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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix/help-stores.md | 37 |
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc b/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc index 908127b4d..166b8aaa9 100644 --- a/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc +++ b/src/libcmd/common-eval-args.cc @@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ MixEvalArgs::MixEvalArgs() addFlag({ .longName = "eval-store", - .description = "The Nix store to use for evaluations.", + .description = + R"( + The [URL of the Nix store](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md#store-url-format) + to use for evaluation, i.e. to store derivations (`.drv` files) and inputs referenced by them. + )", .category = category, .labels = {"store-url"}, .handler = {&evalStoreUrl}, diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index 4382d1b85..a74d5a46d 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ public: Setting<std::string> storeUri{this, getEnv("NIX_REMOTE").value_or("auto"), "store", R"( - The URL of the Nix store to use. See [`nix help-stores`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md) + The [URL of the Nix store](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md#store-url-format) + to use for most operations. + See [`nix help-stores`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md) for supported store types and settings. )"}; @@ -681,8 +683,9 @@ public: Strings{"https://cache.nixos.org/"}, "substituters", R"( - A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. Substituters - are tried based on their Priority value, which each substituter can set + A list of [URLs of Nix stores](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md#store-url-format) + to be used as substituters, separated by whitespace. + Substituters are tried based on their Priority value, which each substituter can set independently. Lower value means higher priority. The default is `https://cache.nixos.org`, with a Priority of 40. @@ -700,7 +703,8 @@ public: Setting<StringSet> trustedSubstituters{ this, {}, "trusted-substituters", R"( - A list of URLs of substituters, separated by whitespace. These are + A list of [URLs of Nix stores](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md#store-url-format), + separated by whitespace. These are not used by default, but can be enabled by users of the Nix daemon by specifying `--option substituters urls` on the command line. Unprivileged users are only allowed to pass a subset of the diff --git a/src/nix/help-stores.md b/src/nix/help-stores.md index 8f872cb79..aa381393b 100644 --- a/src/nix/help-stores.md +++ b/src/nix/help-stores.md @@ -4,7 +4,42 @@ Nix supports different types of stores. These are described below. ## Store URL format -TODO +Stores are specified using a URL-like syntax. For example, the command + +```console +# nix path-info --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --json \ + /nix/store/a7gvj343m05j2s32xcnwr35v31ynlypr-coreutils-9.1 +``` + +fetches information about a store path in the HTTP binary cache +located at https://cache.nixos.org/, which is a type of store. + +Store URLs can specify **store settings** using URL query strings, +i.e. by appending `?name1=value1&name2=value2&...` to the URL. For +instance, + +``` +--store ssh://machine.example.org?ssh-key=/path/to/my/key +``` + +tells Nix to access the store on a remote machine via the SSH +protocol, using `/path/to/my/key` as the SSH private key. The +supported settings for each store type are documented below. + +The special store URL `auto` causes Nix to automatically select a +store as follows: + +* Use the local store `/nix/store` if `/nix/var/nix` is writable by + the current user. + +* Otherwise, if `/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket` exists, [connect + to the Nix daemon listening on that socket](#local-daemon-store). + +* Otherwise, on Linux only, use the local chroot store + `~/.local/share/nix/root`, which will be created automatically if it + does not exist. + +* Otherwise, use the local store `/nix/store`. @stores@ |