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Daemonfire (talk | contribs) I think this https://discourse.nixos.org/t/garnix-blog-stop-trusting-nix-caches/70177 raises a valid point that should be added to the wiki to educate people about the implications. |
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A binary cache builds Nix packages and caches the result for other machines. Any machine with Nix installed can be a binary cache for another one, no matter the operating system. | A binary cache builds Nix packages and caches the result for other machines. Any machine with Nix installed can be a binary cache for another one, no matter the operating system. | ||
== Setting up a binary cache == | == Setting up a binary cache with nix-serve and nginx == | ||
This tutorial explains how to setup a machine as a binary cache for other machines, serving the nix store on TCP port 80 with signing turned on. It assumes that an {{ic|[[nginx]]}} service is already running, that port 80 is open,<ref group="cf."> {{manual:nixos|sec=#sec-firewall|chapter=11.5. Firewall}}</ref> and that the hostname {{ic|binarycache.example.com}} resolves to the server.<ref group="cf.">{{nixos:option|networking.hostName}}</ref> | This tutorial explains how to setup a machine as a binary cache for other machines, serving the nix store on TCP port 80 with signing turned on. It assumes that an {{ic|[[nginx]]}} service is already running, that port 80 is open,<ref group="cf."> {{manual:nixos|sec=#sec-firewall|chapter=11.5. Firewall}}</ref> and that the hostname {{ic|binarycache.example.com}} resolves to the server.<ref group="cf.">{{nixos:option|networking.hostName}}</ref> | ||