I use the following to rsync a local mirror. IIt runs as a cron.daily rsync -avHP --delete --partial --stats --exclude "debug/" --exclude "SRPMS" rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-updates/2/i386/ /var/www/html/fedora/updates/2 I dont think it's 100% correct, but does the job here. On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:38:19 +0100, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 07:17, Håkan Persson wrote: > > How can I easily set up a local Fedora Core mirror, i.e., > > synchronize a local ftp/http server with the official archives? > > I have several machines running FC and I want to save bandwidth when > > doing up2date. > > I know how to configure up2date to look in the local repository but I don't know how to eailsy keep that in sync with the official archives. > > The most efficient way is probably to find a Fedora mirror that supports > rsync access and use rsync to keep a copy of the directories you're > interested in. > > I do it the old-fashioned way, using the program "mirror", which is > designed for keeping a copy of (part of) a remote ftp site using only > the ftp protocol. Mirror isn't really maintained any more but it does > the job. Homepage is at > ftp://sunsite.org.uk/old-sunsite/mirror/index.html and I have an RPM > available at: > http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/sysutils/Mirroring/mirror-2.9-13.noarch.rpm > > I set up mirror to keep a local copy of the FC2 updates directory (this > includes the yum headers) and run the mirror job using cron every night. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
