[Mageia-sysadm] Alpha 2 on mirrors

Tue Mar 15 13:22:59 CET 2011

Hi,
+
+ennael asked me to sync the iso on the main mirror, from rabbit to
+valstar.
+
+Here is the quick procedure I followed :
+- warn on irc
+- stop puppet
+- disable rsync using xinetd configuration
+- reload xinetd
+
+Using scp and screen on rabbit, I copied them
+to /distrib/mirror/iso/cauldron/
+This took around 20 minutes.
+
+We should have done sub directory ( alpha1, alpha2 ), but i guess that
+would be for next developpement cycle. We could have moved, but this
+would have likely annoyed mirrors admin, and so it was quickly agreed
+that we didn't have time to ask for opinion, so we took the safest
+route, do not move stuff around. 
+
+Then after a quick chat, we decided to remove old isos from mirror, but
+keep them on valstar for now. I moved everything in /idstrib/old_isos/,
+if needed ( test regression ).
+
+- check every iso with md5sum
+- restarted puppet
+- apply puppet configuration
+- warn on irc that stuff are back again
+
+So, what could we improve :
+- write a more complete documentation, ie a SOP
+and take in account the announce part too, etc
+
+- place the documentation elsewhere than on a mail :)
+
+- communicate better with mirrors maintainers
+  -> create a list, what about "mirrors-announce at ml" ?
+
+- discuss and agree on what do we keep, for how long, for iso.
+anne told that on mdv, the iso was N and N-1. Purpose is likely
+regression testing, so that would be something nice to have IMHO.
+ 
+- do the bittorrent stuff that was planned
+( https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-sysadm/2011-February/002750.html )
+
+If people have a remark, do not hesitate.
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+