Hi - I need /srv/subscriptions to properly debug podling roster page changes.
How can I get a one time copy of /srv/subscriptions on my local and how big is it? Regards, Dave > On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:30 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 13:44, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> >> Just a perspective from the one who set up whimsy vm 1 though 4. When >> I was setting up whimsy 3 and 4, I updated those scripts to send data >> to whimsy n-1 and n. Once the setup was completed, I removed n-1 from >> the instructions. > > Yes, though it's not how listmodsubs.sh is set up currently. > [That can be fixed.] > >> The issue is one of timing. If one copies over the contents of >> various directories, and then later updates the DNS, there may be >> missing updates. > > There is only a single directory involved here: /srv/subscriptions > The scripts are run every hour, and the output replaces whatever was > there before. > So whilst the data might be stale immediately after DNS changeover, it > will soon be updated. > I don't think there is any data that can be permanently lost here. > > However it does occur to me that it's possible that the rsync might > fail to work initially on the new host. > Probably best not to discover that first on DNS changeover... > > So I propose now to ensure listmodsubs.sh uses the same approach as > whimsy_qmail_ids.sh > (and document the reasoning) > >> - Sam Ruby >> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:12 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> There are two cronjobs on hermes that copy data to whimsy: >>> >>> listmodsubs.sh >>> - copies data files to whimsy.apache.org:/srv/subscriptions/ >>> >>> whimsy_qmail_ids.sh >>> - writes data to whimsy-vm4.apache.org:/srv/subscriptions/qmail.ids >>> >>> It would be nice if there were no need to update these scripts when >>> the Whimsy VM is updated. >>> >>> I propose to update whimsy_qmail_ids.sh to use the generic address. >>> Both scripts would then only send data to the current master server. >>> >>> For testing the new server, one can just copy over the contents of >>> /srv/subscriptions. >>> >>> When DNS is flipped, hermes would start to update the new master. >>> >>> Does that make sense? >>> >>> S.
