Glossary¶
- binary cache
Nix can fetch a binary result instead of performing the build by looking up store hash in binary cache API.
- nar archive
Deterministic arhive alternative to other archives like tar.
See specification.
- narinfo
Metadata information about nar archive used by Nix.
- signing key
Secret used by
cachix
command line interface to sign narinfo before it’s pushed to a binary cache.- access token
Secret for accessing Cachix HTTP API authenticated to a user.