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Sometimes you want to use a faster machine for building a nix derivation you want to use on a slower one. If you have ssh | Sometimes you want to use a faster machine for building a nix derivation you want to use on a slower one. If you have ssh | ||
access to a machine where Nix (not necessarily NixOS) is installed, then you can offload building to this machine. | access to a machine where Nix (not necessarily NixOS) is installed, then you can offload building to this machine. | ||
There is a dedicated chapter in the [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-distributed-builds Nix Manual]. | |||
This is a step by step guide to setting up distributed builds. | This is a step by step guide to setting up distributed builds. | ||