[Pulp-list] [Feedback needed] Pulp 2 to Pulp 3 migration, export_distributor, RPM/ISO plugin

[Ben Stanley]

I tried export_distributor, but I found it to be too slow for my needs.

I need to export ALL my repos, and I have about 800. Exporting causes many 
RPMs to be replicated, so the storage requirements explode for me.

I gave up using export_distributor. Instead, I now run pulp inside a 
virtual machine and I copy the whole virtual machine. This method avoids 
RPM replication, and has proved to be much faster than export_distributor.


Ben Stanley.



On 10 June 2019 10:57:37 pm Tatiana Tereshchenko <ttereshc at redhat.com> wrote:
> As you probably know, we are in the process of designing a tool which will 
> provide a way to migrate from Pulp 2 to Pulp 3, so we will ask you for 
> feedback every now and then.
>
> Export distributor [0] is used for generating ISO images which can contain 
> one or more RPM or File (ISO plugin in Pulp 2 terms) repositories in it. 
> This distributor is also used to export a repository into a specific 
> directory on a filesystem.
>
> Please, let us know if you use export_distributor:
> 0. Do you use Pulp directly or through Katello? This thread is more 
> relevant for those who use Pulp directly.
> 1. What is the scale? E.g. "I use it for 10% of all my repositories, ~50 
> repositories."
> 2. Do you export into an ISO or to a directory? Or both?
> 3. Is it important that export_distributors and their configuration are 
> migrated to Pulp3? E.g. "It would be nice-to-have, not critical, I export 
> very few repositories."
>
> Thank you,
> Tanya
>
>
> [0] 
> https://docs.pulpproject.org/plugins/pulp_rpm/tech-reference/export-distributor.html
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