FoundationDB Nix Overlay

A Nix overlay to easily use FoundationDB binaries in your Nix projects.

Packages Provided

This overlay provides the following packages:

• libfdb: The FoundationDB C client library.
  • Versions: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
• fdbserver: The FoundationDB server.
  • Versions: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4
• fdbcli: The FoundationDB command-line interface.
  • Versions: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4

How to Use

To use this overlay, add it to your flake.nix inputs:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    fdb-overlay.url = "github:foundationdb-rs/overlay";
  };

  outputs =
    {
      nixpkgs,
      fdb-overlay,
      ...
    }:
    let
      system = "x86_64-linux";

      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
        inherit system;
        overlays = [ fdb-overlay.overlays.default ];
      };
    in
    {
      devShells."${system}".default = pkgs.mkShell {
        packages = with pkgs; [ libfdb fdbcli ];
      };
    };
}

This example creates a development shell with the libfdb and fdbcli packages.

For more advanced usage, such as using specific versions or overriding packages, please refer to the examples directory.

Testing

To check that the overlay is working correctly, you can run the following command:

nix flake check .