically be created before the node-red service starts,
+        otherwise the sysadmin is responsible for ensuring the directory exists with appropriate ownership
+        and permissions.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    safe = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Whether to launch Node-RED in --safe mode.";
+    };
+
+    define = mkOption {
+      type = types.attrs;
+      default = {};
+      description = "List of settings.js overrides to pass via -D to Node-RED.";
+      example = literalExample ''
+        {
+          "logging.console.level" = "trace";
+        }
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} = {
+        isSystemUser = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} = { };
+    };
+
+    networking.firewall = mkIf cfg.openFirewall {
+      allowedTCPPorts = [ cfg.port ];
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.node-red = {
+      description = "Node-RED Service";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "networking.target" ];
+      environment = {
+        HOME = cfg.userDir;
+      };
+      serviceConfig = mkMerge [
+        {
+          User = cfg.user;
+          Group = cfg.group;
+          ExecStart = "${finalPackage}/bin/node-red ${pkgs.lib.optionalString cfg.safe "--safe"} --settings ${cfg.configFile} --port ${toString cfg.port} --userDir ${cfg.userDir} ${concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (name: value: "-D ${name}=${value}") cfg.define)}";
+          PrivateTmp = true;
+          Restart = "always";
+          WorkingDirectory = cfg.userDir;
+        }
+        (mkIf (cfg.userDir == "/var/lib/node-red") { StateDirectory = "node-red"; })
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+}