From 55d5a8cb76ee9fa5eca73aea2d9d557388d29582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Forsman?= Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:04:34 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/homebox: set HOME env var to fix startup issue Without this patch homebox logs this at startup: failed to create modcache index dir: mkdir /var/empty/.cache: read-only file system --- nixos/modules/services/web-apps/homebox.nix | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/homebox.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/homebox.nix index 2fdb1df7cfd1..e52ade290d06 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/homebox.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/homebox.nix @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ in HBOX_OPTIONS_ALLOW_REGISTRATION = "false"; HBOX_OPTIONS_CHECK_GITHUB_RELEASE = "false"; HBOX_MODE = "production"; + HOME = "/var/lib/homebox"; } ''; description = '' @@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ in HBOX_OPTIONS_ALLOW_REGISTRATION = "false"; HBOX_OPTIONS_CHECK_GITHUB_RELEASE = "false"; HBOX_MODE = "production"; + # Fix this startup issue: + # failed to create modcache index dir: mkdir /var/empty/.cache: read-only file system + HOME = "/var/lib/homebox"; }) (mkIf cfg.database.createLocally {