Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:12:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>,
	pgsql-www@postgresql.org, pgsql-core@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Moving services to a new server / IP ...
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Dave Page wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:scrappy@postgresql.org]
> > Sent: 05 April 2004 15:14
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: scrappy@postgresql.org; pgsql-www@postgresql.org;
> > pgsql-core@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Moving services to a new server / IP ...
> >
> > True, but all that means is that the script to do the updates
> > just needs to copy over the appropriate rsyncd.conf file that
> > gets generated, no?
> > That is, I believe, the only part that is database driven?
>
> No, there is a C prog that periodically scans the rsync logfile and sets
> the last sync timestamp in the DB based on when it sees connections from
> the mirrors. That's how we keep track of which mirrors are up to date.

'k, and the buildsite builds a hard copy of mirror-ftp.html, correct?
ohhhh, now I understand what you are getting at ... how periodic is that
C program run?  Its something that could run remotely as long as the IP
of the remote VM is allowed to connect to the database, right?


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