On 4/20/21 4:03 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > On 4/20/21 3:53 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> ok, so do you simply rsync the repositories from the other distributions >> you need? >> > I forgot to mention: before mirroring using higher tier repository: contact their admin, ask if they do not mind that you will mirror using them as a higher tier mirror, and tell them all details: public/private mirror, your bandwidth, how often you plan to run sync - and ask them what frequency of sync is OK with them. After you roll out and know all works, if your plan is public mirror, next step will be to register your mirror. All in all, every distribution has HOWTO instruction to become their mirror, follow these. And as always, use web search to find these instructions: duckduckgo is your friend. Valeri > Short answer: yes. > > Long answer: > Every repository has its own suggestion how to mirror. I do not have > Debian mirror, my friend sysadmin in the next building maintains one, no > need for two in the same institution. Here in my cron job script for > mirroring CentOS (with some local details obfuscated): > > #============== > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > # We use locks... > > touch=/usr/bin/touch > echo=/bin/echo > ps=/bin/ps > cat=/bin/cat > grep=/usr/bin/grep > wc=/usr/bin/wc > rm=/bin/rm > sendmail=/usr/sbin/sendmail > date=/bin/date > rsync=/usr/local/bin/rsync > # DEFAULTS > ADDR=recipient at server > FROM=sender at hostingmirror > lockfile=/.../lock/centosmirror.lock > mirror=/.../mirror/centos > logfile=/.../mirrorlog/centos.log > > # check if log file exists, and create if not > > if [ ! -f $logfile ]; then > $touch $logfile > fi > > # check if lock exists, then bale out sending warning, > # otherwise rsync > > if [ -f $lockfile ]; then > > # check if the process resembling lock still exists, > # if not, just delete lock > > if [ "$($ps -p `$cat $lockfile` | $wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then > > # Send the message > ( > $echo "From: $FROM" > $echo "To: $ADDR" > $echo "Subject: CentOS mirror failed" > $echo "" > $echo "CentOS mirror process bailed out as there is another process" > $echo "with the same name and the following PID:" > $echo "" > $echo "`$cat $lockfile`" > echo "" > echo "You may want to check logs:" > echo "" > echo "/.../mirrorlog/centos.log" > ) | $sendmail -F $ADDR -t > > else > > # no process, just delete the lock, and mirror > > $rm -f $lockfile > > $echo $$ > $lockfile > $echo "`$date` started mirroring" >> $logfile > $rsync -aqH --exclude .~tmp~/ --exclude .~tmp~ --delete > us-msync.centos.org::CentOS /data/mirror/centos > $echo "`$date` finished mirroring" >> $logfile > $rm $lockfile > > fi > > else > > $echo $$ > $lockfile > $echo "`$date` started mirroring" >> $logfile > $rsync -aqH --exclude .~tmp~/ --exclude .~tmp~ --delete > us-msync.centos.org::CentOS /data/mirror/centos > $echo "`$date` finished mirroring" >> $logfile > $rm $lockfile > > fi > #================================ > >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 3:14 PM Valeri Galtsev >> <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 20, 2021, at 12:34 AM, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Pulp is a bit overkill for my liking. >>>> >>> >>> Coming back to the original question: mirror hosting variety of >>> distributions, does not have to have any packaging or other tools >>> used by >>> those distributions. Public mirror box I support runs FreeBSD, and hosts >>> mirrors of CentOS, Ubuntu, CPAN, EPEL, … >>> >>> I hope, this helps. >>> >>> Valeri >>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:44 PM Arnaud Gelly <arnaud.gelly at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Is Pulp not supposed to do what you want : RPM, DEB and more in the >>>>> same >>>>> software ? >>>>> >>>>> I'm not using Pulp, just reading their website. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 14:26, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. This at least point me in the right direction. I don't >>>>>> quite >>>>>> want to setup 2 servers, or 2 VM's for this. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:03 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> At Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:55:54 +0200 CentOS mailing list < >>>>>> centos at centos.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Does anyone have some instructions on setting up a CentOS server as >>>>>>> mirror >>>>>>>> for Debian and Ubuntu distributions? I already setup a YUM >>>>>>>> mirror and >>>>>>> this >>>>>>>> works fairly well, but cannot seem to figure out how to mirror >>>>>>>> Debian >>>>>> and >>>>>>>> Ubuntu repositories. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You need to grab a copy of debmirror, which is just a Perl >>>>>>> script, so >>>>> it >>>>>>> should work under CentOS. I don't know where to get a version as a >>>>>> tarball >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> I had an available VM running Ubuntu and just installed it there and >>>>> NFS >>>>>>> mounted the mirror disk from the CentOS server. There is a config >>>>>>> file >>>>>> for >>>>>>> debmirror to control where you mirror from and just what you mirror >>>>>>> (versions, >>>>>>> arches, etc.). There is a man page and and example config file. You >>>>> then >>>>>>> run >>>>>>> debmirror from crontab (eg every day). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately, the Debian flavor repositories are not structured to >>>>> just >>>>>>> be >>>>>>> rsync'ed like the CentOS repositories. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 >>>>>>> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >>>>>>> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >>>>>>> heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Kind Regards >>>>>> Rudi Ahlers >>>>>> Website: http://www.rudiahlers.co.za >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards >>>> Rudi Ahlers >>>> Website: http://www.rudiahlers.co.za >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++