Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix daemon - daemon to perform store operations on behalf of non-root clients
Synopsis
nix daemon [option...] 
Examples
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Run the daemon:
# nix daemon - 
Run the daemon and listen on standard I/O instead of binding to a UNIX socket:
# nix daemon --stdio - 
Run the daemon and force all connections to be trusted:
# nix daemon --force-trusted - 
Run the daemon and force all connections to be untrusted:
# nix daemon --force-untrusted - 
Run the daemon, listen on standard I/O, and force all connections to use Nix's default trust:
# nix daemon --stdio --default-trust 
Description
This command runs the Nix daemon, which is a required component in
multi-user Nix installations. It runs build tasks and other
operations on the Nix store on behalf of non-root users. Usually you
don't run the daemon directly; instead it's managed by a service
management framework such as systemd on Linux, or launchctl on Darwin.
Note that this daemon does not fork into the background.
Options
- 
Use Nix's default trust.
 - 
Force the daemon to trust connecting clients.
 - 
Force the daemon to not trust connecting clients. The connection will be processed by the receiving daemon before forwarding commands.
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Forces the daemon to process received commands itself rather than forwarding the commands straight to the remote store.
This is useful for the `mounted-ssh://` store where some actions need to be performed on the remote end but as connected user, and not as the user of the underlying daemon on the remote end. - 
Attach to standard I/O, instead of trying to bind to a UNIX socket.
 
Logging-related options
- 
Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.
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--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of
raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs. - 
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error.
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Decrease the logging verbosity level.
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
 
Miscellaneous global options
- 
Show usage information.
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Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
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--optionname valueSet the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding
nix.conf). - 
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
 - 
Show version information.
 
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.