15 files changed, 2651 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40ccc4b6380c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export.go
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+package exporter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"path"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nar"
+)
+
+type DirectoryLookupFn func([]byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error)
+type BlobLookupFn func([]byte) (io.ReadCloser, error)
+
+// Export will traverse a given PathInfo structure, and write the contents
+// in NAR format to the passed Writer.
+// It uses directoryLookupFn and blobLookupFn to resolve references.
+func Export(
+	w io.Writer,
+	pathInfo *storev1pb.PathInfo,
+	directoryLookupFn DirectoryLookupFn,
+	blobLookupFn BlobLookupFn,
+) error {
+	// initialize a NAR writer
+	narWriter, err := nar.NewWriter(w)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize nar writer: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer narWriter.Close()
+
+	// populate rootHeader
+	rootHeader := &nar.Header{
+		Path: "/",
+	}
+
+	// populate a stack
+	// we will push paths and directories to it when entering a directory,
+	// and emit individual elements to the NAR writer, draining the Directory object.
+	// once it's empty, we can pop it off the stack.
+	var stackPaths = []string{}
+	var stackDirectories = []*castorev1pb.Directory{}
+
+	// peek at the pathInfo root and assemble the root node and write to writer
+	// in the case of a regular file, we retrieve and write the contents, close and exit
+	// in the case of a symlink, we write the symlink, close and exit
+	switch v := (pathInfo.GetNode().GetNode()).(type) {
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_File:
+		rootHeader.Type = nar.TypeRegular
+		rootHeader.Size = int64(v.File.GetSize())
+		rootHeader.Executable = v.File.GetExecutable()
+		err := narWriter.WriteHeader(rootHeader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to write root header: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// if it's a regular file, retrieve and write the contents
+		blobReader, err := blobLookupFn(v.File.GetDigest())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to lookup blob: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer blobReader.Close()
+
+		_, err = io.Copy(narWriter, blobReader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read from blobReader: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		err = blobReader.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to close content reader: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		err = narWriter.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to close nar reader: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_Symlink:
+		rootHeader.Type = nar.TypeSymlink
+		rootHeader.LinkTarget = string(v.Symlink.GetTarget())
+		err := narWriter.WriteHeader(rootHeader)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to write root header: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		err = narWriter.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to close nar reader: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_Directory:
+		// We have a directory at the root, look it up and put in on the stack.
+		directory, err := directoryLookupFn(v.Directory.Digest)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to lookup directory: %w", err)
+		}
+		stackDirectories = append(stackDirectories, directory)
+		stackPaths = append(stackPaths, "/")
+
+		err = narWriter.WriteHeader(&nar.Header{
+			Path: "/",
+			Type: nar.TypeDirectory,
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing header: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// as long as the stack is not empty, we keep running.
+	for {
+		if len(stackDirectories) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Peek at the current top of the stack.
+		topOfStack := stackDirectories[len(stackDirectories)-1]
+		topOfStackPath := stackPaths[len(stackPaths)-1]
+
+		// get the next element that's lexicographically smallest, and drain it from
+		// the current directory on top of the stack.
+		nextNode := drainNextNode(topOfStack)
+
+		// If nextNode returns nil, there's nothing left in the directory node, so we
+		// can emit it from the stack.
+		// Contrary to the import case, we don't emit the node popping from the stack, but when pushing.
+		if nextNode == nil {
+			// pop off stack
+			stackDirectories = stackDirectories[:len(stackDirectories)-1]
+			stackPaths = stackPaths[:len(stackPaths)-1]
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch n := (nextNode).(type) {
+		case *castorev1pb.DirectoryNode:
+			err := narWriter.WriteHeader(&nar.Header{
+				Path: path.Join(topOfStackPath, string(n.GetName())),
+				Type: nar.TypeDirectory,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to write nar header: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			d, err := directoryLookupFn(n.GetDigest())
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to lookup directory: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// add to stack
+			stackDirectories = append(stackDirectories, d)
+			stackPaths = append(stackPaths, path.Join(topOfStackPath, string(n.GetName())))
+		case *castorev1pb.FileNode:
+			err := narWriter.WriteHeader(&nar.Header{
+				Path:       path.Join(topOfStackPath, string(n.GetName())),
+				Type:       nar.TypeRegular,
+				Size:       int64(n.GetSize()),
+				Executable: n.GetExecutable(),
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to write nar header: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// copy file contents
+			contentReader, err := blobLookupFn(n.GetDigest())
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to get blob: %w", err)
+			}
+			defer contentReader.Close()
+
+			_, err = io.Copy(narWriter, contentReader)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy contents from contentReader: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			err = contentReader.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to close content reader: %w", err)
+			}
+		case *castorev1pb.SymlinkNode:
+			err := narWriter.WriteHeader(&nar.Header{
+				Path:       path.Join(topOfStackPath, string(n.GetName())),
+				Type:       nar.TypeSymlink,
+				LinkTarget: string(n.GetTarget()),
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to write nar header: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TODO: add validation functions to Directory in both rust and golang, to
+// validate the keys in directories, files and symlinks are sorted.
+
+// drainNextNode will drain a directory message with one of its child nodes,
+// whichever comes first alphabetically.
+func drainNextNode(d *castorev1pb.Directory) interface{} {
+	switch v := (smallestNode(d)).(type) {
+	case *castorev1pb.DirectoryNode:
+		d.Directories = d.Directories[1:]
+		return v
+	case *castorev1pb.FileNode:
+		d.Files = d.Files[1:]
+		return v
+	case *castorev1pb.SymlinkNode:
+		d.Symlinks = d.Symlinks[1:]
+		return v
+	case nil:
+		return nil
+	default:
+		panic("invalid type encountered")
+	}
+}
+
+// smallestNode will return the node from a directory message,
+// whichever comes first alphabetically.
+func smallestNode(d *castorev1pb.Directory) interface{} {
+	childDirectories := d.GetDirectories()
+	childFiles := d.GetFiles()
+	childSymlinks := d.GetSymlinks()
+
+	if len(childDirectories) > 0 {
+		if len(childFiles) > 0 {
+			if len(childSymlinks) > 0 {
+				// directories,files,symlinks
+				return smallerNode(smallerNode(childDirectories[0], childFiles[0]), childSymlinks[0])
+			} else {
+				// directories,files,!symlinks
+				return smallerNode(childDirectories[0], childFiles[0])
+			}
+		} else {
+			// directories,!files
+			if len(childSymlinks) > 0 {
+				// directories,!files,symlinks
+				return smallerNode(childDirectories[0], childSymlinks[0])
+			} else {
+				// directories,!files,!symlinks
+				return childDirectories[0]
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		// !directories
+		if len(childFiles) > 0 {
+			// !directories,files
+			if len(childSymlinks) > 0 {
+				// !directories,files,symlinks
+				return smallerNode(childFiles[0], childSymlinks[0])
+			} else {
+				// !directories,files,!symlinks
+				return childFiles[0]
+			}
+		} else {
+			//!directories,!files
+			if len(childSymlinks) > 0 {
+				//!directories,!files,symlinks
+				return childSymlinks[0]
+			} else {
+				//!directories,!files,!symlinks
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// smallerNode compares two nodes by their name,
+// and returns the one with the smaller name.
+// both nodes may not be nil, we do check for these cases in smallestNode.
+func smallerNode(a interface{ GetName() []byte }, b interface{ GetName() []byte }) interface{ GetName() []byte } {
+	if string(a.GetName()) < string(b.GetName()) {
+		return a
+	} else {
+		return b
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export_test.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffee62f29183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/export_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+package exporter_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"lukechampine.com/blake3"
+)
+
+func mustDirectoryDigest(d *castorev1pb.Directory) []byte {
+	dgst, err := d.Digest()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return dgst
+}
+
+func mustBlobDigest(r io.Reader) []byte {
+	hasher := blake3.New(32, nil)
+	_, err := io.Copy(hasher, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return hasher.Sum([]byte{})
+}
+
+func TestSymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	pathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Symlink{
+				Symlink: &castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+					Name:   []byte("doesntmatter"),
+					Target: []byte("/nix/store/somewhereelse"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := exporter.Export(&buf, pathInfo, func([]byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error) {
+		panic("no directories expected")
+	}, func([]byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		panic("no files expected")
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "exporter shouldn't fail")
+
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/symlink.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	bytesExpected, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, bytesExpected, buf.Bytes(), "expected nar contents to match")
+}
+
+func TestRegular(t *testing.T) {
+	// The blake3 digest of the 0x01 byte.
+	BLAKE3_DIGEST_0X01 := []byte{
+		0x48, 0xfc, 0x72, 0x1f, 0xbb, 0xc1, 0x72, 0xe0, 0x92, 0x5f, 0xa2, 0x7a, 0xf1, 0x67, 0x1d,
+		0xe2, 0x25, 0xba, 0x92, 0x71, 0x34, 0x80, 0x29, 0x98, 0xb1, 0x0a, 0x15, 0x68, 0xa1, 0x88,
+		0x65, 0x2b,
+	}
+
+	pathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_File{
+				File: &castorev1pb.FileNode{
+					Name:       []byte("doesntmatter"),
+					Digest:     BLAKE3_DIGEST_0X01,
+					Size:       1,
+					Executable: false,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := exporter.Export(&buf, pathInfo, func([]byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error) {
+		panic("no directories expected")
+	}, func(blobRef []byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		if !bytes.Equal(blobRef, BLAKE3_DIGEST_0X01) {
+			panic("unexpected blobref")
+		}
+		return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{0x01})), nil
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "exporter shouldn't fail")
+
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/onebyteregular.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	bytesExpected, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, bytesExpected, buf.Bytes(), "expected nar contents to match")
+}
+
+func TestEmptyDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	// construct empty directory node this refers to
+	emptyDirectory := &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files:       []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+		Symlinks:    []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+	emptyDirectoryDigest := mustDirectoryDigest(emptyDirectory)
+
+	pathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Directory{
+				Directory: &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+					Name:   []byte("doesntmatter"),
+					Digest: emptyDirectoryDigest,
+					Size:   0,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := exporter.Export(&buf, pathInfo, func(directoryRef []byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error) {
+		if !bytes.Equal(directoryRef, emptyDirectoryDigest) {
+			panic("unexpected directoryRef")
+		}
+		return emptyDirectory, nil
+	}, func([]byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		panic("no files expected")
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "exporter shouldn't fail")
+
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/emptydirectory.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	bytesExpected, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, bytesExpected, buf.Bytes(), "expected nar contents to match")
+}
+
+func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
+	// We pipe nar_1094wph9z4nwlgvsd53abfz8i117ykiv5dwnq9nnhz846s7xqd7d.nar to the exporter,
+	// and store all the file contents and directory objects received in two hashmaps.
+	// We then feed it to the writer, and test we come up with the same NAR file.
+
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/nar_1094wph9z4nwlgvsd53abfz8i117ykiv5dwnq9nnhz846s7xqd7d.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	narContents, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	blobsMap := make(map[string][]byte, 0)
+	directoriesMap := make(map[string]*castorev1pb.Directory)
+
+	pathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		bytes.NewBuffer(narContents),
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			// read in contents, we need to put it into filesMap later.
+			contents, err := io.ReadAll(blobReader)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			dgst := mustBlobDigest(bytes.NewReader(contents))
+
+			// put it in filesMap
+			blobsMap[base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(dgst)] = contents
+
+			return dgst, nil
+		},
+		func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			dgst := mustDirectoryDigest(directory)
+
+			directoriesMap[base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(dgst)] = directory
+			return dgst, nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// done populating everything, now actually test the export :-)
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	err = exporter.Export(
+		&buf,
+		pathInfo,
+		func(directoryDgst []byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error) {
+			d, found := directoriesMap[base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDgst)]
+			if !found {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("directory %v not found", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDgst)))
+			}
+			return d, nil
+		},
+		func(blobDgst []byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+			blobContents, found := blobsMap[base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(blobDgst)]
+			if !found {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("blob      %v not found", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(blobDgst)))
+			}
+			return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(blobContents)), nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err, "exporter shouldn't fail")
+	require.Equal(t, narContents, buf.Bytes())
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/pick_next_node_test.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/pick_next_node_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c80261ae6b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter/pick_next_node_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package exporter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
+)
+
+func requireProtoEq(t *testing.T, expected interface{}, actual interface{}) {
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual, protocmp.Transform()); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected difference:\n%v", diff)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPopNextNode(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("empty directory", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &castorev1pb.Directory{
+			Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+			Files:       []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+			Symlinks:    []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+		}
+
+		n := drainNextNode(d)
+		require.Equal(t, nil, n)
+	})
+	t.Run("only directories", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ds := &castorev1pb.Directory{
+			Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{{
+				Name:   []byte("a"),
+				Digest: []byte{},
+				Size:   0,
+			}, {
+				Name:   []byte("b"),
+				Digest: []byte{},
+				Size:   0,
+			}},
+			Files:    []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+			Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+		}
+
+		n := drainNextNode(ds)
+		requireProtoEq(t, &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+			Name:   []byte("a"),
+			Digest: []byte{},
+			Size:   0,
+		}, n)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_get.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_get.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c2b299e785b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_get.go
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/exporter"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	nixhash "github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/hash"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixbase32"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const (
+	narUrl = "/nar/{narhash:^([" + nixbase32.Alphabet + "]{52})$}.nar"
+)
+
+func renderNar(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	log *log.Entry,
+	directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient,
+	blobServiceClient castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient,
+	narHashToPathInfoMu *sync.Mutex,
+	narHashToPathInfo map[string]*storev1pb.PathInfo,
+	w io.Writer,
+	narHash *nixhash.Hash,
+	headOnly bool,
+) error {
+	// look in the lookup table
+	narHashToPathInfoMu.Lock()
+	pathInfo, found := narHashToPathInfo[narHash.SRIString()]
+	narHashToPathInfoMu.Unlock()
+
+	// if we didn't find anything, return 404.
+	if !found {
+		return fmt.Errorf("narHash not found: %w", fs.ErrNotExist)
+	}
+
+	// if this was only a head request, we're done.
+	if headOnly {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	directories := make(map[string]*castorev1pb.Directory)
+
+	// If the root node is a directory, ask the directory service for all directories
+	if pathInfoDirectory := pathInfo.GetNode().GetDirectory(); pathInfoDirectory != nil {
+		rootDirectoryDigest := pathInfoDirectory.GetDigest()
+		log = log.WithField("root_directory", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(rootDirectoryDigest))
+
+		directoryStream, err := directoryServiceClient.Get(ctx, &castorev1pb.GetDirectoryRequest{
+			ByWhat: &castorev1pb.GetDirectoryRequest_Digest{
+				Digest: rootDirectoryDigest,
+			},
+			Recursive: true,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to query directory stream: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// For now, we just stream all of these locally and put them into a hashmap,
+		// which is used in the lookup function below.
+		for {
+			directory, err := directoryStream.Recv()
+			if err != nil {
+				if err == io.EOF {
+					break
+				}
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to receive from directory stream: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// calculate directory digest
+			// TODO: do we need to do any more validation?
+			directoryDgst, err := directory.Digest()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to calculate directory digest: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			log.WithField("directory", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDgst)).Debug("received directory node")
+
+			directories[hex.EncodeToString(directoryDgst)] = directory
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	// render the NAR file
+	err := exporter.Export(
+		w,
+		pathInfo,
+		func(directoryDigest []byte) (*castorev1pb.Directory, error) {
+			log.WithField("directory", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDigest)).Debug("Get directory")
+			directoryRefStr := hex.EncodeToString(directoryDigest)
+			directory, found := directories[directoryRefStr]
+			if !found {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+					"directory with hash %v does not exist: %w",
+					directoryDigest,
+					fs.ErrNotExist,
+				)
+			}
+
+			return directory, nil
+		},
+		func(blobDigest []byte) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+			log.WithField("blob", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(blobDigest)).Debug("Get blob")
+			resp, err := blobServiceClient.Read(ctx, &castorev1pb.ReadBlobRequest{
+				Digest: blobDigest,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get blob: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			// set up a pipe, let a goroutine write, return the reader.
+			pR, pW := io.Pipe()
+
+			go func() {
+				for {
+					chunk, err := resp.Recv()
+					if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+						break
+					}
+					if err != nil {
+						pW.CloseWithError(fmt.Errorf("receiving chunk: %w", err))
+						return
+					}
+
+					// write the received chunk to the writer part of the pipe
+					if _, err := io.Copy(pW, bytes.NewReader(chunk.GetData())); err != nil {
+						log.WithError(err).Error("writing chunk to pipe")
+						pW.CloseWithError(fmt.Errorf("writing chunk to pipe: %w", err))
+						return
+					}
+				}
+				pW.Close()
+
+			}()
+
+			return io.NopCloser(pR), nil
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to export nar: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func registerNarGet(s *Server) {
+	// produce a handler for rendering NAR files.
+	genNarHandler := func(isHead bool) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			defer r.Body.Close()
+
+			ctx := r.Context()
+
+			// parse the narhash sent in the request URL
+			narHash, err := parseNarHashFromUrl(chi.URLParamFromCtx(ctx, "narhash"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).WithField("url", r.URL).Error("unable to decode nar hash from url")
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to decode nar hash from url"))
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			log := log.WithField("narhash_url", narHash.SRIString())
+
+			// TODO: inline more of that function here?
+			err = renderNar(ctx, log, s.directoryServiceClient, s.blobServiceClient, &s.narHashToPathInfoMu, s.narHashToPathInfo, w, narHash, isHead)
+			if err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+				} else {
+					log.WithError(err).Warn("unable to render nar")
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.handler.Head(narUrl, genNarHandler(true))
+	s.handler.Get(narUrl, genNarHandler(false))
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_put.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_put.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52ab425dfcf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/nar_put.go
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	nixhash "github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/hash"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixbase32"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func registerNarPut(s *Server) {
+	s.handler.Put(narUrl, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		ctx := r.Context()
+
+		// parse the narhash sent in the request URL
+		narHashFromUrl, err := parseNarHashFromUrl(chi.URLParamFromCtx(ctx, "narhash"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).WithField("url", r.URL).Error("unable to decode nar hash from url")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to decode nar hash from url"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Error("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		log := log.WithField("narhash_url", narHashFromUrl.SRIString())
+
+		directoriesUploader := importer.NewDirectoriesUploader(ctx, s.directoryServiceClient)
+		defer directoriesUploader.Done() //nolint:errcheck
+
+		pathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+			ctx,
+			// buffer the body by 10MiB
+			bufio.NewReaderSize(r.Body, 10*1024*1024),
+			importer.GenBlobUploaderCb(ctx, s.blobServiceClient),
+			func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+				return directoriesUploader.Put(directory)
+			},
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("error during NAR import: %v", err)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("error during NAR import: %v", err)))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		log.Debug("closing the stream")
+
+		// Close the directories uploader
+		directoriesPutResponse, err := directoriesUploader.Done()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("error during directory upload")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("error during directory upload"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+		// If we uploaded directories (so directoriesPutResponse doesn't return null),
+		// the RootDigest field in directoriesPutResponse should match the digest
+		// returned in the PathInfo struct returned by the `Import` call.
+		// This check ensures the server-side came up with the same root hash.
+
+		if directoriesPutResponse != nil {
+			rootDigestPathInfo := pathInfo.GetNode().GetDirectory().GetDigest()
+			rootDigestDirectoriesPutResponse := directoriesPutResponse.GetRootDigest()
+
+			log := log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"root_digest_pathinfo":             rootDigestPathInfo,
+				"root_digest_directories_put_resp": rootDigestDirectoriesPutResponse,
+			})
+			if !bytes.Equal(rootDigestPathInfo, rootDigestDirectoriesPutResponse) {
+				log.Errorf("returned root digest doesn't match what's calculated")
+
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				_, err := w.Write([]byte("error in root digest calculation"))
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).Error("unable to write error message to client")
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Compare the nar hash specified in the URL with the one that has been
+		// calculated while processing the NAR file
+		piNarHash, err := nixhash.ParseNixBase32(
+			"sha256:" + nixbase32.EncodeToString(pathInfo.GetNarinfo().NarSha256),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic("must parse nixbase32")
+		}
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(narHashFromUrl.Digest(), piNarHash.Digest()) {
+			log := log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"narhash_received_sha256": piNarHash.SRIString(),
+				"narsize":                 pathInfo.GetNarinfo().GetNarSize(),
+			})
+			log.Error("received bytes don't match narhash from URL")
+
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("received bytes don't match narHash specified in URL"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+
+		}
+
+		// Insert the partial pathinfo structs into our lookup map,
+		// so requesting the NAR file will be possible.
+		// The same  might exist already, but it'll have the same contents (so
+		// replacing will be a no-op), except maybe the root node Name field value, which
+		// is safe to ignore (as not part of the NAR).
+		s.narHashToPathInfoMu.Lock()
+		s.narHashToPathInfo[piNarHash.SRIString()] = pathInfo
+		s.narHashToPathInfoMu.Unlock()
+
+		// Done!
+	})
+
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_get.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_get.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93192c03e52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_get.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"net/http"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	nixhash "github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/hash"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/narinfo"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/narinfo/signature"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixbase32"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/storepath"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+// renderNarinfo writes narinfo contents to a passed io.Writer, or a returns a
+// (wrapped) io.ErrNoExist error if something doesn't exist.
+// if headOnly is set to true, only the existence is checked, but no content is
+// actually written.
+func renderNarinfo(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	log *log.Entry,
+	pathInfoServiceClient storev1pb.PathInfoServiceClient,
+	narHashToPathInfoMu *sync.Mutex,
+	narHashToPathInfo map[string]*storev1pb.PathInfo,
+	outputHash []byte,
+	w io.Writer,
+	headOnly bool,
+) error {
+	pathInfo, err := pathInfoServiceClient.Get(ctx, &storev1pb.GetPathInfoRequest{
+		ByWhat: &storev1pb.GetPathInfoRequest_ByOutputHash{
+			ByOutputHash: outputHash,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		st, ok := status.FromError(err)
+		if ok {
+			if st.Code() == codes.NotFound {
+				return fmt.Errorf("output hash %v not found: %w", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(outputHash), fs.ErrNotExist)
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to get pathinfo, code %v: %w", st.Code(), err)
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get pathinfo: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	narHash, err := nixhash.ParseNixBase32("sha256:" + nixbase32.EncodeToString(pathInfo.GetNarinfo().GetNarSha256()))
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: return proper error
+		return fmt.Errorf("No usable NarHash found in PathInfo")
+	}
+
+	// add things to the lookup table, in case the same process didn't handle the NAR hash yet.
+	narHashToPathInfoMu.Lock()
+	narHashToPathInfo[narHash.SRIString()] = pathInfo
+	narHashToPathInfoMu.Unlock()
+
+	if headOnly {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// convert the signatures from storev1pb signatures to narinfo signatures
+	narinfoSignatures := make([]signature.Signature, 0)
+	for _, pathInfoSignature := range pathInfo.Narinfo.Signatures {
+		narinfoSignatures = append(narinfoSignatures, signature.Signature{
+			Name: pathInfoSignature.GetName(),
+			Data: pathInfoSignature.GetData(),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// extract the name of the node in the pathInfo structure, which will become the output path
+	var nodeName []byte
+	switch v := (pathInfo.GetNode().GetNode()).(type) {
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_File:
+		nodeName = v.File.GetName()
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_Symlink:
+		nodeName = v.Symlink.GetName()
+	case *castorev1pb.Node_Directory:
+		nodeName = v.Directory.GetName()
+	}
+
+	narInfo := narinfo.NarInfo{
+		StorePath:   path.Join(storepath.StoreDir, string(nodeName)),
+		URL:         "nar/" + nixbase32.EncodeToString(narHash.Digest()) + ".nar",
+		Compression: "none", // TODO: implement zstd compression
+		NarHash:     narHash,
+		NarSize:     uint64(pathInfo.Narinfo.NarSize),
+		References:  pathInfo.Narinfo.GetReferenceNames(),
+		Signatures:  narinfoSignatures,
+	}
+
+	// render .narinfo from pathInfo
+	_, err = io.Copy(w, strings.NewReader(narInfo.String()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to write narinfo to client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func registerNarinfoGet(s *Server) {
+	// GET $outHash.narinfo looks up the PathInfo from the tvix-store,
+	// and then render a .narinfo file to the client.
+	// It will keep the PathInfo in the lookup map,
+	// so a subsequent GET /nar/ $narhash.nar request can find it.
+	s.handler.Get("/{outputhash:^["+nixbase32.Alphabet+"]{32}}.narinfo", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		ctx := r.Context()
+		log := log.WithField("outputhash", chi.URLParamFromCtx(ctx, "outputhash"))
+
+		// parse the output hash sent in the request URL
+		outputHash, err := nixbase32.DecodeString(chi.URLParamFromCtx(ctx, "outputhash"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("unable to decode output hash from url")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to decode output hash from url"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		err = renderNarinfo(ctx, log, s.pathInfoServiceClient, &s.narHashToPathInfoMu, s.narHashToPathInfo, outputHash, w, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			} else {
+				log.WithError(err).Warn("unable to render narinfo")
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_put.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_put.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6494bca6f20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/narinfo_put.go
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"path"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/narinfo"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixbase32"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/storepath"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func registerNarinfoPut(s *Server) {
+	s.handler.Put("/{outputhash:^["+nixbase32.Alphabet+"]{32}}.narinfo", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		defer r.Body.Close()
+
+		ctx := r.Context()
+		log := log.WithField("outputhash", chi.URLParamFromCtx(ctx, "outputhash"))
+
+		// TODO: decide on merging behaviour.
+		// Maybe it's fine to add if contents are the same, but more sigs can be added?
+		// Right now, just replace a .narinfo for a path that already exists.
+
+		// read and parse the .narinfo file
+		narInfo, err := narinfo.Parse(r.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("unable to parse narinfo")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to parse narinfo"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		log = log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"narhash":     narInfo.NarHash.SRIString(),
+			"output_path": narInfo.StorePath,
+		})
+
+		var pathInfo *storev1pb.PathInfo
+
+		// look up the narHash in our temporary map
+		s.narHashToPathInfoMu.Lock()
+		pathInfo, found := s.narHashToPathInfo[narInfo.NarHash.SRIString()]
+		s.narHashToPathInfoMu.Unlock()
+		if !found {
+			log.Error("unable to find referred NAR")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to find referred NAR"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		// compare fields with what we computed while receiving the NAR file
+
+		// NarSize needs to match
+		if pathInfo.Narinfo.NarSize != narInfo.NarSize {
+			log.Error("narsize mismatch")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to parse narinfo"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+		// We know the narhash in the .narinfo matches one of the two narhashes in the partial pathInfo,
+		// because that's how we found it.
+
+		// FUTUREWORK: We can't compare References yet, but it'd be a good idea to
+		// do reference checking on .nar files server-side during upload.
+		// We however still need to be parse them, because we store
+		// the bytes in pathInfo.References, and the full strings in pathInfo.Narinfo.ReferenceNames.
+		referencesBytes := make([][]byte, 0)
+		for _, reference := range narInfo.References {
+			storePath, err := storepath.FromString(reference)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithField("reference", reference).WithError(err).Error("unable to parse reference")
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to parse reference"))
+				if err != nil {
+					log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+				}
+
+				return
+			}
+			referencesBytes = append(referencesBytes, storePath.Digest)
+		}
+
+		// assemble the []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{} from narinfo.Signatures.
+		pbNarinfoSignatures := make([]*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature, 0)
+		for _, narinfoSig := range narInfo.Signatures {
+
+			pbNarinfoSignatures = append(pbNarinfoSignatures, &storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{
+				Name: narinfoSig.Name,
+				Data: narinfoSig.Data,
+			})
+		}
+
+		// If everything matches, We will add References, NAR signatures and the
+		// output path name, and then upload to the pathinfo service.
+		// We want a copy here, because we don't want to mutate the contents in the lookup table
+		// until we get things back from the remote store.
+		pathInfoToUpload := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+			Node:       nil, // set below
+			References: referencesBytes,
+			Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+				NarSize:        pathInfo.Narinfo.NarSize,
+				NarSha256:      pathInfo.Narinfo.NarSha256,
+				Signatures:     pbNarinfoSignatures,
+				ReferenceNames: narInfo.References,
+			},
+		}
+
+		// We need to add the basename of the storepath from the .narinfo
+		// to the pathInfo to be sent.
+		switch v := (pathInfo.GetNode().GetNode()).(type) {
+		case *castorev1pb.Node_File:
+			pathInfoToUpload.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+				Node: &castorev1pb.Node_File{
+					File: &castorev1pb.FileNode{
+						Name:       []byte(path.Base(narInfo.StorePath)),
+						Digest:     v.File.Digest,
+						Size:       v.File.Size,
+						Executable: v.File.Executable,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		case *castorev1pb.Node_Symlink:
+			pathInfoToUpload.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+				Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Symlink{
+					Symlink: &castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+						Name:   []byte(path.Base(narInfo.StorePath)),
+						Target: v.Symlink.Target,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		case *castorev1pb.Node_Directory:
+			pathInfoToUpload.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+				Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Directory{
+					Directory: &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+						Name:   []byte(path.Base(narInfo.StorePath)),
+						Digest: v.Directory.Digest,
+						Size:   v.Directory.Size,
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		}
+
+		receivedPathInfo, err := s.pathInfoServiceClient.Put(ctx, pathInfoToUpload)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("unable to upload pathinfo to service")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte("unable to upload pathinfo to server"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Errorf("unable to write error message to client")
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		log.Debugf("received new pathInfo: %v+", receivedPathInfo)
+
+		// TODO: update the local temporary pathinfo with this?
+	})
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/server.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8eb229ab41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type Server struct {
+	srv     *http.Server
+	handler chi.Router
+
+	directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient
+	blobServiceClient      castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient
+	pathInfoServiceClient  storev1pb.PathInfoServiceClient
+
+	// When uploading NAR files to a HTTP binary cache, the .nar
+	// files are uploaded before the .narinfo files.
+	// We need *both* to be able to fully construct a PathInfo object.
+	// Keep a in-memory map of narhash(es) (in SRI) to sparse PathInfo.
+	// This is necessary until we can ask a PathInfoService for a node with a given
+	// narSha256.
+	narHashToPathInfoMu sync.Mutex
+	narHashToPathInfo   map[string]*storev1pb.PathInfo
+}
+
+func New(
+	directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient,
+	blobServiceClient castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient,
+	pathInfoServiceClient storev1pb.PathInfoServiceClient,
+	enableAccessLog bool,
+	priority int,
+) *Server {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+
+	if enableAccessLog {
+		r.Use(middleware.Logger)
+	}
+
+	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte("nar-bridge"))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Unable to write response: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	r.Get("/nix-cache-info", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("StoreDir: /nix/store\nWantMassQuery: 1\nPriority: %d\n", priority)))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Unable to write response: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	s := &Server{
+		handler:                r,
+		directoryServiceClient: directoryServiceClient,
+		blobServiceClient:      blobServiceClient,
+		pathInfoServiceClient:  pathInfoServiceClient,
+		narHashToPathInfo:      make(map[string]*storev1pb.PathInfo),
+	}
+
+	registerNarPut(s)
+	registerNarinfoPut(s)
+
+	registerNarinfoGet(s)
+	registerNarGet(s)
+
+	return s
+}
+
+func (s *Server) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return s.srv.Shutdown(ctx)
+}
+
+// ListenAndServer starts the webserver, and waits for it being closed or
+// shutdown, after which it'll return ErrServerClosed.
+func (s *Server) ListenAndServe(addr string) error {
+	s.srv = &http.Server{
+		Addr:         addr,
+		Handler:      s.handler,
+		ReadTimeout:  500 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 500 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:  500 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	return s.srv.ListenAndServe()
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/util.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60febea1f430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/http/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	nixhash "github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/hash"
+)
+
+// parseNarHashFromUrl parses a nixbase32 string representing a sha256 NarHash
+// and returns a nixhash.Hash when it was able to parse, or an error.
+func parseNarHashFromUrl(narHashFromUrl string) (*nixhash.Hash, error) {
+	// peek at the length. If it's 52 characters, assume sha256,
+	// if it's something else, this is an error.
+	l := len(narHashFromUrl)
+	if l != 52 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid length of narHash: %v", l)
+	}
+
+	nixHash, err := nixhash.ParseNixBase32("sha256:" + narHashFromUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse nixbase32 hash: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nixHash, nil
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/blob_upload.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/blob_upload.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24aa1cad1df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/blob_upload.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package importer
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// the size of individual BlobChunk we send when uploading to BlobService.
+const chunkSize = 1024 * 1024
+
+// this produces a callback function that can be used as blobCb for the
+// importer.Import function call.
+func GenBlobUploaderCb(ctx context.Context, blobServiceClient castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient) func(io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	return func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+		// Ensure the blobReader is buffered to at least the chunk size.
+		blobReader = bufio.NewReaderSize(blobReader, chunkSize)
+
+		putter, err := blobServiceClient.Put(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			// return error to the importer
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error from blob service: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		blobSize := 0
+		chunk := make([]byte, chunkSize)
+
+		for {
+			n, err := blobReader.Read(chunk)
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read from blobreader: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			if n != 0 {
+				log.WithField("chunk_size", n).Debug("sending chunk")
+				blobSize += n
+
+				// send the blob chunk to the server. The err is only valid in the inner scope
+				if err := putter.Send(&castorev1pb.BlobChunk{
+					Data: chunk[:n],
+				}); err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("sending blob chunk: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// if our read from blobReader returned an EOF, we're done reading
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				break
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		resp, err := putter.CloseAndRecv()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("close blob putter: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"blob_digest": base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(resp.GetDigest()),
+			"blob_size":   blobSize,
+		}).Debug("uploaded blob")
+
+		return resp.GetDigest(), nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/counting_writer.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/counting_writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d003a4b11bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/counting_writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package importer
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+// CountingWriter implements io.Writer.
+var _ io.Writer = &CountingWriter{}
+
+type CountingWriter struct {
+	bytesWritten uint64
+}
+
+func (cw *CountingWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	cw.bytesWritten += uint64(len(p))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (cw *CountingWriter) BytesWritten() uint64 {
+	return cw.bytesWritten
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/directory_upload.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/directory_upload.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c531b7491bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/directory_upload.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package importer
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// DirectoriesUploader opens a Put stream when it receives the first Put() call,
+// and then uses the opened stream for subsequent Put() calls.
+// When the uploading is finished, a call to Done() will close the stream and
+// return the root digest returned from the directoryServiceClient.
+type DirectoriesUploader struct {
+	ctx                       context.Context
+	directoryServiceClient    castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient
+	directoryServicePutStream castorev1pb.DirectoryService_PutClient
+	lastDirectoryDigest       []byte
+}
+
+func NewDirectoriesUploader(ctx context.Context, directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient) *DirectoriesUploader {
+	return &DirectoriesUploader{
+		ctx:                       ctx,
+		directoryServiceClient:    directoryServiceClient,
+		directoryServicePutStream: nil,
+	}
+}
+
+func (du *DirectoriesUploader) Put(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+	directoryDigest, err := directory.Digest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed calculating directory digest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Send the directory to the directory service
+	// If the stream hasn't been initialized yet, do it first
+	if du.directoryServicePutStream == nil {
+		directoryServicePutStream, err := du.directoryServiceClient.Put(du.ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to initialize directory service put stream: %v", err)
+		}
+		du.directoryServicePutStream = directoryServicePutStream
+	}
+
+	// send the directory out
+	err = du.directoryServicePutStream.Send(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error sending directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	log.WithField("digest", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDigest)).Debug("uploaded directory")
+
+	// update lastDirectoryDigest
+	du.lastDirectoryDigest = directoryDigest
+
+	return directoryDigest, nil
+}
+
+// Done closes the stream and returns the response.
+// It returns null if closed for a second time.
+func (du *DirectoriesUploader) Done() (*castorev1pb.PutDirectoryResponse, error) {
+	// only close once, and only if we opened.
+	if du.directoryServicePutStream == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	putDirectoryResponse, err := du.directoryServicePutStream.CloseAndRecv()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to close directory service put stream: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// ensure the response contains the same digest as the one we have in lastDirectoryDigest.
+	// Otherwise, the backend came up with another digest than we, in which we return an error.
+	if !bytes.Equal(du.lastDirectoryDigest, putDirectoryResponse.RootDigest) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"backend calculated different root digest as we, expected %s, actual %s",
+			base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(du.lastDirectoryDigest),
+			base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(putDirectoryResponse.RootDigest),
+		)
+	}
+
+	// clear directoryServicePutStream.
+	du.directoryServicePutStream = nil
+
+	return putDirectoryResponse, nil
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d6a7178a2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+package importer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nar"
+)
+
+// An item on the directories stack
+type stackItem struct {
+	path      string
+	directory *castorev1pb.Directory
+}
+
+// Import reads NAR from a reader, and returns a (sparsely populated) PathInfo
+// object.
+func Import(
+	// a context, to support cancellation
+	ctx context.Context,
+	// The reader the data is read from
+	r io.Reader,
+	// callback function called with each regular file content
+	blobCb func(fileReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error),
+	// callback function called with each finalized directory node
+	directoryCb func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error),
+) (*storev1pb.PathInfo, error) {
+	// We need to wrap the underlying reader a bit.
+	// - we want to keep track of the number of bytes read in total
+	// - we calculate the sha256 digest over all data read
+	// Express these two things in a MultiWriter, and give the NAR reader a
+	// TeeReader that writes to it.
+	narCountW := &CountingWriter{}
+	sha256W := sha256.New()
+	multiW := io.MultiWriter(narCountW, sha256W)
+	narReader, err := nar.NewReader(io.TeeReader(r, multiW))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to instantiate nar reader: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer narReader.Close()
+
+	// If we store a symlink or regular file at the root, these are not nil.
+	// If they are nil, we instead have a stackDirectory.
+	var rootSymlink *castorev1pb.SymlinkNode
+	var rootFile *castorev1pb.FileNode
+	var stackDirectory *castorev1pb.Directory
+
+	var stack = []stackItem{}
+
+	// popFromStack is used when we transition to a different directory or
+	// drain the stack when we reach the end of the NAR.
+	// It adds the popped element to the element underneath if any,
+	// and passes it to the directoryCb callback.
+	// This function may only be called if the stack is not already empty.
+	popFromStack := func() error {
+		// Keep the top item, and "resize" the stack slice.
+		// This will only make the last element unaccessible, but chances are high
+		// we're re-using that space anyways.
+		toPop := stack[len(stack)-1]
+		stack = stack[:len(stack)-1]
+
+		// call the directoryCb
+		directoryDigest, err := directoryCb(toPop.directory)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed calling directoryCb: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// if there's still a parent left on the stack, refer to it from there.
+		if len(stack) > 0 {
+			topOfStack := stack[len(stack)-1].directory
+			topOfStack.Directories = append(topOfStack.Directories, &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+				Name:   []byte(path.Base(toPop.path)),
+				Digest: directoryDigest,
+				Size:   toPop.directory.Size(),
+			})
+		}
+		// Keep track that we have encounter at least one directory
+		stackDirectory = toPop.directory
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	getBasename := func(p string) string {
+		// extract the basename. In case of "/", replace with empty string.
+		basename := path.Base(p)
+		if basename == "/" {
+			basename = ""
+		}
+		return basename
+	}
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return nil, ctx.Err()
+		default:
+			// call narReader.Next() to get the next element
+			hdr, err := narReader.Next()
+
+			// If this returns an error, it's either EOF (when we're done reading from the NAR),
+			// or another error.
+			if err != nil {
+				// if this returns no EOF, bail out
+				if !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed getting next nar element: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				// The NAR has been read all the way to the end…
+				// Make sure we close the nar reader, which might read some final trailers.
+				if err := narReader.Close(); err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to close nar reader: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				// Check the stack. While it's not empty, we need to pop things off the stack.
+				for len(stack) > 0 {
+					err := popFromStack()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to pop from stack: %w", err)
+					}
+
+				}
+
+				// Stack is empty. We now either have a regular or symlink root node,
+				// or we encountered at least one directory assemble pathInfo with these and
+				// return.
+				pi := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+					Node:       nil,
+					References: [][]byte{},
+					Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+						NarSize:        narCountW.BytesWritten(),
+						NarSha256:      sha256W.Sum(nil),
+						Signatures:     []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{},
+						ReferenceNames: []string{},
+					},
+				}
+
+				if rootFile != nil {
+					pi.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+						Node: &castorev1pb.Node_File{
+							File: rootFile,
+						},
+					}
+				}
+				if rootSymlink != nil {
+					pi.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+						Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Symlink{
+							Symlink: rootSymlink,
+						},
+					}
+				}
+				if stackDirectory != nil {
+					// calculate directory digest (i.e. after we received all its contents)
+					dgst, err := stackDirectory.Digest()
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to calculate root directory digest: %w", err)
+					}
+
+					pi.Node = &castorev1pb.Node{
+						Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Directory{
+							Directory: &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+								Name:   []byte{},
+								Digest: dgst,
+								Size:   stackDirectory.Size(),
+							},
+						},
+					}
+				}
+				return pi, nil
+			}
+
+			// Check for valid path transitions, pop from stack if needed
+			// The nar reader already gives us some guarantees about ordering and illegal transitions,
+			// So we really only need to check if the top-of-stack path is a prefix of the path,
+			// and if it's not, pop from the stack. We do this repeatedly until the top of the stack is
+			// the subdirectory the new entry is in, or we hit the root directory.
+
+			// We don't need to worry about the root node case, because we can only finish the root "/"
+			// If we're at the end of the NAR reader (covered by the EOF check)
+			for len(stack) > 1 && !strings.HasPrefix(hdr.Path, stack[len(stack)-1].path+"/") {
+				err := popFromStack()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to pop from stack: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if hdr.Type == nar.TypeSymlink {
+				symlinkNode := &castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+					Name:   []byte(getBasename(hdr.Path)),
+					Target: []byte(hdr.LinkTarget),
+				}
+				if len(stack) > 0 {
+					topOfStack := stack[len(stack)-1].directory
+					topOfStack.Symlinks = append(topOfStack.Symlinks, symlinkNode)
+				} else {
+					rootSymlink = symlinkNode
+				}
+
+			}
+			if hdr.Type == nar.TypeRegular {
+				// wrap reader with a reader counting the number of bytes read
+				blobCountW := &CountingWriter{}
+				blobReader := io.TeeReader(narReader, blobCountW)
+
+				blobDigest, err := blobCb(blobReader)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failure from blobCb: %w", err)
+				}
+
+				// ensure blobCb did read all the way to the end.
+				// If it didn't, the blobCb function is wrong and we should bail out.
+				if blobCountW.BytesWritten() != uint64(hdr.Size) {
+					panic("blobCB did not read to end")
+				}
+
+				fileNode := &castorev1pb.FileNode{
+					Name:       []byte(getBasename(hdr.Path)),
+					Digest:     blobDigest,
+					Size:       uint32(hdr.Size),
+					Executable: hdr.Executable,
+				}
+				if len(stack) > 0 {
+					topOfStack := stack[len(stack)-1].directory
+					topOfStack.Files = append(topOfStack.Files, fileNode)
+				} else {
+					rootFile = fileNode
+				}
+			}
+			if hdr.Type == nar.TypeDirectory {
+				directory := &castorev1pb.Directory{
+					Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+					Files:       []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+					Symlinks:    []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+				}
+				stack = append(stack, stackItem{
+					directory: directory,
+					path:      hdr.Path,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer_test.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de0548da9398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer/importer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,601 @@
+package importer_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
+	"lukechampine.com/blake3"
+)
+
+func requireProtoEq(t *testing.T, expected interface{}, actual interface{}) {
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual, protocmp.Transform()); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected difference:\n%v", diff)
+	}
+}
+
+func mustDirectoryDigest(d *castorev1pb.Directory) []byte {
+	dgst, err := d.Digest()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return dgst
+}
+
+func mustBlobDigest(r io.Reader) []byte {
+	hasher := blake3.New(32, nil)
+	_, err := io.Copy(hasher, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return hasher.Sum([]byte{})
+}
+
+func TestSymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/symlink.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	actualPathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		f,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			panic("no file contents expected!")
+		}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			panic("no directories expected!")
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedPathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Symlink{
+				Symlink: &castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+					Name:   []byte(""),
+					Target: []byte("/nix/store/somewhereelse"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		References: [][]byte{},
+		Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+			NarSize: 136,
+			NarSha256: []byte{
+				0x09, 0x7d, 0x39, 0x7e, 0x9b, 0x58, 0x26, 0x38, 0x4e, 0xaa, 0x16, 0xc4, 0x57, 0x71, 0x5d, 0x1c, 0x1a, 0x51, 0x67, 0x03, 0x13, 0xea, 0xd0, 0xf5, 0x85, 0x66, 0xe0, 0xb2, 0x32, 0x53, 0x9c, 0xf1,
+			},
+			Signatures:     []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{},
+			ReferenceNames: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	requireProtoEq(t, expectedPathInfo, actualPathInfo)
+}
+
+func TestRegular(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/onebyteregular.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	actualPathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		f,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			contents, err := io.ReadAll(blobReader)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "reading blobReader should not error")
+			require.Equal(t, []byte{0x01}, contents, "contents read from blobReader should match expectations")
+			return mustBlobDigest(bytes.NewBuffer(contents)), nil
+		}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			panic("no directories expected!")
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The blake3 digest of the 0x01 byte.
+	BLAKE3_DIGEST_0X01 := []byte{
+		0x48, 0xfc, 0x72, 0x1f, 0xbb, 0xc1, 0x72, 0xe0, 0x92, 0x5f, 0xa2, 0x7a, 0xf1, 0x67, 0x1d,
+		0xe2, 0x25, 0xba, 0x92, 0x71, 0x34, 0x80, 0x29, 0x98, 0xb1, 0x0a, 0x15, 0x68, 0xa1, 0x88,
+		0x65, 0x2b,
+	}
+
+	expectedPathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_File{
+				File: &castorev1pb.FileNode{
+					Name:       []byte(""),
+					Digest:     BLAKE3_DIGEST_0X01,
+					Size:       1,
+					Executable: false,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		References: [][]byte{},
+		Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+			NarSize: 120,
+			NarSha256: []byte{
+				0x73, 0x08, 0x50, 0xa8, 0x11, 0x25, 0x9d, 0xbf, 0x3a, 0x68, 0xdc, 0x2e, 0xe8, 0x7a, 0x79, 0xaa, 0x6c, 0xae, 0x9f, 0x71, 0x37, 0x5e, 0xdf, 0x39, 0x6f, 0x9d, 0x7a, 0x91, 0xfb, 0xe9, 0x13, 0x4d,
+			},
+			Signatures:     []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{},
+			ReferenceNames: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	requireProtoEq(t, expectedPathInfo, actualPathInfo)
+}
+
+func TestEmptyDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/emptydirectory.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedDirectory := &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files:       []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+		Symlinks:    []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+	actualPathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		f,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			panic("no file contents expected!")
+		}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			requireProtoEq(t, expectedDirectory, directory)
+			return mustDirectoryDigest(directory), nil
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedPathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Directory{
+				Directory: &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+					Name:   []byte(""),
+					Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectory),
+					Size:   expectedDirectory.Size(),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		References: [][]byte{},
+		Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+			NarSize: 96,
+			NarSha256: []byte{
+				0xa5, 0x0a, 0x5a, 0xb6, 0xd9, 0x92, 0xf5, 0x59, 0x8e, 0xdd, 0x92, 0x10, 0x50, 0x59, 0xfa, 0xe9, 0xac, 0xfc, 0x19, 0x29, 0x81, 0xe0, 0x8b, 0xd8, 0x85, 0x34, 0xc2, 0x16, 0x7e, 0x92, 0x52, 0x6a,
+			},
+			Signatures:     []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{},
+			ReferenceNames: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+	requireProtoEq(t, expectedPathInfo, actualPathInfo)
+}
+
+func TestFull(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/nar_1094wph9z4nwlgvsd53abfz8i117ykiv5dwnq9nnhz846s7xqd7d.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedDirectoryPaths := []string{
+		"/bin",
+		"/share/man/man1",
+		"/share/man/man5",
+		"/share/man/man8",
+		"/share/man",
+		"/share",
+		"/",
+	}
+	expectedDirectories := make(map[string]*castorev1pb.Directory, len(expectedDirectoryPaths))
+
+	// /bin is a leaf directory
+	expectedDirectories["/bin"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files: []*castorev1pb.FileNode{
+			{
+				Name: []byte("arp"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0xfb, 0xc4, 0x61, 0x4a, 0x29, 0x27, 0x11, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xe4, 0x99, 0x81, 0x9c, 0xf0, 0xa9, 0x17, 0xf7, 0xd0, 0x91, 0xbe, 0xea, 0x08, 0xcb, 0x5b, 0xaa, 0x76, 0x76, 0xf5, 0xee, 0x4f, 0x82, 0xbb,
+				},
+				Size:       55288,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("hostname"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x9c, 0x6a, 0xe4, 0xb5, 0xe4, 0x6c, 0xb5, 0x67, 0x45, 0x0e, 0xaa, 0x2a, 0xd8, 0xdd, 0x9b, 0x38, 0xd7, 0xed, 0x01, 0x02, 0x84, 0xf7, 0x26, 0xe1, 0xc7, 0xf3, 0x1c, 0xeb, 0xaa, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x30,
+				},
+				Size:       17704,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("ifconfig"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x25, 0xbe, 0x3b, 0x1d, 0xf4, 0x1a, 0x45, 0x42, 0x79, 0x09, 0x2c, 0x2a, 0x83, 0xf0, 0x0b, 0xff, 0xe8, 0xc0, 0x9c, 0x26, 0x98, 0x70, 0x15, 0x4d, 0xa8, 0xca, 0x05, 0xfe, 0x92, 0x68, 0x35, 0x2e,
+				},
+				Size:       72576,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("nameif"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x8e, 0xaa, 0xc5, 0xdb, 0x71, 0x08, 0x8e, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0x30, 0x1f, 0x2c, 0x3a, 0xf2, 0x42, 0x39, 0x0c, 0x57, 0x15, 0xaf, 0x50, 0xaa, 0x1c, 0xdf, 0x84, 0x22, 0x08, 0x77, 0x03, 0x54, 0x62, 0xb1,
+				},
+				Size:       18776,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("netstat"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x13, 0x34, 0x7e, 0xdd, 0x2a, 0x9a, 0x17, 0x0b, 0x3f, 0xc7, 0x0a, 0xe4, 0x92, 0x89, 0x25, 0x9f, 0xaa, 0xb5, 0x05, 0x6b, 0x24, 0xa7, 0x91, 0xeb, 0xaf, 0xf9, 0xe9, 0x35, 0x56, 0xaa, 0x2f, 0xb2,
+				},
+				Size:       131784,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("plipconfig"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x19, 0x7c, 0x80, 0xdc, 0x81, 0xdc, 0xb4, 0xc0, 0x45, 0xe1, 0xf9, 0x76, 0x51, 0x4f, 0x50, 0xbf, 0xa4, 0x69, 0x51, 0x9a, 0xd4, 0xa9, 0xe7, 0xaa, 0xe7, 0x0d, 0x53, 0x32, 0xff, 0x28, 0x40, 0x60,
+				},
+				Size:       13160,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("rarp"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x08, 0x85, 0xb4, 0x85, 0x03, 0x2b, 0x3c, 0x7a, 0x3e, 0x24, 0x4c, 0xf8, 0xcc, 0x45, 0x01, 0x9e, 0x79, 0x43, 0x8c, 0x6f, 0x5e, 0x32, 0x46, 0x54, 0xb6, 0x68, 0x91, 0x8e, 0xa0, 0xcb, 0x6e, 0x0d,
+				},
+				Size:       30384,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("route"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x4d, 0x14, 0x20, 0x89, 0x9e, 0x76, 0xf4, 0xe2, 0x92, 0x53, 0xee, 0x9b, 0x78, 0x7d, 0x23, 0x80, 0x6c, 0xff, 0xe6, 0x33, 0xdc, 0x4a, 0x10, 0x29, 0x39, 0x02, 0xa0, 0x60, 0xff, 0xe2, 0xbb, 0xd7,
+				},
+				Size:       61928,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("slattach"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0xfb, 0x25, 0xc3, 0x73, 0xb7, 0xb1, 0x0b, 0x25, 0xcd, 0x7b, 0x62, 0xf6, 0x71, 0x83, 0xfe, 0x36, 0x80, 0xf6, 0x48, 0xc3, 0xdb, 0xd8, 0x0c, 0xfe, 0xb8, 0xd3, 0xda, 0x32, 0x9b, 0x47, 0x4b, 0x05,
+				},
+				Size:       35672,
+				Executable: true,
+			},
+		},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("dnsdomainname"),
+				Target: []byte("hostname"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("domainname"),
+				Target: []byte("hostname"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("nisdomainname"),
+				Target: []byte("hostname"),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("ypdomainname"),
+				Target: []byte("hostname"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// /share/man/man1 is a leaf directory.
+	// The parser traversed over /sbin, but only added it to / which is still on the stack.
+	expectedDirectories["/share/man/man1"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files: []*castorev1pb.FileNode{
+			{
+				Name: []byte("dnsdomainname.1.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x98, 0x8a, 0xbd, 0xfa, 0x64, 0xd5, 0xb9, 0x27, 0xfe, 0x37, 0x43, 0x56, 0xb3, 0x18, 0xc7, 0x2b, 0xcb, 0xe3, 0x17, 0x1c, 0x17, 0xf4, 0x17, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0xa4, 0x99, 0x64, 0x39, 0xca, 0x2d, 0xee,
+				},
+				Size:       40,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("domainname.1.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x98, 0x8a, 0xbd, 0xfa, 0x64, 0xd5, 0xb9, 0x27, 0xfe, 0x37, 0x43, 0x56, 0xb3, 0x18, 0xc7, 0x2b, 0xcb, 0xe3, 0x17, 0x1c, 0x17, 0xf4, 0x17, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0xa4, 0x99, 0x64, 0x39, 0xca, 0x2d, 0xee,
+				},
+				Size:       40,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("hostname.1.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0xbf, 0x89, 0xe6, 0x28, 0x00, 0x24, 0x66, 0x79, 0x70, 0x04, 0x38, 0xd6, 0xdd, 0x9d, 0xf6, 0x0e, 0x0d, 0xee, 0x00, 0xf7, 0x64, 0x4f, 0x05, 0x08, 0x9d, 0xf0, 0x36, 0xde, 0x85, 0xf4, 0x75, 0xdb,
+				},
+				Size:       1660,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("nisdomainname.1.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x98, 0x8a, 0xbd, 0xfa, 0x64, 0xd5, 0xb9, 0x27, 0xfe, 0x37, 0x43, 0x56, 0xb3, 0x18, 0xc7, 0x2b, 0xcb, 0xe3, 0x17, 0x1c, 0x17, 0xf4, 0x17, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0xa4, 0x99, 0x64, 0x39, 0xca, 0x2d, 0xee,
+				},
+				Size:       40,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("ypdomainname.1.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x98, 0x8a, 0xbd, 0xfa, 0x64, 0xd5, 0xb9, 0x27, 0xfe, 0x37, 0x43, 0x56, 0xb3, 0x18, 0xc7, 0x2b, 0xcb, 0xe3, 0x17, 0x1c, 0x17, 0xf4, 0x17, 0xeb, 0x4a, 0xa4, 0x99, 0x64, 0x39, 0xca, 0x2d, 0xee,
+				},
+				Size:       40,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+		},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+
+	// /share/man/man5 is a leaf directory
+	expectedDirectories["/share/man/man5"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files: []*castorev1pb.FileNode{
+			{
+				Name: []byte("ethers.5.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x42, 0x63, 0x8c, 0xc4, 0x18, 0x93, 0xcf, 0x60, 0xd6, 0xff, 0x43, 0xbc, 0x16, 0xb4, 0xfd, 0x22, 0xd2, 0xf2, 0x05, 0x0b, 0x52, 0xdc, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0xff, 0x34, 0xe2, 0x6a, 0x38, 0x3a, 0x07, 0xe3,
+				},
+				Size:       563,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+		},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+
+	// /share/man/man8 is a leaf directory
+	expectedDirectories["/share/man/man8"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{},
+		Files: []*castorev1pb.FileNode{
+			{
+				Name: []byte("arp.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0xf5, 0x35, 0x4e, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0x44, 0xf7, 0x52, 0x0f, 0x42, 0xa0, 0x26, 0x51, 0xd9, 0x89, 0xf9, 0x68, 0xf2, 0xef, 0xeb, 0xba, 0xe1, 0xf4, 0x55, 0x01, 0x57, 0x77, 0xb7, 0x68, 0x55, 0x92, 0xef,
+				},
+				Size:       2464,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("ifconfig.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x18, 0x65, 0x25, 0x11, 0x32, 0xee, 0x77, 0x91, 0x35, 0x4c, 0x3c, 0x24, 0xdb, 0xaf, 0x66, 0xdb, 0xfc, 0x17, 0x7b, 0xba, 0xe1, 0x3d, 0x05, 0xd2, 0xca, 0x6e, 0x2c, 0xe4, 0xef, 0xb8, 0xa8, 0xbe,
+				},
+				Size:       3382,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("nameif.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x73, 0xc1, 0x27, 0xe8, 0x3b, 0xa8, 0x49, 0xdc, 0x0e, 0xdf, 0x70, 0x5f, 0xaf, 0x06, 0x01, 0x2c, 0x62, 0xe9, 0x18, 0x67, 0x01, 0x94, 0x64, 0x26, 0xca, 0x95, 0x22, 0xc0, 0xdc, 0xe4, 0x42, 0xb6,
+				},
+				Size:       523,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("netstat.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0xc0, 0x86, 0x43, 0x4a, 0x43, 0x57, 0xaa, 0x84, 0xa7, 0x24, 0xa0, 0x7c, 0x65, 0x38, 0x46, 0x1c, 0xf2, 0x45, 0xa2, 0xef, 0x12, 0x44, 0x18, 0xba, 0x52, 0x56, 0xe9, 0x8e, 0x6a, 0x0f, 0x70, 0x63,
+				},
+				Size:       4284,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("plipconfig.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x2a, 0xd9, 0x1d, 0xa8, 0x9e, 0x0d, 0x05, 0xd0, 0xb0, 0x49, 0xaa, 0x64, 0xba, 0x29, 0x28, 0xc6, 0x45, 0xe1, 0xbb, 0x5e, 0x72, 0x8d, 0x48, 0x7b, 0x09, 0x4f, 0x0a, 0x82, 0x1e, 0x26, 0x83, 0xab,
+				},
+				Size:       889,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("rarp.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x3d, 0x51, 0xc1, 0xd0, 0x6a, 0x59, 0x1e, 0x6d, 0x9a, 0xf5, 0x06, 0xd2, 0xe7, 0x7d, 0x7d, 0xd0, 0x70, 0x3d, 0x84, 0x64, 0xc3, 0x7d, 0xfb, 0x10, 0x84, 0x3b, 0xe1, 0xa9, 0xdf, 0x46, 0xee, 0x9f,
+				},
+				Size:       1198,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("route.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x2a, 0x5a, 0x4b, 0x4f, 0x91, 0xf2, 0x78, 0xe4, 0xa9, 0x25, 0xb2, 0x7f, 0xa7, 0x2a, 0xc0, 0x8a, 0x4a, 0x65, 0xc9, 0x5f, 0x07, 0xa0, 0x48, 0x44, 0xeb, 0x46, 0xf9, 0xc9, 0xe1, 0x17, 0x96, 0x21,
+				},
+				Size:       3525,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+			{
+				Name: []byte("slattach.8.gz"),
+				Digest: []byte{
+					0x3f, 0x05, 0x6b, 0x20, 0xe1, 0xe4, 0xf0, 0xba, 0x16, 0x15, 0x66, 0x6b, 0x57, 0x96, 0xe9, 0x9d, 0x83, 0xa8, 0x20, 0xaf, 0x8a, 0xca, 0x16, 0x4d, 0xa2, 0x6d, 0x94, 0x8e, 0xca, 0x91, 0x8f, 0xd4,
+				},
+				Size:       1441,
+				Executable: false,
+			},
+		},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+
+	// /share/man holds /share/man/man{1,5,8}.
+	expectedDirectories["/share/man"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("man1"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/share/man/man1"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/share/man/man1"].Size(),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("man5"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/share/man/man5"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/share/man/man5"].Size(),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("man8"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/share/man/man8"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/share/man/man8"].Size(),
+			},
+		},
+		Files:    []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+
+	// /share holds /share/man.
+	expectedDirectories["/share"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("man"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/share/man"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/share/man"].Size(),
+			},
+		},
+		Files:    []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{},
+	}
+
+	// / holds /bin, /share, and a /sbin symlink.
+	expectedDirectories["/"] = &castorev1pb.Directory{
+		Directories: []*castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("bin"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/bin"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/bin"].Size(),
+			},
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("share"),
+				Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/share"]),
+				Size:   expectedDirectories["/share"].Size(),
+			},
+		},
+		Files: []*castorev1pb.FileNode{},
+		Symlinks: []*castorev1pb.SymlinkNode{
+			{
+				Name:   []byte("sbin"),
+				Target: []byte("bin"),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	// assert we populated the two fixtures properly
+	require.Equal(t, len(expectedDirectoryPaths), len(expectedDirectories))
+
+	numDirectoriesReceived := 0
+
+	actualPathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		f,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			// Don't really bother reading and comparing the contents here,
+			// We already verify the right digests are produced by comparing the
+			// directoryCb calls, and TestRegular ensures the reader works.
+			return mustBlobDigest(blobReader), nil
+		}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			// use actualDirectoryOrder to look up the Directory object we expect at this specific invocation.
+			currentDirectoryPath := expectedDirectoryPaths[numDirectoriesReceived]
+
+			expectedDirectory, found := expectedDirectories[currentDirectoryPath]
+			require.True(t, found, "must find the current directory")
+
+			requireProtoEq(t, expectedDirectory, directory)
+
+			numDirectoriesReceived += 1
+			return mustDirectoryDigest(directory), nil
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedPathInfo := &storev1pb.PathInfo{
+		Node: &castorev1pb.Node{
+			Node: &castorev1pb.Node_Directory{
+				Directory: &castorev1pb.DirectoryNode{
+					Name:   []byte(""),
+					Digest: mustDirectoryDigest(expectedDirectories["/"]),
+					Size:   expectedDirectories["/"].Size(),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		References: [][]byte{},
+		Narinfo: &storev1pb.NARInfo{
+			NarSize: 464152,
+			NarSha256: []byte{
+				0xc6, 0xe1, 0x55, 0xb3, 0x45, 0x6e, 0x30, 0xb7, 0x61, 0x22, 0x63, 0xec, 0x09, 0x50, 0x70, 0x81, 0x1c, 0xaf, 0x8a, 0xbf, 0xd5, 0x9f, 0xaa, 0x72, 0xab, 0x82, 0xa5, 0x92, 0xef, 0xde, 0xb2, 0x53,
+			},
+			Signatures:     []*storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{},
+			ReferenceNames: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+	requireProtoEq(t, expectedPathInfo, actualPathInfo)
+}
+
+// TestCallbackErrors ensures that errors returned from the callback function
+// bubble up to the importer process, and are not ignored.
+func TestCallbackErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("callback blob", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Pick an example NAR with a regular file.
+		f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/onebyteregular.nar")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		targetErr := errors.New("expected error")
+
+		_, err = importer.Import(
+			context.Background(),
+			f,
+			func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+				return nil, targetErr
+			}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+				panic("no directories expected!")
+			},
+		)
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, targetErr)
+	})
+	t.Run("callback directory", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Pick an example NAR with a directory node
+		f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/emptydirectory.nar")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		targetErr := errors.New("expected error")
+
+		_, err = importer.Import(
+			context.Background(),
+			f,
+			func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+				panic("no file contents expected!")
+			}, func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+				return nil, targetErr
+			},
+		)
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, targetErr)
+	})
+}
+
+// TestPopDirectories is a regression test that ensures we handle the directory
+// stack properly.
+//
+// This test case looks like:
+//
+// / (dir)
+// /test (dir)
+// /test/tested (file)
+// /tested (file)
+//
+// We used to have a bug where the second `tested` file would appear as if
+// it was in the `/test` dir because it has that dir as a string prefix.
+func TestPopDirectories(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("../../testdata/popdirectories.nar")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = importer.Import(
+		context.Background(),
+		f,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) { return mustBlobDigest(blobReader), nil },
+		func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			require.NoError(t, directory.Validate(), "directory validation shouldn't error")
+			return mustDirectoryDigest(directory), nil
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/pathinfosvc/server.go b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/pathinfosvc/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5074a2f3267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/pathinfosvc/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+package pathinfosvc
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+
+	castorev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/castore/protos"
+	"code.tvl.fyi/tvix/nar-bridge/pkg/importer"
+	storev1pb "code.tvl.fyi/tvix/store/protos"
+	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash/core"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/narinfo"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/nixbase32"
+	"github.com/nix-community/go-nix/pkg/storepath"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/ulikunitz/xz"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+var _ storev1pb.PathInfoServiceServer = &PathInfoServiceServer{}
+
+// PathInfoServiceServer exposes a Nix HTTP Binary Cache as a storev1pb.PathInfoServiceServer.
+type PathInfoServiceServer struct {
+	storev1pb.UnimplementedPathInfoServiceServer
+	httpEndpoint *url.URL
+	httpClient   *http.Client
+	// TODO: signatures
+
+	directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient
+	blobServiceClient      castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient
+}
+
+func New(httpEndpoint *url.URL, httpClient *http.Client, directoryServiceClient castorev1pb.DirectoryServiceClient, blobServiceClient castorev1pb.BlobServiceClient) *PathInfoServiceServer {
+	return &PathInfoServiceServer{
+		httpEndpoint:           httpEndpoint,
+		httpClient:             httpClient,
+		directoryServiceClient: directoryServiceClient,
+		blobServiceClient:      blobServiceClient,
+	}
+}
+
+// CalculateNAR implements storev1.PathInfoServiceServer.
+// It returns PermissionDenied, as clients are supposed to calculate NAR hashes themselves.
+func (*PathInfoServiceServer) CalculateNAR(context.Context, *castorev1pb.Node) (*storev1pb.CalculateNARResponse, error) {
+	return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "do it yourself please")
+}
+
+// Get implements storev1.PathInfoServiceServer.
+// It only supports lookup my outhash, translates them to a corresponding GET $outhash.narinfo request,
+// ingests the NAR file, while populating blob and directory service, then returns the PathInfo node.
+// Subsequent requests will traverse the NAR file again, so make sure to compose this with another
+// PathInfoService as caching layer.
+func (p *PathInfoServiceServer) Get(ctx context.Context, getPathInfoRequest *storev1pb.GetPathInfoRequest) (*storev1pb.PathInfo, error) {
+	outputHash := getPathInfoRequest.GetByOutputHash()
+	if outputHash == nil {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Unimplemented, "only by output hash supported")
+	}
+
+	// construct NARInfo URL
+	narinfoURL := p.httpEndpoint.JoinPath(fmt.Sprintf("%v.narinfo", nixbase32.EncodeToString(outputHash)))
+
+	log := logrus.WithField("output_hash", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(outputHash))
+
+	// We start right with a GET request, rather than doing a HEAD request.
+	// If a request to the PathInfoService reaches us, an upper layer *wants* it
+	// from us.
+	// Doing a HEAD first wouldn't give us anything, we can still react on the Not
+	// Found situation when doing the GET request.
+	niRq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", narinfoURL.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("unable to construct NARInfo request")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unable to construct NARInfo request")
+	}
+
+	// Do the actual request; this follows redirects.
+	niResp, err := p.httpClient.Do(niRq)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("unable to do NARInfo request")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unable to do NARInfo request")
+	}
+	defer niResp.Body.Close()
+
+	// In the case of a 404, return a NotFound.
+	// We also return a NotFound in case of a 403 - this is to match the behaviour as Nix,
+	// when querying nix-cache.s3.amazonaws.com directly, rather than cache.nixos.org.
+	if niResp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound || niResp.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden {
+		log.Warn("no NARInfo found")
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.NotFound, "no NARInfo found")
+	}
+
+	if niResp.StatusCode < 200 || niResp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		log.WithField("status_code", niResp.StatusCode).Warn("Got non-success when trying to request NARInfo")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "got status code %v trying to request NARInfo", niResp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	// parse the NARInfo file.
+	narInfo, err := narinfo.Parse(niResp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Warn("Unable to parse NARInfo")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unable to parse NARInfo")
+	}
+
+	// close niResp.Body, we're not gonna read from there anymore.
+	_ = niResp.Body.Close()
+
+	// validate the NARInfo file. This ensures strings we need to parse actually parse,
+	// so we can just plain panic further down.
+	if err := narInfo.Check(); err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Warn("unable to validate NARInfo")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unable to validate NARInfo: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// only allow sha256 here. Is anything else even supported by Nix?
+	if narInfo.NarHash.HashType != mh.SHA2_256 {
+		log.Error("unsupported hash type")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unsuported hash type in NarHash: %s", narInfo.NarHash.SRIString())
+	}
+
+	// TODO: calculate fingerprint, check with trusted pubkeys, decide what to do on mismatch
+
+	log = log.WithField("narinfo_narhash", narInfo.NarHash.SRIString())
+	log = log.WithField("nar_url", narInfo.URL)
+
+	// prepare the GET request for the NAR file.
+	narRq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", p.httpEndpoint.JoinPath(narInfo.URL).String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("unable to construct NAR request")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "unable to construct NAR request")
+	}
+
+	log.Info("requesting NAR")
+	narResp, err := p.httpClient.Do(narRq)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("error during NAR request")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "error during NAR request")
+	}
+	defer narResp.Body.Close()
+
+	// If we can't access the NAR file that the NARInfo is referring to, this is a store inconsistency.
+	// Propagate a more serious Internal error, rather than just a NotFound.
+	if narResp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound || narResp.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden {
+		log.Error("Unable to find NAR")
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "NAR at URL %s does not exist", narInfo.URL)
+	}
+
+	// wrap narResp.Body with some buffer.
+	// We already defer closing the http body, so it's ok to loose io.Close here.
+	var narBody io.Reader
+	narBody = bufio.NewReaderSize(narResp.Body, 10*1024*1024)
+
+	if narInfo.Compression == "none" {
+		// Nothing to do
+	} else if narInfo.Compression == "xz" {
+		narBody, err = xz.NewReader(narBody)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("failed to open xz")
+			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to open xz")
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.WithField("nar_compression", narInfo.Compression).Error("unsupported compression")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported NAR compression: %s", narInfo.Compression)
+	}
+
+	directoriesUploader := importer.NewDirectoriesUploader(ctx, p.directoryServiceClient)
+	defer directoriesUploader.Done() //nolint:errcheck
+
+	blobUploaderCb := importer.GenBlobUploaderCb(ctx, p.blobServiceClient)
+
+	pathInfo, err := importer.Import(
+		ctx,
+		narBody,
+		func(blobReader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+			blobDigest, err := blobUploaderCb(blobReader)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			log.WithField("blob_digest", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(blobDigest)).Debug("upload blob")
+			return blobDigest, nil
+		},
+		func(directory *castorev1pb.Directory) ([]byte, error) {
+			directoryDigest, err := directoriesUploader.Put(directory)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			log.WithField("directory_digest", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(directoryDigest)).Debug("upload directory")
+			return directoryDigest, nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("error during NAR import")
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, "error during NAR import")
+	}
+
+	// Close the directories uploader. This ensures the DirectoryService has
+	// properly persisted all Directory messages sent.
+	if _, err := directoriesUploader.Done(); err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("error during directory upload")
+
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, "error during directory upload")
+	}
+
+	// Compare NAR hash in the NARInfo with the one we calculated while reading the NAR
+	// We already checked above that the digest is in sha256.
+	importedNarSha256 := pathInfo.GetNarinfo().GetNarSha256()
+	if !bytes.Equal(narInfo.NarHash.Digest(), importedNarSha256) {
+		log := log.WithField("imported_nar_sha256", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(importedNarSha256))
+		log.Error("imported digest doesn't match NARInfo digest")
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("imported digest doesn't match NARInfo digest")
+	}
+
+	// annotate importedPathInfo with the rest of the metadata from NARINfo.
+
+	// extract the output hashes from narInfo.References into importedPathInfo.References.
+	{
+		// Length of the hash portion of the store path in base32.
+		encodedPathHashSize := nixbase32.EncodedLen(20)
+		for _, referenceStr := range narInfo.References {
+			if len(referenceStr) < encodedPathHashSize {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("reference string '%s' is too small", referenceStr)
+			}
+
+			decodedReferenceHash, err := nixbase32.DecodeString(referenceStr[0:encodedPathHashSize])
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode reference string '%s': %w", referenceStr, err)
+
+			}
+			pathInfo.References = append(pathInfo.References, decodedReferenceHash)
+		}
+	}
+	pathInfo.Narinfo.ReferenceNames = narInfo.References
+
+	for _, signature := range narInfo.Signatures {
+		pathInfo.Narinfo.Signatures = append(pathInfo.Narinfo.Signatures, &storev1pb.NARInfo_Signature{
+			Name: signature.Name,
+			Data: signature.Data,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// set the root node name to the basename of the output path in the narInfo.
+	// currently the root node has no name yet.
+	outPath, err := storepath.FromAbsolutePath(narInfo.StorePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		// unreachable due to narInfo.Check()
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	newName := []byte(nixbase32.EncodeToString(outPath.Digest) + "-" + string(outPath.Name))
+
+	// set the root name in all three cases.
+	if node := pathInfo.Node.GetDirectory(); node != nil {
+		node.Name = newName
+	} else if node := pathInfo.Node.GetFile(); node != nil {
+		node.Name = newName
+	} else if node := pathInfo.Node.GetSymlink(); node != nil {
+		node.Name = newName
+	} else {
+		panic("node may not be nil")
+	}
+
+	// run Validate on the PathInfo, more as an additional sanity check our code is sound,
+	// to make sure we populated everything properly, before returning it.
+	validatedOutPath, err := pathInfo.Validate()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("pathinfo failed validation")
+	}
+	if narInfo.StorePath != validatedOutPath.Absolute() {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf(
+			"StorePath returned from Validate() mismatches the one from .narinfo (%s vs %s)",
+			validatedOutPath.Absolute(),
+			narInfo.StorePath),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return pathInfo, nil
+
+	// TODO: Deriver, System, CA
+}
+
+// List implements storev1.PathInfoServiceServer.
+// It returns a permission denied, because normally you can't get a listing
+func (*PathInfoServiceServer) List(*storev1pb.ListPathInfoRequest, storev1pb.PathInfoService_ListServer) error {
+	return status.Error(codes.Unimplemented, "unimplemented")
+}
+
+// Put implements storev1.PathInfoServiceServer.
+func (*PathInfoServiceServer) Put(context.Context, *storev1pb.PathInfo) (*storev1pb.PathInfo, error) {
+	return nil, status.Error(codes.Unimplemented, "unimplemented")
+}