added nixos modules to perform simple backup scheduling for directories, postgresql and mysql database dumps

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=17690

modules/services/backup/postgresql-backup.nix

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+{pkgs, config, ...}:
+
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption mkIf singleton concatStrings;
+  inherit (pkgs) postgresql gzip;
+
+  location = config.services.postgresqlBackup.location ;
+
+  postgresqlBackupCron = db : ''
+    ${config.services.postgresqlBackup.period} root ${postgresql}/bin/pg_dump ${db} | ${gzip}/bin/gzip -c > ${location}/${db}.gz
+  ''; 
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+  
+  options = {
+  
+    services.postgresqlBackup = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable PostgreSQL dumps.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      period = mkOption {
+        default = "15 01 * * *";
+        description = ''
+          This option defines (in the format used by cron) when the
+          databases should be dumped.
+          The default is to update at 01:15 (at night) every day.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      databases = mkOption {
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          List of database names to dump. 
+        '';
+      };
+ 
+      location = mkOption {
+        default = "/var/backup/postgresql";
+        description = ''
+          Location to put the gzipped PostgreSQL database dumps.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+  config = mkIf config.services.postgresqlBackup.enable {
+    services.cron = {
+      systemCronJobs = 
+        pkgs.lib.optional
+          config.services.postgresqlBackup.enable
+          (concatStrings (map postgresqlBackupCron config.services.postgresqlBackup.databases));
+    };
+
+    system.activationScripts.postgresqlBackup = pkgs.stringsWithDeps.noDepEntry ''
+         mkdir -m 0700 -p ${config.services.postgresqlBackup.location}
+         chown root ${config.services.postgresqlBackup.location}
+    '';
+  };
+  
+}