Binary Cache: Difference between revisions

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 == Setting up a binary cache ==
-This tutorial explains how to setup a server running NixOS as a binary cache for other machines, serving the 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>
 === 1. Generating a private/public keypair ===
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-To start it on a different machine at boot, the simplest is to add to {{ic|/etc/crontab}}:
+To start it on a non-NixOS machine at boot, add to {{ic|/etc/crontab}}:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="crontab">
 NIX_SECRET_KEY_FILE=/var/cache-priv-key.pem