On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, NAIST FTP Administrator wrote: > Dear Lance > > > Thank you for your notify. > > We are now setted up our mirror tree. > > ftp://ftp.naist.jp/pub/Linux/centos/ > ftp://ftp.naist.jp/pub/Linux/caos/ > thanks, errm the url we had before was nara.wide.co.jp (I think) not naist.jp /.... Regards Lance > > And we have supported HTTP and RSYNC. > There are able to access via following urls: > > http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/Linux/centos/ > http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/Linux/caos/ > > rsync://ftp.naist.jp/centos > rsync://ftp.naist.jp/caos > > > > Best Regards > > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:06:33 +0100 (BST) > Lance Davis <lance at uklinux.net> wrote: > > > > > We sent out notification of changes to mirroring on 30th March and you > > dont seem to have implemented the changes yet. > > > > Please let me know if there is a problem, or make the changes as soon as > > possible so that we can close off the old system. > > > > Thanks > > > > Regards > > Lance > > > > > > -- > > uklinux.net - > > The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:42:11 +0100 (BST) > > From: Lance Davis <lance at uklinux.net> > > Reply-To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. <centos-mirror at centos.org> > > To: centos-mirror at centos.org > > Cc: caos-mirror at caosity.org > > Subject: [CentOS-mirror] Mirror Changes - Important > > > > > > Due to the split of mirrors with cAos , it will be necessary for mirrors > > to make some changes to the way that they mirror the CentOS tree, as > > moving forward it will no longer be a part of the caosity tree. > > > > Firstly mirrors need to decide whether they are mirroring CentOS or cAos > > or both. They are distinct operating systems, CentOS is a rebuild of > > Enterprise Linux , whereas cAos is an rpm based distribution in its own > > right. > > > > For more information see www.centos.org or caos.caosity.org > > > > At present both trees are mirrored with a single rsync of > > mirror.caosity.org::cAos - moving forward two rsyncs will be needed :- > > > > mirror.caosity.org::caosity that will get the caos tree > > > > and > > > > msync.centos.org::CentOS that will get the CentOS tree > > > > Please note that at present CentOS will be listed and stored within the > > cAos tree, this should not be the case in the future - CentOS should never > > be stored or listed as a part of cAos or caosity. > > > > Mirror Changes > > -------------- > > > > In order to achieve the changes required with minimum download bandwidth > > the following steps should be carried out. (Note that individual > > circumstances may vary - if in doubt do nothing and ask) . > > > > 1. Stop cron based rsync job from syncing > > > > 2. Move the CentOS tree to its new location, which should be at the root > > of the publically served tree. > > > > This can either be achieved with 'mv' or if you want a 2nd chance at it > > 'cp -al' which will create a hardlinked copy of the tree (as long as it > > is on the same partition) > > > > eg with directory structure /pub > > /pub/caos > > /pub/caos/centos > > > > cp -al /pub/caos/centos /pub/ > > or > > mv /pub/caos/centos /pub > > > > to end up with /pub/ > > /pub/caos > > /pub/centos > > (and /pub/caos/centos/ if using cp -al) > > > > 3. Create a new rsync cron job to sync the CentOS tree (if required) . > > This should be something like :- > > > > rsync -aqzH --delete msync.centos.org::CentOS /pub/ > > > > *** note the change to msync.centos.org *** mirror.centos.org is > > deprecated for rsync use - to allow us to use different servers for yum > > mirrors. > > > > please use rsync -anvzH --delete msync.centos.org::CentOS /pub/ > > first to test that the command will do the right thing ('n' is dry run > > and will just show what wil be transferred - which in theory should be very > > little - if it says 40 GB + then the command is wrong !!) > > > > Note that due to the way that rsync works any updates will only be written > > to this new tree and not the hardlinked tree left behind if using cp -al > > above ( that can be deleted once you are happy with the new location > > working). > > > > 4. Create a new rsync cron job to sync the cAos tree (if required). This > > should be something like :- > > > > rsync -aqzH --delete mirror.caosity.org::caosity /pub/ > > > > *** note the change to ::caosity - ::cAos will still sync both trees > > for mirrors that havent restructured yet. *** > > > > This will also delete the CentOS tree left underneath the caos tree > > above. > > > > You should now have both trees in the correct places. > > > > 5. Please email the list to say that you have restructured your mirror and > > what the new urls will be for public use. We will update the databases to > > reflect these new locations. > > > > 6. It is not necessary to mirror all of centos if you do not wish to - eg > > you can choose whether to carry 2.1 , 3.3, 3.4, 4.0 - but please note in > > the email any trees that you will not be carrying and we will note that in > > the database. > > > > 7. In the very near future we will be restricting access to > > msync.centos.org to publically listed mirrors only - we have to establiush > > a way for new mirrors to sync first though. > > > > 8. We will be tracking which mirrors have/havent restructured and will > > contact individual mirrors accordingly. > > > > There is now an irc channel - #centos-mirror > > on irc.freenode.net where mirroring discussions may be held. > > > > Lance > > > > -- > > uklinux.net - > > The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user. > > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > NARA Institute of Science and Technology > http://www.naist.jp/ > > NAIST FTP server administrator > ftp-admin at is.naist.jp > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.