Helena
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Joined: 02 Apr 2003
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Location: Den Dolder, The Netherlands
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 Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:25 pm Post subject: Rsync mirror basic question |
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Just a simple, perhaps basic question. What rsync command is the best for synchronizing the Gentoo distribution files on a local private mirror?
Let me explain. I have one Gentoo box acting as a "central Gentoo mirror" This one has IP address 10.0.0.200 (i'm exploring LAN name resolution, so I must use IP addresses for the moment).
I have set up a separate partition for holding all the Gentoo distribution files, although that is not required; I just find it convenient from an administrator's viewpoint. Since all I want is to distribute updates to local clients (installation is done from LiveCDs) I only mirror "distfiles" and "snapshots" from the source mirror, as suggested by the official guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/source_mirrors.xml.
I also chose to set this mirror up both as an rsync- and FTP-server (not HTTP). For the rsync part I follow Grimthorn's guidelines (see https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=59134), for FTP I've setup vsftpd and xinetd. So I've now edited all client's /etc/make.conf to contain the following extra lines:
| Code: | SYNC="rsync://10.0.0.200/gentoo-portage"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://10.0.0.200/gentoo"
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For the server itself, I use a slghtly different form, as a prelude to name resolution which I still want to implement om my LAN later (I've already read some threads about this, but any help would still be welcome...)
| Code: | SYNC="rsync://localhost/gentoo-portage"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://localhost/gentoo"
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After some experimentation I now use the following rync commands, where /mnt/rsync/gentoorsyncmirror/ points to my local mirror:
for the packages, following the official guide,for the Portage tree (since ibiblio.org does not mirror the Portage tree I chose the closest mirror), andfor the Portage tree snapshots, although I'm not sure why I would need them. Any suggestions for improvement?
Sorry about using the long form of command switches but since it's automated I prefer that. |
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