Is Nix right for our use? Custom path and custom directory

[grossbart]

There was a discussion about using a different directory for the Nix store, maybe this has pointers that can help you?

How to use a local directory as a nix binary cache?

Many CI providers give you a directory whose contents are retained across builds and you can use that as a cache. Everything that is stored elsewhere is lost. This means that any artefacts that are created during a nix-build that are placed in the nix store ( /nix/store ) are lost. I’m trying to figure out how to convince nix to prefer that other directory over the global /nix/store. However the documentation is a bit lacking. What I’ve tried so far: Add file:///the/path to substituters an…