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# Using the `post-build-hook`
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# Implementation Caveats
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Here we use the post-build hook to upload to a binary cache. This is a
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simple and working example, but it is not suitable for all use cases.
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The post build hook program runs after each executed build, and blocks
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the build loop. The build loop exits if the hook program fails.
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Concretely, this implementation will make Nix slow or unusable when the
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internet is slow or unreliable.
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A more advanced implementation might pass the store paths to a
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user-supplied daemon or queue for processing the store paths outside of
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the build loop.
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# Prerequisites
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This tutorial assumes you have configured an [S3-compatible binary cache](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md#s3-binary-cache-store) as a [substituter](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-substituters),
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and that the `root` user's default AWS profile can upload to the bucket.
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# Set up a Signing Key
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Use `nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key` to create our public and
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private signing keys. We will sign paths with the private key, and
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distribute the public key for verifying the authenticity of the paths.
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```console
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# nix-store --generate-binary-cache-key example-nix-cache-1 /etc/nix/key.private /etc/nix/key.public
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# cat /etc/nix/key.public
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example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
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```
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Then update [`nix.conf`](../command-ref/conf-file.md) on any machine that will access the cache.
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Add the cache URL to [`substituters`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-substituters) and the public key to [`trusted-public-keys`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-trusted-public-keys):
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substituters = https://cache.nixos.org/ s3://example-nix-cache
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trusted-public-keys = cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY= example-nix-cache-1:1/cKDz3QCCOmwcztD2eV6Coggp6rqc9DGjWv7C0G+rM=
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Machines that build for the cache must sign derivations using the private key.
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On those machines, add the path to the key file to the [`secret-key-files`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-secret-key-files) field in their [`nix.conf`](../command-ref/conf-file.md):
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secret-key-files = /etc/nix/key.private
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We will restart the Nix daemon in a later step.
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# Implementing the build hook
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Write the following script to `/etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh`:
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```bash
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#!/bin/sh
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set -eu
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set -f # disable globbing
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export IFS=' '
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echo "Uploading paths" $OUT_PATHS
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exec nix copy --to "s3://example-nix-cache" $OUT_PATHS
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```
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> **Note**
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> The `$OUT_PATHS` variable is a space-separated list of Nix store
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> paths. In this case, we expect and want the shell to perform word
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> splitting to make each output path its own argument to `nix
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> store sign`. Nix guarantees the paths will not contain any spaces,
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> however a store path might contain glob characters. The `set -f`
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> disables globbing in the shell.
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> If you want to upload the `.drv` file too, the `$DRV_PATH` variable
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> is also defined for the script and works just like `$OUT_PATHS`.
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Then make sure the hook program is executable by the `root` user:
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```console
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# chmod +x /etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh
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```
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# Updating Nix Configuration
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Edit `/etc/nix/nix.conf` to run our hook, by adding the following
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configuration snippet at the end:
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post-build-hook = /etc/nix/upload-to-cache.sh
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Then, restart the `nix-daemon`.
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# Testing
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Build any derivation, for example:
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```console
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$ nix-build --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).writeText "example" (builtins.toString builtins.currentTime)'
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this derivation will be built:
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/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv
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building '/nix/store/s4pnfbkalzy5qz57qs6yybna8wylkig6-example.drv'...
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running post-build-hook '/home/grahamc/projects/github.com/NixOS/nix/post-hook.sh'...
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post-build-hook: Signing paths /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
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post-build-hook: Uploading paths /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
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/nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
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```
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Then delete the path from the store, and try substituting it from the
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binary cache:
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```console
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$ rm ./result
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$ nix-store --delete /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
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```
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Now, copy the path back from the cache:
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```console
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$ nix-store --realise /nix/store/ibcyipq5gf91838ldx40mjsp0b8w9n18-example
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copying path '/nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example from 's3://example-nix-cache'...
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warning: you did not specify '--add-root'; the result might be removed by the garbage collector
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/nix/store/m8bmqwrch6l3h8s0k3d673xpmipcdpsa-example
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```
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# Conclusion
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We now have a Nix installation configured to automatically sign and
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upload every local build to a remote binary cache.
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Before deploying this to production, be sure to consider the
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[implementation caveats](#implementation-caveats).
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