--- title: Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs | daily.dev description: This post discusses the limitations of using rules_nixpkgs with remote execution in Bazel and presents a new remote execution infrastructure to overcome this... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the limitations of using rules_nixpkgs with remote execution in Bazel and presents a new remote execution infrastructure to overcome this... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8CwO5qLrE.png og:image:alt: Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the limitations of using rules_nixpkgs with remote execution in Bazel and presents a new remote execution infrastructure to overcome this limitation. It provides steps to achieve remote execution with rules_nixpkgs using Buildbarn and a NFS-based solution. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#bazel](https://daily.dev/tags/bazel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre"},"datePublished":"2024-03-06T13:04:53.265Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z","description":"This post discusses the limitations of using rules_nixpkgs with remote execution in Bazel and presents a new remote execution infrastructure to overcome this...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/022ae1f163e3837faf7572f4d1b4761b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/022ae1f163e3837faf7572f4d1b4761b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bazel-remote-execution-with-rules-nixpkgs-8cwo5qlre","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"bazel","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bazel remote execution with rules_nixpkgs"}]} ```