Not sure about the rest of you, but since I have no contract with Puppet Inc. specifying the maintenance of rsync services I would shrug and move to using apt-mirror. I've used it before and it's nearly drop-in.
https://apt-mirror.github.io/ https://packages.debian.org/jessie/apt-mirror https://forge.puppet.com/jtopjian/apt_mirror Pity about rsync service though. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:13:29AM -0700, Garrett Honeycutt wrote: > +1 to an alternate rsync service. > > A lot of us already have tooling built up around rsync, so this change > breaks work flows. It also comes without warning for a service that has > been around for ages. > > Best regards, > -g > > On 4/24/17 7:19 AM, Andreas Paul wrote: > > We would also be interested in an alternative server to rsync from. > > > > Best regards, > > Andreas Paul > > > > On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 2:46:24 PM UTC+2, Chris Kuehl wrote: > > > > Is there an alternative server we can rsync from? We've been using > > ftpsync (the recommended tool > > <https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror> for mirroring apt > > repositories), which worked great until this was turned off. ftpsync > > appears to be at least somewhat superior to the other options. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 1:54:36 PM UTC-7, Daniel Dreier wrote: > > > > On Wednesday we put yum.puppetlabs.com > > <http://yum.puppetlabs.com> and apt.puppetlabs.com > > <http://apt.puppetlabs.com> behind the CloudFront CDN in order > > to accelerate downloads for overseas users. Both repositories > > have historically been served from the Linode Fremont > > datacenter, and download performance from Australia and Asia in > > particular are dramatically faster with the CDN than without. > > > > One side effect is that we no longer support rsync. Other tools > > like mrepo, reposync, and apt-mirror can sync to your local > > mirror via HTTP. Since you'll be accessing cached content from a > > local CloudFront edge location, HTTP mirroring should be very > > fast for most users. > > > > -- > > Daniel Dreier > > Technical Operations Engineer > > GPG: BA4379FD > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Puppet Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d1c9a550-cc51-48bb-8d5b-3c6d4c5477b8%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d1c9a550-cc51-48bb-8d5b-3c6d4c5477b8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Garrett Honeycutt > @learnpuppet > Puppet Training with LearnPuppet.com > Mobile: +1.206.414.8658 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f49fa010-955c-e17d-2232-95d530d80c45%40garretthoneycutt.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/20170424181910.GA20129%40iniquitous.heresiarch.ca. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
