[Discuss] Seeking new GCT source tarball host

[Mátyás Selmeci]

Hi folks,

Bringing this thread back from the dead; we have lost the UNL
hosting for repo.gridcf.org, which some people still use directly,
see <https://github.com/gridcf/gct/issues/194>.  We hurriedly set
up a web server in our Kubernetes cluster at UW-Madison but it has
no SFTP access for uploads which means no new releases.

We are still looking for someone to host the contents of
<https://repo.gridcf.org> in such a manner as to allow automated
uploads from the CI scripts.  SFTP would be the easiest but WebDAV
or something would also work.

We use CloudFlare for DNS aliases, not hosting; gridcf.org is an
alias for gridcf.github.io, a GitHub Pages page; repo.gridcf.org
is an alias for gridcf-repo.osg.chtc.io.  If we were to get new
hosting for repo.gridcf.org, we would change the CloudFlare
settings to point repo.gridcf.org to the new host.

Thanks,
-Mat

On 3/8/2021 5:10 AM, Mischa Salle via discuss wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> that's good news for the source tarballs, thanks!
> 
> However, the gridcf.org domain is definitely something that we need to
> keep and on the same domain and hosts. I actually thought that all
> content (incl. the repo) was going via cloudflare, not via OSG directly,
> but maybe I'm confused.
> 
> Mischa
> 
> On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 08:52:14AM +0100, Steve Traylen via discuss wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 12:16:59PM -0600, Brian Lin via discuss wrote:
>>> Hi Maarten,
>>>
>>> Ah yes, that's right: we host the source tarballs so that build systems
>>> (Debian, EPEL) can point to them to build the downstream binary packages.
>>> I've updated the subject to reflect the purpose of the host.
>>
>> I think all the sources are in github now, it's fine for the source tar balls
>> to come from a tag in github. No need for that extra staging post.
>>
>> Refererence for Fedora https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Git_Tags
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> On 3/5/21 12:08 PM, Maarten Litmaath wrote:
>>>> Hi Brian,
>>>> thanks for getting this discussion started.
>>>>
>>>> The given repository only appears to contain source tar balls?
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: discuss [discuss-bounces at gridcf.org] on behalf of Brian Lin via discuss [discuss at gridcf.org]
>>>> Sent: 05 March 2021 17:58
>>>> To: Grid Community Forum discussion list
>>>> Cc: Brian Hua Lin
>>>> Subject: [Discuss] Seeking new GridCF Yum repository host
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> At the end of February, the OSG released its first version of the
>>>> software stack without Globus or GridCF software [1]. In turn, the OSG
>>>> is set to retire the use of GridCF components in its software stack at
>>>> the end of February 2022 [2].
>>>>
>>>> We are seeking volunteers to host the GridCF Yum repository [3],
>>>> currently hosted by the OSG, before the February 2022 retirement date
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian Lin
>>>> OSG Software Area Coordinator
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://opensciencegrid.org/docs/release/osg-36/
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://opensciencegrid.org/technology/policy/gridftp-gsi-migration/#timeline
>>>> [3] https://repo.gridcf.org/