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authorhappysalada <raphael@megzari.com>2021-10-06 21:47:53 +0900
committerhappysalada <raphael@megzari.com>2021-10-06 21:47:53 +0900
commit0574c1850a785297b7f28c6f286a23fa3eca14a8 (patch)
tree3caa73852493a84ee1e4f6ff13f078cd183c4b7d
parent47e96bb533f8cacc171bec9b688b134de31a48a9 (diff)
docs: add troubleshooting session in remote builds
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
index 580b36736..23a179a2a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ default, set it to `-`.
there are multiple machines of the right type, Nix will prefer the
fastest, taking load into account.
-6. A comma-separated list of *supported features*. If a derivation has
+6. A comma-separated list of _supported features_. If a derivation has
the `requiredSystemFeatures` attribute, then Nix will only perform
the derivation on a machine that has the specified features. For
instance, the attribute
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ default, set it to `-`.
will cause the build to be performed on a machine that has the `kvm`
feature.
-7. A comma-separated list of *mandatory features*. A machine will only
+7. A comma-separated list of _mandatory features_. A machine will only
be used to build a derivation if all of the machine’s mandatory
features appear in the derivation’s `requiredSystemFeatures`
attribute..
@@ -156,3 +156,13 @@ option `builders-use-substitutes` in your local `nix.conf`.
To build only on remote builders and disable building on the local
machine, you can use the option `--max-jobs 0`.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### ssh
+
+even if the store is reachable with `nix store ping --store your_store_url`, the nix-daemon might not be able to reach it. nix-daemon operates as root so you need to make sure that the machine is reachable via ssh as root user.
+
+- add the `-vvv` flags to show more information on the potential problem.
+- make sure your store is reachable by the root user. `sudo ssh -i "your_ssh_key_path" your_user@your_hostname`
+- make sure your ssh_config is set for the root user to access that server or that your builders configuration contains the ssh_key, user and hostname