From 0ee239874b76bea75a3d3a90201118b3c4294576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Ambo Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 10:07:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs(README): Update links to layering strategy --- tools/nixery/README.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/nixery/README.md b/tools/nixery/README.md index 8225e430b..cdae23bc4 100644 --- a/tools/nixery/README.md +++ b/tools/nixery/README.md @@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ user intends to include in the image is specified as a path component of the image name. The path components refer to top-level keys in `nixpkgs` and are used to build a -container image using Nix's [buildLayeredImage][] functionality. +container image using a [layering strategy][] that optimises for caching popular +and/or large dependencies. A public instance as well as additional documentation is available at [nixery.dev][public]. -The project started out with the intention of becoming a Kubernetes controller -that can serve declarative image specifications specified in CRDs as container -images. The design for this is outlined in [a public gist][gist]. +The project started out inspired by the [buildLayeredImage][] blog post with the +intention of becoming a Kubernetes controller that can serve declarative image +specifications specified in CRDs as container images. The design for this was +outlined in [a public gist][gist]. This is not an officially supported Google project. @@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ correct caching behaviour, addressing and so on. See [issue #4](https://github.com/google/nixery/issues/4). [Nix]: https://nixos.org/ +[layering strategy]: https://storage.googleapis.com/nixdoc/nixery-layers.html [gist]: https://gist.github.com/tazjin/08f3d37073b3590aacac424303e6f745 [buildLayeredImage]: https://grahamc.com/blog/nix-and-layered-docker-images [public]: https://nixery.dev