[Pulp-list] Publishing web-accessible symlinks

[Jiri Tyr]

I would create a repo called "latest" which I would sync every quarter.
Right after every sync, I would create the snapshot "2016XXYY" by copying
all the content of the "latest" repo to the snapshot repo:

# Do once:
pulp-admin rpm repo create --repo-id latest --feed
https://server.com/path/to/the/repo/

# Do every quarter:
pulp-admin rpm repo sync run --repo-id latest
pulp-admin rpm repo create --repo-id 2016XXYY
pulp-admin rpm repo copy all --from-repo-id latest --to-repo-id 2016XXYY

The snapshot repo won't take any extra disk space as it's just a bunch of
symlinks.


On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Kodiak Firesmith <kfiresmith at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well an RPM repo copy job is basically just a ton of symlinks.  The
> problem you'll have is each time you do it if you want the old stuff gone
> before updating -latest to the newest snapshot copy you'll have to remove
> everything in latest then re-copy.
>
> I don't see an easier way but then again we roll risky - we let the
> updates come as they appear upstream.
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Baird, Josh <jbaird at follett.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, this does work.  I was hoping to be able to somehow do this via the
>> API or pulp-admin since that’s how we create the snapshots.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Kodiak Firesmith [mailto:kfiresmith at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 17, 2016 11:57 AM
>> *To:* Baird, Josh <jbaird at follett.com>
>> *Cc:* pulp-list at redhat.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Pulp-list] Publishing web-accessible symlinks
>>
>>
>>
>> Dunno how technically correct this solution is, but it seems to work:
>>
>> $pwd
>> /var/www/pub/yum/https/repos/
>>
>> $sudo -u apache ln -s rhel-os/server/7/7Server/x86_64 rhel-7-latest
>>
>> $ls -lah
>> drwxr-x---.  3 apache apache   33 Jun 17 10:38 rhel-os
>> lrwxrwxrwx.  1 apache apache   31 Jun 17 11:49 rhel-7-latest ->
>> rhel-os/server/7/7Server/x86_64
>>
>> Contents of my RHEL 7 repos are now avail at rhel-7-latest:
>> https://pulp-beta.somecollege.edu/pulp/repos/rhel-7-latest/
>>
>> That's a helluva lot simpler than my original thought for you quandry
>> which would be to create a blank repo called rhel-7-server-latest, do an
>> rpm copy job on all the rpms in your latest snapshot, then tear that
>> -latest repo down and recreate quarterly with the new latest quarterly
>> snapshot.
>>
>>  - Kodiak
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Baird, Josh <jbaird at follett.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> We cut quarterly snapshots of the RHEL repositories and publish them as
>> ‘/rhel/7Server/x86_64/snapshot/2016XXYY.’  I’m looking for a way to create
>> a ‘latest’ symlink (/rhel/7Server/x86_64/snapshot/latest -> 2016XXYY) that
>> links to the latest snapshot date available.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there any way to create and publish web-accessible symlinks with Pulp?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
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