minimal Nix expression for a lighttpd service

default.nix

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

with pkgs.lib;

let

  lighttpdConf = pkgs.writeText "lighttpd.conf" ''
    server.document-root = "/var/www/"
    server.port = 3000
  '';

in {

  options.services.lighttpd = {

    enable = mkOption {
      default = false;
    };

  };

  config = mkIf config.services.lighttpd.enable {

    environment.systemPackages = pkgs.lighttpd;

    jobs.lighttpd = {

      startOn = "started network-interfaces";
      stopOn = "stopping network-interfaces";

      daemonType = "fork";

      exec = "${lighttpd}/bin/lighttpd -f ${lighttpdConf} -D";
    };

  };

}