Hello Mirror Owners,
Some changes are coming to our mirror system in order to help us better
manage hardware resources. If you run a mirror but do not explicitly sync
almalinux-vault you do not need to make any changes.
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In 2021, the AlmaLinux mirror system started with a single URL:
repo.almalinux.org. Since then, the mirror network has grown to over 350
healthy mirrors serving over a million active AlmaLinux installs around the
globe. In order to maintain this network, we need to make a few minor
infrastructure tweaks to let us better manage the distribution of
production repositories and the vault.
Currently, all mirrors host updates that are synced via rsync from
rsync.repo.almalinux.org. Some mirrors also chose to host older versions of
AlmaLinux in what are called vault repositories. Given that we are about to
release our 12th and 13th versions
<https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/> of AlmaLinux (each of which
supports 4 different architectures), hosting the newest versions and the
vaulted repos on a single file system was presenting some challenges.
Thanks to our sponsors, we run rsync.repo.almalinux.org on fast hardware
with big network connections so that all updates and releases make it out
to mirrors as quickly as possible. Having the fastest and healthiest
network of mirrors possible is a massive priority for the infrastructure
team. The vault, however, does not need the same level of speed, and having
it on the same storage as the production version repositories unnecessarily
raises the hardware requirements of our servers running
rsync.repo.almalinux.org.
To solve this problem, we will be splitting the production and vault repos
into two URLs, by moving the rsync source for the vault to
rsync.vault.almalinux.org.
Mirror owners: If you sync the vault from “rsync.repo.almalinux.org” please
change the source URL to “rsync.vault.almalinux.org” by May 1st to ensure
you continue to receive updates.
The vault rsync endpoint “almalinux-vault” will be removed from
rsync.repo.almalinux.org on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at approximately 1600
UTC.
While the vault will continue to be available at
https://repo.almalinux.org/vault indefinitely via redirect, effective
immediately we will be using https://vault.almalinux.org as the official
HTTP(S) endpoint for the vault.
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Jonathan Wright
AlmaLinux Foundation
Mattermost: chat <https://chat.almalinux.org/almalinux/messages/@jonathan>
