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redirect "Copying Closures via SSH" guide to nix-copy-closure
the individual commands' documentation should provide enough examples to make sense of the options and judge what to use and when. proper guides, which would require a more elaborate setup to show off Nix's capabilities are out of scope for the reference manual.
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"ch-basic-package-mgmt": "package-management/basic-package-mgmt.html",
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"ssec-binary-cache-substituter": "package-management/binary-cache-substituter.html",
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"sec-channels": "command-ref/nix-channel.html",
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"ssec-copy-closure": "package-management/copy-closure.html",
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"ssec-copy-closure": "command-ref/nix-copy-closure.html",
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"sec-garbage-collection": "package-management/garbage-collection.html",
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"ssec-gc-roots": "package-management/garbage-collector-roots.html",
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"chap-package-management": "package-management/index.html",
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- [Advanced Topics](advanced-topics/index.md)
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- [Sharing Packages Between Machines](package-management/sharing-packages.md)
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- [Serving a Nix store via HTTP](package-management/binary-cache-substituter.md)
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- [Copying Closures via SSH](package-management/copy-closure.md)
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- [Serving a Nix store via SSH](package-management/ssh-substituter.md)
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- [Serving a Nix store via S3](package-management/s3-substituter.md)
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- [Remote Builds](advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md)
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/json/* /protocols/json/:splat 301!
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/release-notes/release-notes /release-notes 301!
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/package-management/copy-closure /command-ref/nix-copy-closure 301!
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# Copying Closures via SSH
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The command `nix-copy-closure` copies a Nix store path along with all
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its dependencies to or from another machine via the SSH protocol. It
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doesn’t copy store paths that are already present on the target machine.
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For example, the following command copies Firefox with all its
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dependencies:
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$ nix-copy-closure --to alice@itchy.example.org $(type -p firefox)
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See the [manpage for `nix-copy-closure`](../command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md) for details.
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With `nix-store
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--export` and `nix-store --import` you can write the closure of a store
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path (that is, the path and all its dependencies) to a file, and then
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unpack that file into another Nix store. For example,
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$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) > firefox.closure
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writes the closure of Firefox to a file. You can then copy this file to
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another machine and install the closure:
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$ nix-store --import < firefox.closure
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Any store paths in the closure that are already present in the target
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store are ignored. It is also possible to pipe the export into another
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command, e.g. to copy and install a closure directly to/on another
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machine:
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$ nix-store --export $(nix-store --query --requisites $(type -p firefox)) | bzip2 | \
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ssh alice@itchy.example.org "bunzip2 | nix-store --import"
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However, `nix-copy-closure` is generally more efficient because it only
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copies paths that are not already present in the target Nix store.
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