Re: Guix Data Service: Dump files missing (?)

[Luis Felipe]

Hi Chris,

On 23/11/24 20:54, Christopher Baines wrote:
> Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:
>
> > I'd like to get familiar with the Guix Data Service locally, but I
> > haven't been able to set up the database because there's no dump files
> > available in the URLs indicated in the README.
> >
> > For example, https://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps loads correctly but lists
> > no dumps. And when visiting
> > https://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps/latest/guix_data_service_small.dump I
> > get the message "Resource not found:
> > /dumps/latest/guix_data_service_small.dump".
> >
> > I don't see anything in the git log that makes me think that dumps
> > changed location, or their generation was removed or suspended.
> >
> > Maybe a temporary issue?
> I forget exactly when I disabled the dumps, but it was mostly to reduce
> my costs. Producing the dump files required a significant amount of free
> disk space to dump the database.

I see.


> Would it be helpful to have some instructions on getting some data in to
> an empty database? I did this recently when setting up a new laptop.

Yes, please. Or how to add the structure alone to the empty database so 
that I can then visualize the data model in an ERD tool.

And by the way, the ".envrc" file contains the following line:

  use guix -D -f guix-dev.scm postgresql

Where does the "use" command come from? My searching for it hasn't been 
productive...

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