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-title = "Australian Chimera Linux Mirror"
-date = 2024-08-25T09:17:27+10:00
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-#[extra]
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-
-I have set up a mirror of
-[repo.chimeralinux.org](https://repo.chimera-linux.org/) on a server in
-Australia (Brisbane). It's been running well for a couple of weeks now. The
-[root of the mirror][mirror] shows an index of what is hosted and when it was
-last synced. [/chimera] is where the Chimera data lives.
-
-It mirrors the packages as well as ISO and rootfs downloads. Using the mirror
-greatly speeds up package downloads, which in-turn makes things like `apk
-upgrade` a lot faster. Some rudimentary testing suggests this this server may
-also provide a speed improvement for folks in parts of Asia too.
-
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-
-### How to Use the Mirror
-
-#### Packages
-
-Edit the files in `/etc/apk/repositories.d/` to point to the mirror. For example
-`/etc/apk/repositories.d/00-repo-main.list` contains this by default:
-
-```
-https://repo.chimera-linux.org/current/main
-```
-
-Change that to:
-
-```
-https://au.mirror.7bit.org/chimera/current/main
-```
-
-I.e. replace `repo.chimera-linux.org` with `au.mirror.7bit.org/chimera`.
-
-#### Downloads
-
-For ISOs and rootfs images visit: <https://au.mirror.7bit.org/chimera/live/latest/>.
-
-### Building and Running the Mirror
-
-I set up a new server with [BinaryLane] in Brisbane and installed Chimera Linux
-on it—yes the mirror is hosted with Chimera. Specifically I installed the
-[base-minimal] package set to keep the package count low. On top of that I
-installed `nginx` to serve the data and [Lego] (which I added to cports) to
-manage TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt.
-
-To limit access and avoid the use of `root` there are dedicated regular users
-for syncing, `lego`, `nginx`, and `www-data`. To allow `lego` to restart
-`nginx` when certificates are updated I use a [doas] rule.
-
-Synchronisation is triggered hourly by a cron job. I use the [atomic-rsync]
-script to make updates atomic. The script manages a pair of directories
-`chimera-1` and `chimera-2`. The active one is symlinked to `chimera`. The
-script syncs into the inactive directory, creating hard links for unchanged
-data, then flips the symlink at the end.
-
-After syncing, the current date is written to a file, which is used by a small
-snippet of JavaScript on [the index page][mirror] to show when the data was
-last synced.
-
-[mirror]: https://au.mirror.7bit.org/
-[/chimera]: https://au.mirror.7bit.org/chimera/
-[BinaryLane]: https://www.binarylane.com.au/
-[base-minimal]: https://pkgs.chimera-linux.org/package/current/main/x86_64/base-minimal
-[atomic-rsync]: https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/blob/9615a2492bbf96bc145e738ebff55bbb91e0bbee/support/atomic-rsync
-[Lego]: https://go-acme.github.io/lego/
-[doas]: https://github.com/Duncaen/OpenDoas

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