Hi Guix, Apologize for the name change! I can't resist when I thought of the domain name...
> I'm glad to announce the substitute server I'm running: > > https://ci.boiledscript.com Now it's https://ci.guix.moe :) > with a blog post for its latest status: > > https://ultrarare.space/en/posts/guix-build-farm/ > > It builds community channels and provides substitutes for x86_64-linux, > i686-linux and aarch64-linux. The substitute server opens to adding new > channels, as long as resource permits and undistributable contents are > marked unsubstitutable. > > Let me know if you want to add more channels, you can also open an issue > on Codeberg: > > https://codeberg.org/hako/Testament/issues > > To use substitutes from the server, you need to authorize its signing > key first: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > echo '(public-key > (ecc > (curve Ed25519) > (q #374EC58F5F2EC0412431723AF2D527AD626B049D657B5633AAAEBC694F3E33F9#) > ) > )' | sudo guix archive --authorize > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > and then use one of its mirrors, currently the following two: > > https://cache-cdn.boiledscript.com > https://cache-de.boiledscript.com > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > guix build hello --substitute-urls="https://cache-cdn.boiledscript.com <...>" > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- New URL for the primary mirror: https://cache-cdn.guix.moe More mirrors! Germany: https://cache-de.guix.moe Italy: https://cache-it.guix.moe (Thanks poesty!) United States: https://cache-us-lax.guix.moe Singapore: https://cache-sg.guix.moe See <https://ultrarare.space/en/posts/guix-build-farm/#mirrors> for update-to-date information. I'll ensure availability of the old domain names on boiledscript.com before 2026. >[...] > This allows mirroring substitutes with rsync and a file server. > > Substitutes are also synced to object storage (currently Cloudflare R2 > with Cloudflare CDN, a choice to reduce expenses) to facilitate > mirroring without a full clone. > > Now there're three approaches to mirror the substitutes, specific steps > are covered in the blog post: > > 1. Full mirror (rsync + file server) > 2. narinfo mirror + reverse proxy > 3. narinfo mirror + redirection > > Currently the "cache-cdn" mirror uses the 3. approach, to ensure > performance on querying and downloading, however there's a delay on the > redirection so either 1. or 2. is more suitable for future mirrors. Let > me know if you're interested in hosting one :) Redirection of cache-cdn is now avoided by using Cloudflare Workers to act as the frontend, it's truly behind "CDN" now. In case you dislike Cloudflare, only cache-cdn is behind it, though mirrors may proxy substitutes from Cloudflare R2. I have migrated the head node to a machine with more storage and started building Guix channel, reusing substitutes from official servers. Hopefully it will be an option for those with slow connection to official servers in a few days. I'll keep the build farm running in the long term, so I'm seeking donation on mirror hosting, and financial support to share the expenses (cache-cdn, object storage and mirrors I host. Currently they are for demonstration purpose, I may strip them out if necessary to reduce the expenses). More information is available in the blog post: <https://ultrarare.space/en/posts/guix-build-farm/> Thanks
