freebsd-update and speed

[Philip Paeps]

On 2021-04-18 13:57:45 (+0800), Jason Tubnor wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 at 10:51, Philip Paeps <philip at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> It looks like there were at least experiments with pointing
>> freebsd-update at AWS, similar to how portsnap currently works.  I 
>> will
>> check if these experiments went anywhere and possibly point
>> freebsd-update there instead.
>>
>
> The AWS freebsd-update has been working fine for quite a while.  All
> project mirrors are slow in Australia so we have been using the AWS 
> one
> since Colin brought it online to make it a better experience for our 
> team
> to update the fleet.
>
> FWIW adjust update.FreeBSD.org to aws.update.FreeBSD.org in
> /etc/freebsd-update.conf and you are good to go.
>
> Can the project look at offering traditional mirrors for base and pkgs
> rather than the current offering?  Those that want to stand up 
> un-official
> mirrors can do so by pointing rsync to a Tier 2 mirror for updating
> purposes so they can provide faster, localised access.  From Melbourne 
> to
> our closest geo mirror is 240ms, this latency really drags out 
> updates, so
> having a mirror out of a Melbourne DC would be beneficial.

We've got an ongoing action item to set up a traditional pkg and 
download mirror at IX Australia.  This has kept stalling out over the 
past year-and-a-bit because the world is on fire.  I'll try to pick this 
up again Soon.

Currently, from Australia you're either sent to a pkg or download mirror 
in Malaysia or on the west coast of America.  Neither of those are 
great.  Australia is a big island, far away from everywhere. :)

Glad to hear the AWS stuff is working for you.  I'll see what needs to 
happen to put that in the SRV record for everyone.

Philip

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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises