Use systemd RuntimeDirectory and StateDirectory entries to ensure runtime directory existence in apps

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/nixops/modules/databases/redis.nix b/nixops/modules/databases/redis.nix
index a0917df..75c69a6 100644
--- a/nixops/modules/databases/redis.nix
+++ b/nixops/modules/databases/redis.nix
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ in {
         maxclients 1024
         '';
     };
-    system.activationScripts.redis = ''
-      mkdir -p $(dirname ${myconfig.env.databases.redis.socket})
-      chown redis $(dirname ${myconfig.env.databases.redis.socket})
-    '';
-
+    systemd.services.redis.serviceConfig.RuntimeDirectory =
+      assert myconfig.env.databases.redis.socket == "/run/redis/redis.sock";
+      "redis";
   };
 }