Op zaterdag 02 oktober 2010 18:53:46 schreef Olivier Thauvin: > Hi, > > I do plan to start to setup the mirror infrastructure this week, even some > part will be temporary. Here the plan for comment and review. > > 1) Seting up rsync.mageia.org > We don't have yet the server installed and ready (the sys admin is still > working on this and I guess they will do a good work. > So I'll setup somewhere a basic and mostly empty tree with some reference > files. Over the tree I'll setup an rsync share, access restricted by IP > (eg the tree must accessible only by Tier1 mirrors). > > 2) Mirrors list > I'll setup the promise web application (probably on distrib-coffee at time) > + an svn read-only access to the code. The application is still limited, > not beautifull but it can do the job of registering mirrors properly. > > 3) Our First Tier1 (distrib-coffee) > Can be done only when rsync.mageia.org is setup (even temporary), I'll > fully setup distrib-coffee to provide the full mageia tree. > When this step will be done: > - we'll be able to distribute small file massivelly if need > - I'll be able to provide an alive mirror tree, so we'll can discuss the > tree strucure > - anyone wanting to do its own mirror will be able 'pre' setup it over this > first Tier1 and registering it on the web application > - we'll have a real testing mirror structure. > > BTW: finding other Tier1 mirrors is still in progress. > > 4) Documentation > During the setup I'll write a documentation about how to properly do a > Mageia Mirror. This documentation will be addressed to anyone wanting to > do a _public_ mirror with the rules to have officially validated. > I suggest having this documentation as text file at the top of mirror tree. > This make faster to find as the first thing a mirror admin look is the > mirror tree. This does not deny to reference it on Wiki. > > Once each step is done I'll send mail with the progress and all > informations you can need to give feedback. > > About the mirror directories structure: I'll start another thread for this > subject, so please be patient. > > Do you have comment or proposal about this process ?
no comment, other than placing that documentation at the top of the mirror tree is a very good idea.
