diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index 16ea90bf670..da018d998b8 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
./services/networking/hostapd.nix
./services/networking/ifplugd.nix
./services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
+ ./services/networking/minidlna.nix
./services/networking/nat.nix
./services/networking/networkmanager.nix
./services/networking/ntpd.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix b/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c240e87e059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/networking/minidlna.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Module for MiniDLNA, a simple DLNA server.
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+ cfg = config.services.minidlna;
+
+ port = 8200;
+
+in
+
+{
+
+ ###### interface
+
+ options = {
+
+ services.minidlna.enable = mkOption {
+ type = types.bool;
+ default = false;
+ description =
+ ''
+ Whether to enable MiniDLNA, a simple DLNA server. It serves
+ media files such as video and music to DLNA client devices
+ such as televisions and media players.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ services.minidlna.mediaDirs = mkOption {
+ type = types.listOf types.string;
+ default = [];
+ examples = [ "/data/media" "V,/home/alice/video" ];
+ description =
+ ''
+ Directories to be scanned for media files. The prefixes
+ A,, V, and
+ P, restrict a directory to audio, video
+ or image files. The directories must be accessible to the
+ minidlna user account.
+ '';
+ };
+
+ services.minidlna.config = mkOption {
+ type = types.lines;
+ description = "The contents of MiniDLNA's configuration file.";
+ };
+
+ };
+
+
+ ###### implementation
+
+ config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+ # Running minidlna only makes sense for serving files to the
+ # outside, so open up the required ports by default.
+ networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ port ];
+ networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 1900 ]; # SSDP
+
+ services.minidlna.config =
+ ''
+ port=${toString port}
+ friendly_name=NixOS Media Server
+ db_dir=/var/cache/minidlna
+ log_dir=/var/log/minidlna
+ inotify=yes
+ ${concatMapStrings (dir: ''
+ media_dir=${dir}
+ '') cfg.mediaDirs}
+ '';
+
+ users.extraUsers.minidlna.description = "MiniDLNA daemon user";
+
+ systemd.services.minidlna =
+ { description = "MiniDLNA Server";
+
+ wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+
+ preStart =
+ ''
+ mkdir -p /var/cache/minidlna /var/log/minidlna /run/minidlna
+ chown minidlna /var/cache/minidlna /var/log/minidlna /run/minidlna
+ '';
+
+ # FIXME: log through the journal rather than
+ # /var/log/minidlna. The -d flag does that, but also raises
+ # the log level to debug...
+ serviceConfig =
+ { User = "minidlna";
+ Group = "nogroup";
+ PermissionsStartOnly = true;
+ Type = "forking";
+ PIDFile = "/run/minidlna/pid";
+ ExecStart =
+ "@${pkgs.minidlna}/sbin/minidlna minidlna -P /run/minidlna/pid" +
+ " -f ${pkgs.writeText "minidlna.conf" cfg.config}";
+ };
+ };
+
+ };
+
+}