From 0591d782905af10a8404e6dca70c48c806005c32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Arrotin Date: Mar 24 2022 15:13:30 +0000 Subject: Mirrors management snippet - TBC Signed-off-by: Fabian Arrotin --- diff --git a/docs/operations/apps/mirrormanagement.md b/docs/operations/apps/mirrormanagement.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..360ad00 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/operations/apps/mirrormanagement.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# CentOS Mirror managements SOP + +Depending on the CentOS version, (8-stream, 7 or 9-stream), yum/dnf repositories on client machines are configured to either use `mirrorlist.centos.org` or `mirrors.centos.org`. +`mirrors.centos.org` is an alias to mirrors.fedoraproject.org and so is a MirrorManager instance hosted by Fedora infra team. Let's see which process to follow when we get a ticket (see [Howto on the wiki](https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreatePublicMirrors) ) to add/remove/modify a mirror entry in corresponding DB. + +## CentOS Stream 9 + +When we get a new request for CentOS Stream 9 mirror, the process goes like this : + + * ticket is reviewed by infra-and-releng team and tagged with `mirrormanager` label + * assignee should : + * verify that mirror isn't located at GeoIP level from an [embargoed country](https://www.centos.org/legal) + * verify that provided URLs (http/https and - optional - rsync) are working + * follow the link to that mirror in mirrormanager (needs `sysadmin-web` FAS group membership) + * add the `CentOS` category and then add the URLs + * update ticket with info and close + +## CentOS Linux 7 and 8-stream + +When we get a new request for CentOS Linux 7 or 8-stream, the process goes like this : + + * ticket is reviewed by infra-and-releng team and tagged with `mirror-linux` label + * assignee should : + * verify that mirror isn't located at GeoIP level from an [embargoed country](https://www.centos.org/legal) + * verify that provided URLs (http/https and - optional - rsync) are working + * update ticket with info and close + + +### Adding new mirror +To help with these steps, there is a simple wrapper/helper script on the machine behind https://mirror-status.centos.org. +It will run some pre-flights checks and output the SQL statements to copy/paste into mysql to add the new mirror in mirmon DB. + +The process to launch, when one has a shell on the mirmon node, is `/var/lib/centos-mirrors/mirror-geo-check.py` +Follow the steps and then copy/paste mysql statement into mysql (against mirmon database) + + +### Updating existing mirror diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index 452d6a0..5b9fcc7 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ nav: - operations/decommission.md - Applications: - operations/apps/blog.md + - operations/apps/mirrormanagement.md - CI Infra: - SOP: - Installations: