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@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ usually uses to fetch pre-built binaries from <https://cache.nixos.org>.
The daemon that handles binary cache requests via HTTP, `nix-serve`, is
not part of the Nix distribution, but you can install it from Nixpkgs:
$ nix-env -i nix-serve
```console
$ nix-env -i nix-serve
```
You can then start the server, listening for HTTP connections on
whatever port you like:
$ nix-serve -p 8080
```console
$ nix-serve -p 8080
```
To check whether it works, try the following on the client:
$ curl http://avalon:8080/nix-cache-info
```console
$ curl http://avalon:8080/nix-cache-info
```
which should print something like:
@ -28,7 +34,9 @@ which should print something like:
On the client side, you can tell Nix to use your binary cache using
`--option extra-binary-caches`, e.g.:
$ nix-env -i firefox --option extra-binary-caches http://avalon:8080/
```console
$ nix-env -i firefox --option extra-binary-caches http://avalon:8080/
```
The option `extra-binary-caches` tells Nix to use this binary cache in
addition to your default caches, such as <https://cache.nixos.org>.