nix-channel down?

Kaisky · Apr 5, 2023

I'm trying to setup following channel for my toolchain.
https://nixbld.m-labs.hk/channel/custom/artiq/full/artiq-full
After running update I get multiple errors like this:
warning: error: unable to download 'https://nixbld.m-labs.hk/channel/custom/artiq/full/artiq-full/nixexprs.tar.xz': HTTP error 500; retrying in 308 ms

Is there a server issue or is the URL old? I'm following an older instruction in our institutes wiki.

sb10q · Apr 6, 2023

You probably want to change your channel URL to https://nixbld.m-labs.hk/channel/custom/artiq/full-legacy/artiq-full
Newer ARTIQ versions use flakes and not nix channels.

Kaisky · Apr 6, 2023

Is there a nix-channel for artiq7 or does the legacy here also work?

sb10q · Apr 6, 2023

There is no nix channel for ARTIQ-7, use the flakes system instead as per the manual.