Nixos-rebuild from an local server: is it possible?

hugosenari · June 10, 2024, 10:07pm

You have two options:

You run ‘build’ on target server, but instead of building it locally it pulls from channels/substituters
Substituters: Sharing Packages Between Machines - Nix Reference Manual
- HTTP
  - nix-serv
  - Attic
  - Cachix
  - Etc.
- SSH from another NixOS
  - Any other machine
  - Nixbuild.net
- S3 with any AWS S3 compatible API
  - AWS S3
  - MinIO
  - Any other cloud provider may work

You build your package in a computer and send it to another
- copy-closure (over ssh)
- deploy-rs
- Cachix Agents (is more or less a mix of pull and pushing)