As some may know Australia had it’s last mirror shut down recently. meaning our closest was over in NZ.
Well to help resolve that I have set up my own mirror but need a bit of help testing before I get added to the official list.
You can add it as a custom mirror in /var/lib/pacman-mirrors/custom-mirror.json
should look something like this,
This is for testing purposes only, the details should auto-update once I get added to the official list.
Would appreciate any feedback.
Setup is pretty cheap, $40aud/month
I am using a Linode server in Sydney, with Cloudflare in front of it. So will be looking for info on speed and stuff as I will need to tweak cloudflare settings to ensure we are caching ok.
I’m sure OP would just be happy to at least know the state of connectivity for other users @Fabby
(meaning … sure why not non-aus testers? … though they will best find whether speed is increased)
Would also love positive feedback if every thing is working
Seems cloud flare is been pretty good as i have yet to see much traffic on the host.
I was also reading This Cloudflare and kali linux blog. So looking to get some tags setup on my mirror to do cache control from the origin. If any one in the know, has ideas about what should be limited?
it wont be listed there yet as i haven’t requested it be added to the official list.
Once I have some solid testing to make sure every thing is working i will get it added there
Any one around that is super familiar with the folder structure in the Mirrors that can help with setting up caching tags?
So the Kali project found they got really good caching when using server side cache tags to manage the different folders,
@Yochanan or @cscs could either of you give me a heads up on next steps to getting added to the official list?
I also still need to get my IP whitelisted so i can sync from the manjaro repo directly. The guide i found on the wiki said to email phil but his email address had been removed.