Name

nix serve - serve a Nix store over the network

Synopsis

nix serve [option...]

Options

--port / -p port

Port to listen on (default: 8080). Use 0 to dynamically allocate a free port.
--port-file path

Write the bound port number to this file.
--priority priority

Priority of this cache (overrides the store's default).

--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.
--log-format format

Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.
--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.
--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.
--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

--help

Show usage information.
--offline

Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
--option name value

Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
--version

Show version information.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.