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Create Transmission media dirs before service start
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Sean Aye
date
(Jun 14, 2026, 10:13 PM -0400)
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modules/media-server.nix
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systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
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"d /mnt/storage2/immich 0750 immich immich -"
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];
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# Required before transmission.service starts because its sandbox bind-mounts
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# these paths. nixarr declares them too, but quote-wrapped tmpfiles paths can
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# fail to materialize before the service restart during switch.
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"d /mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents 0755 transmission media - -"
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"d /mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents/.incomplete 0755 transmission media - -"
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"d /mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents/.watch 0755 transmission media - -"
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];
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# transmission.service bind-mounts these paths before ExecStartPre runs, while
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# systemd-tmpfiles refuses to create them because /mnt/storage1 is user-owned.
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# Create them in a small unsandboxed dependency before Transmission starts.
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systemd.services.transmission-media-dirs = {
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description = "Create Transmission media directories";
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before = [ "transmission.service" ];
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requiredBy = [ "transmission.service" ];
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serviceConfig = {
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Type = "oneshot";
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RemainAfterExit = true;
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};
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script = ''
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install -d -o transmission -g media -m 0755 \
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/mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents \
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/mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents/.incomplete \
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/mnt/storage1/nixarr/media/torrents/.watch
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'';
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};
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systemd.services.transmission = {
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requires = [ "transmission-media-dirs.service" ];
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after = [ "transmission-media-dirs.service" ];
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};
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# nixarr configures SABnzbd through services.sabnzbd.settings on newer nixpkgs,
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# but NixOS keeps the legacy configFile default when system.stateVersion < 26.05,