From 057af1dbd802987df7990d965e08db185820a193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Christensen Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:02:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: document the installer's use of proxy env vars --- doc/manual/installation/env-variables.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/env-variables.xml b/doc/manual/installation/env-variables.xml index d1ee0bb2e..e2b8fc867 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation/env-variables.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation/env-variables.xml @@ -67,5 +67,23 @@ $ sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/org.nixos.nix-daemon +
+ +Proxy Environment Variables + +The Nix installer has special handling for these proxy-related +environment variables: +http_proxy, https_proxy, +ftp_proxy, no_proxy, +HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, +FTP_PROXY, NO_PROXY. + +If any of these variables are set when running the Nix installer, +then the installer will create an override file at +/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service.d/override.conf +so nix-daemon will use them. + +
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