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inconstency with offloading

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Message #22 received at 52517-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 52517-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52517: inconstency with offloading
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:19:32 +0100

Hi Ludo,

On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 at 19:30, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Interestingly, GUIX_DAEMON_SOCKET=ssh://… almost achieves that.

Thanks for the hint.

> Alright, committing.

Cool!  Thanks.


>> I am fine to close the issue but, as I said, the fix seems to be able to
>> offload without root access but just an SSH access.
>
> Yes, we can discuss that separately.

Yes…

> A simple design would be to have clients install a “build handler”; when
> the handler is called, it selects a machine, open a remote store
> connection, copies missing inputs, starts the build, retrieves
> outputs—all that from the client.  Of course admins still have to
> authorize keys both ways, but at least that gives more flexibility.  (We
> could also have a model where keys are authorized just one-way.)

…and it is not easy.  And somehow it is similar as the issue of «Public
guix offload server» discussed [1] recently (Oct. 2021).

1: <https://yhetil.org/guix/878rynh0yq.fsf <at> systemreboot.net>

Cheers,
simon

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