Making archlinux (local) mirror

Question

Before I post the issue PLEASE dont send me to the wiki page, I have been there and it needs to be updated big time!
okay, I followed the steps on the wiki and I cannot get the mirror script to function, I just get access denied. I believe that I get access denied due to the fact that I am not an official mirror. There is nowhere on the wiki that shows any other servers that can be used properly for the script. I tried the ibiolo mirror on the page but it does not work. If anyone has an unofficial mirror, can you please paste your whole sync.sh? or can someone give me an alternative mirror to rsync.archlinux.org? Thanks
Last edited by 3nd3r (2007-07-01 05:54:50)

Answer 1

i got the same with that script u say.. the thing is dir hierarchy errs  made a changes in it and works
#!/bin/bash
# This script is used to sync a local mirror of the Arch Linux repositories.
# Copyright (c)2007 Woody Gilk <[email protected]>
# Licensed under the GNU GPL (version 2)
# Original modificado !
# Filesystem locations for the sync operations
SYNC_HOME="$HOME/archmirror"
SYNC_LOGS="$SYNC_HOME/logs"
SYNC_PKGS="$SYNC_HOME/packages"
EXCLUDE_FROM=rsync_arch.excludes
# This allows you to set which repositories you would like to sync
# Valid options are: current, extra, community, unstable, testing, release
SYNC_REPO=(current extra community )
# servidor oficial SYNC_SERVER="rsync.archlinux.org::"
#francia rsync://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/ rsync
#francia rsync://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux rsync
SYNC_SERVER="distro.ibiblio.org::distros/archlinux/"
# directorio almacenar descargas temporales ( rync )
PARTIAL_DIR="$SYNC_HOME/rsync_partial"
# eliminar ficheros que no existan en el servidor ..
DELETE=true
# The following line is the format of the log file name, this example will
# output something like this: pkgsync_20070201-8.log
LOG_FILE="pkgsync_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H).log"
# Do not edit the following lines, they protect the sync from running more than
# one instance at a time.
if [ ! -d $SYNC_HOME ]; then
echo "$SYNC_HOME does not exist, please create it, then run this script again."
exit 1
fi
SYNC_LOCK="$SYNC_HOME/sync_running.lock"
if [ -f $SYNC_LOCK ] ; then
echo "aparentemente existe una instancia de este programa en ejecucion... desea continuar? (s):"
read continua
if test "$continua" != "s"; then
exit 1
fi
fi
touch "$SYNC_LOCK"
# End of non-editable lines
# Create the log file and insert a timestamp
#[c]touch "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE"
#[c] echo "==========================================" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE"
#[c] echo ">> Starting sync on $(date)" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE"
#[c] echo ">> ---" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE"
# Rsync each of the repos set in $SYNC_REPO
for repo in ${SYNC_REPO[@]}; do
repo=$(echo $repo |tr [:upper:] [:lower:])
echo "Syncing $repo to $SYNC_PKGS/$repo"
repourl=$repo
# If you only want to mirror 32bit packages, you can add
# " --exclude=os/x86_64" after "--delete"
# If you only want to mirror 64bit packages, use "--exclude=os/i686"
# If you want both 32bit and 64bit, leave the following line as it is
#rsync -rptv --delete --exclude=os/x86_64 rsync.archlinux.org::$repourl "$SYNC_PKGS/$repo" >> "$SYNC_LOGS/$LOG_FILE"
parametros=" -av --progress -hh -k --stats --partial --partial-dir="$PARTIAL_DIR
# parametros para eliminar ficheros que no existan en el servidor ..
if $DELETE; then
parametros=$parametros" --delete --delete-excluded"
fi
if test -e $EXCLUDE_FROM ; then
parametros="$parametros --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE_FROM"
fi
echo $parametros
rsync $parametros --ipv4 --exclude=os/x86_64 $SYNC_SERVER$repourl "$SYNC_PKGS/"
# If you know of a rsync mirror that is geographically closer to you than archlinux.org
# simply replace ".archlinux.org" with the domain of that mirror in the above line
done
# Remove the lock file and exit
rm -f "$SYNC_LOCK"
exit 0
and if there is a file rsync_arch.excludes in the dir where app is running then it must be like this one (man rsync)
where every line that matches a file in repo will be excluded in the download, otherside if prefixed with a + it will be
inckuded (man rsync)
# solo descargando paquetes,
# si se quiere descargar tambien las imagenes de instalalcion, comentar
current/iso/
wesnoth*
nexuiz*
flightgear*
tremulous*
sauerbraten*
scorched3d*
#torcs-*
+ koffice-l10n-es*
koffice-l10n-*
+ kde-i18n-es*
kde-i18n-*
festival-*
eclipse-*
rfc-*
skype-*
+ openoffice-base*
+ openoffice-es*
+ openoffice-spell-en*
+ openoffice-spell-es*
openoffice-*