nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix

{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
  stateDir = "/var/lib/foldingathome";
  cfg = config.services.foldingAtHome;
  fahUser = "foldingathome";
in {

  ###### interface

  options = {

    services.foldingAtHome = {

      enable = mkOption {
        default = false;
        description = ''
          Whether to enable the Folding@Home to use idle CPU time.
        '';
      };

      nickname = mkOption {
        default = "Anonymous";
        description = ''
          A unique handle for statistics.
        '';
      };

      config = mkOption {
        default = "";
        description = ''
          Extra configuration. Contents will be added verbatim to the
          configuration file.
        '';
      };

    };

  };

  ###### implementation

  config = mkIf cfg.enable {

    users.extraUsers = singleton
      { name = fahUser;
        uid = config.ids.uids.foldingAtHome;
        description = "Folding@Home user";
        home = stateDir;
      };

    jobs.foldingAtHome =
      { name = "foldingathome";

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

        preStart =
          ''
            mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir}
            chown ${fahUser} ${stateDir}
            cp -f ${pkgs.writeText "client.cfg" cfg.config} ${stateDir}/client.cfg
          '';
        exec = "${pkgs.su}/bin/su -s ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} ${fahUser} -c 'cd ${stateDir}; ${pkgs.foldingathome}/bin/fah6'";
      };

      services.foldingAtHome.config = ''
          [settings]
          username=${cfg.nickname}
      '';

  };

}