Hi all,
in the previous e-mail, we made a trip into the history of the project. Now
it's time for summary information about the current state of the project
infrastructure.
Note: For topics we need to discuss together you can wait for a subsequent
e-mail with the Tasks chapter. However, it is useful for you to have an
overview of the intrastructure of the project.
-- Summary --
The project infrastructure currently consists of the following parts:
1. Tim's original infrastructure.
This is maintained and donated by Tim. The problem here is that only
Tim can manage it and as we know, it is very difficult to get hold of Tim.
Here are still some services that will either be migrated to the new TDE
box donated by Integricloud or will need to be abandoned. Example of that
are bugzilla and mailing lists. We will discuss these services
subsequently.
2. TDE box donated by Integricloud.
This is a powerful machine on Power9 architecture, which is physically
located in the Integricloud hosting center. Integricloud provides its
operation as a donation for us. We have full remote access to this box
and all its services. Thanks to this, there are more administrators who
can do maintenance.
Services from Tim's infrastructure are gradually being migrated to this
box. The main site, wiki, cgit has already been migrated and the original
SCM has been replaced by a second instance of gitea that sync with the main
TGW on vpsFree.
3. TDE VPS donated by vpsFree.org.
Here we do not have a complete physical machine, but one virtual machine.
It is located in the hosting center used by vspFree.org, which provides
its operation as a donation to us. We have full remote access to this vps.
Thanks to this, there are more administrators who can do maintenance.
Initially, the main redirector was located here. Then the cache for
packages was added to optimize the publishing of new releases.
Subsequently, new services that were not on Tim's original infrastructure
were set up on this vps - TGW and TWTW. These services currently provide
the backbone of project development.
4. Slavek's home server and builders.
This infrastructure is maintained and provided by Sl�vek. Currently, the
problem is that only Sl�vek can manage these machines. However, for now,
this does not seem to be a major problem. Services are available, packages
are built and Sl�vek can usually be contacted well.
The primary archive is located here. And several builders that are used to
build deb packages. These builders are virtual machines located on various
physical machines, where the unused power of these physical machines is
provided for building packages. For example, the builder for ppc64el
packages is located on the TDE box from Integricloud.
There is a plan to move the primary archive to a separate virtual machine
and builders to a separate vpn network, where it will be possible to
provide access to more administrators.
5. Mike's primary mirror and other mirrors.
Mike manages and donates the primary mirror, which is used to synchronize
packages from the primary archive. Additional mirrors are synchronized from
this primary mirror. These mirrors are maintained and donated by their
owners.
6. Fran�ois repository of RPM packages.
In addition to deb packages, there is Fran�ois, who creates, builds and
provides repositories for RPM packages. These RPM packages are regularly
synchronized from the source maintained and donated by Fran�ois to the
primary archive and cache on the primary redirector.
Well, now you have an overview of what infrastructure ensures that the
project can exist and grow. You can look forward to a subsequent e-mail
regarding the tasks we need to discuss and solve... stay tuned.
Cheers
--
Sl�vek
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