Generalized download link?

[Bryan Cheng]

Hey list,

Is there a URL available for downloading Cassandra that abstracts away the
mirror selection (eg. just 302's to a mirror URL?) We've got a few
self-configuring Cassandras (for example, the Docker container our devs
use), and using the same mirror for the containers or for any bulk
provisioning operation seems like bad table manners.

Re: Generalized download link?

[John Wong]

Obviously you will get a better answer from someone directly with
datastax... but IMO, I would look to either

* use package manager like apt or yum, they are usually up-to-date if you
use the ppa route.

* keep the package locally in your own infrastructure. I have had mirror
issue or content unavailable error in the past with other OSS before.

If you can get hold of an NFS server, or a S3 bucket, you will probably be
okay doing bulk roll out more quickly and reliability.


On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Bryan Cheng  wrote:

> Hey list,
>
> Is there a URL available for downloading Cassandra that abstracts away the
> mirror selection (eg. just 302's to a mirror URL?) We've got a few
> self-configuring Cassandras (for example, the Docker container our devs
> use), and using the same mirror for the containers or for any bulk
> provisioning operation seems like bad table manners.
>

Re: Generalized download link?

[Michael Shuler]

On 11/16/2015 04:24 PM, John Wong wrote:

Obviously you will get a better answer from someone directly with
datastax... but IMO, I would look to either


The ASF handles the Apache Cassandra download infrastructure, not 
DataStax. (I work for DataStax, fyi)


I believe the OP is asking about links to the mirror redirects from 
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/



* keep the package locally in your own infrastructure. I have had mirror
issue or content unavailable error in the past with other OSS before.

If you can get hold of an NFS server, or a S3 bucket, you will probably
be okay doing bulk roll out more quickly and reliability.


This is good advice and might make things a little faster, if the 
internal mirror is local to the installing clients.



On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Bryan Cheng > wrote:

Is there a URL available for downloading Cassandra that abstracts
away the mirror selection (eg. just 302's to a mirror URL?) We've
got a few self-configuring Cassandras (for example, the Docker
container our devs use), and using the same mirror for the
containers or for any bulk provisioning operation seems like bad
table manners.


As suggested, your own mirror might be the best route to go, since you 
control the availability and content. The full list of mirrors and 
creating your own mirror docs might be helpful if you want a 
geographically closer mirror, or want to set up your own mirror of a 
subset of software.


http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
http://www.apache.org/info/how-to-mirror.html

I don't know if they or one of the mirrors might provide the ability to 
rsync mirror *only* cassandra to your internal mirror, but even that may 
be too much unnecessary data. Personally, I'd download and throw the 
exact versions of packages you want in dirs on your own web server, and 
just upload new versions for your devs after you've had a quick test or two.


--
Kind regards,
Michael