Re: running a mirror server.

akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

If you are going to run a mirror to be used locally on our campus does
rsyncd need to be running and take part in the ability of the server
to distribute files through the web interface?

Because I noticed that although the rsync rpm has a rsync file and a
rsyncd.conf man page it does not contain a rsyncd file or a
rsyncd.conf file. So if these latter files are needed where does one
get them?

I presume you want to create a local mirror of FC2/updates/etc... and keep it up to date via a daily rsync script and have your campus FC2 boxes point to your mirror for updates. If this is what you want, then you do not need an /etc/rcyncd.conf file. Below is my rsync script and other config items for this.

#---begin script---
#!/bin/sh
LOCKFILE="/tmp/rsync-fedora.us.lock"
if [ -f $LOCKFILE ]; then
echo "rsync-fedora.us.lock exists, aborting..."
exit 1
fi
touch $LOCKFILE
rsync --delete -Pav mirrors.kernel.org::fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/ /mirror/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/
rm -f $LOCKFILE
#---end script---

Then create a symlink in your doc root pointing to your mirror
cd /var/www/html
ln -s /mirror/fedora.us/ fedora.us

Then modify the repository section of the yum.conf file on your clients (changing server name as appropriate)

[fedora-us-2]
name=Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://mirror-server.trinity.edu/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.os/

[fedora-us-2-updates]
name=Fedora Core 2 updates -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://mirror-server.trinity.edu/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.updates/

[fedora-us-2-stable]
name=Fedora Linux (stable) for Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://mirror-server.trinity.edu/fedora.us/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable/