mirroring: docs and check-g2-compat

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Sitaram Chamarty 2012-04-01 13:25:07 +05:30
parent 8e8ccb50f4
commit 9b3efb9084
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sub intro {
msg( '' => "or that might end up giving *more* access to someone if migrated as-is." );
msg( '' => "It does NOT attempt to catch all the differences described in the docs." );
msg( '', '' );
msg( INFO => "'see docs' usually means doc/g2migr.mkd");
msg( INFO => "'see docs' usually means doc/g2migr.mkd" );
msg( '', => "(online at http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/g3/g2migr.html)" );
msg( '', '' );
}
@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ sub rc_basic {
}
sub rest_of_rc {
msg( SEVERE => "GIT_PATH found; see docs" ) if $GIT_PATH;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_ALL_INCLUDES_SPECIAL found; see docs" ) if $GL_ALL_INCLUDES_SPECIAL;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_GET_MEMBERSHIPS_PGM not yet implemented" ) if $GL_GET_MEMBERSHIPS_PGM;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS not yet implemented" ) if $GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS;
msg( SEVERE => 'htpasswd, rsync, and svnserve not yet implemented' ) if $HTPASSWD_FILE or $RSYNC_BASE or $SVNSERVE;
msg( WARNING => "ADMIN_POST_UPDATE_CHAINS_TO found; see docs" ) if $ADMIN_POST_UPDATE_CHAINS_TO;
msg( WARNING => "GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB found; see docs" ) if $GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB;
msg( WARNING => "GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS found; see docs" ) if $GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS;
msg( WARNING => "UPDATE_CHAINS_TO found; see docs" ) if $UPDATE_CHAINS_TO;
msg( WARNING => "GL_ADC_PATH found; many ADCs not yet implemented") if $GL_ADC_PATH;
msg( SEVERE => "GIT_PATH found; see docs" ) if $GIT_PATH;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_ALL_INCLUDES_SPECIAL found; see docs" ) if $GL_ALL_INCLUDES_SPECIAL;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_GET_MEMBERSHIPS_PGM not yet implemented" ) if $GL_GET_MEMBERSHIPS_PGM;
msg( SEVERE => "GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS not yet implemented" ) if $GL_NO_CREATE_REPOS;
msg( SEVERE => 'htpasswd, rsync, and svnserve not yet implemented' ) if $HTPASSWD_FILE or $RSYNC_BASE or $SVNSERVE;
msg( WARNING => "ADMIN_POST_UPDATE_CHAINS_TO found; see docs" ) if $ADMIN_POST_UPDATE_CHAINS_TO;
msg( WARNING => "GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB found; see docs" ) if $GL_NO_DAEMON_NO_GITWEB;
msg( WARNING => "GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS found; see docs" ) if $GL_NO_SETUP_AUTHKEYS;
msg( WARNING => "UPDATE_CHAINS_TO found; see docs" ) if $UPDATE_CHAINS_TO;
msg( WARNING => "GL_ADC_PATH found; many ADCs not yet implemented" ) if $GL_ADC_PATH;
msg( WARNING => "non-default GL_WILDREPOS_PERM_CATS found" ) if $GL_WILDREPOS_PERM_CATS ne 'READERS WRITERS';
}
@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ sub conf {
chdir($GL_ADMINDIR);
my $conf = `find . -name "*.conf" | xargs cat`;
msg( "SEVERE", "fallthru in NAME rules; see docs" ) if $conf =~ m(NAME/);
msg( "SEVERE", "fallthru in NAME rules; see docs" ) if $conf =~ m(NAME/);
msg( "SEVERE", "subconf command in admin repo; see docs" ) if $conf =~ m(NAME/conf/fragments);
msg( "SEVERE", "mirroring used; see docs" ) if $conf =~ m(config +gitolite\.mirror\.);
}
sub repo {

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@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ put that contain the words "see docs":
processing files you intended to. Again, see the same link as in the
previous bullet.
* `mirroring used`
There have been quite a few changes to mirroring. Please see the new
[mirroring][mirroring] doc for details.
* `found N gl-creater files`
These need to be renamed to `gl-creator` (the correct spelling at last,

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# mirroring using gitolite
**WARNING** existing gitolite mirroring users please note: significant changes
in syntax and usage compared to g2. The most important change is that `config
gitolite.mirror.master` changes to `option mirror.master`, and similarly for
'slaves' and redirectOK. In addition, the special value for 'redirectOK'
changes from '1' to 'all'. The second big change is the disappearance of the
ambiguously named 'keys' (for example `gitolite.mirror.hourly` etc., in the
old mirroring doc) -- all that complexity is yours to handle now :-)
----
Mirroring is simple: you have one "master" and one or more "slaves". The
slaves get updates only from the master; to the rest of the world they are at
best read-only.
Gitolite extends this simple notion in the following ways:
* different masters and sets of slaves for different repos
This lets you do things like
* use the server closest to *most* of its developers as the master for
that repo
* not mirror a repo at all to some servers
* have repos that are purely local to a server (not mirrored at all)
* negotiate mirroring with servers that are not even under your control
* push to a slave on demand or via cron (helps deal with bandwidth or
connectivity constraints).
* pushes to a slave can be transparently forwarded to the real master
Your developers need not worry about where a repo's master is -- they just
write to their local mirror for *all* repos, even if their local mirror is
only a slave for some.
## caveats
* mirroring will never *create* a repo on a slave; it has to exist and be
prepared to receive updates from the master. (For example, [wild][] repos
must be created on the slave as well, otherwise they will not propagate).
* mirroring is only for git repos. Ancillary files like gl-creator and
gl-perms in the repo directory are not mirrored; you must do that
separately. Files in the admin directory (like log files) are also not
mirrored.
## setting up mirroring
This is in two parts: the initial setup and the rc file, followed by the conf
file settings and syntax.
### the initial setup and the rc file
On each server:
* install gitolite normally. Make clones of each server's 'gitolite-admin'
repo on your workstation so you can admin them all from one place.
* give each server a short, simple, "hostname" and set the HOSTNAME in the
rc file to this name, for example 'mars'.
* run ssh-keygen if needed and get an ssh key pair for the server. Copy the
public key to a common area and name it after the host, but with 'server-'
prefixed. So the pubkey for server 'mars' would be stored as
'server-mars.pub'.
* copy all keys to **each of** the admin repo clones on your workstation and
and add them as usual.
You may have guessed that the prefix 'server-' is special, and
distinguishes a human user from a mirroring peer.
* create "host" aliases on each machine to refer to all other machines. See
[here][ssh-ha] for what/why/how.
The host alias for a host (in all other machines' `~/.ssh/config` files)
MUST be the same as the `HOSTNAME` in the referred host's
`~/.gitolite.rc`. Gitolite mirroring **requires** this consistency in
naming; things will NOT work otherwise.
Normally you should be able to build one common file and append it to all
the servers' `~/.ssh/config` files.
* the following **MUST** work for **each pair** of servers that must talk to
each other:
# on server mars
ssh phobos info
# the response MUST start with "hello, server-mars..."
Note the exact syntax used; variations like "ssh git@phobos.example.com
info" are NOT sufficient. That is why you need the ssh host aliases.
Check this command from *everywhere to everywhere else*, and make sure you
get expected results. **Do NOT proceed otherwise.**
* setup the gitolite.conf file on all the servers. If the slaves are to be
exact copies of the master, you need to do the complete configuration only
on the master; the slaves can have just this:
repo gitolite-admin
RW+ = <some local admin>
option mirror.master = mars
option mirror.slaves = phobos
because on the first push to the master it will update all the slaves
anyway.
* when that is all done and tested, **enable mirroring** on each server by
going through the rc file and uncommenting all the lines mentioning
`Mirroring`.
### conf file settings and syntax
Mirroring is defined by the following [option][]s. You can have different
settings for different repos, and of course some repos may not have any mirror
options at all -- they are then purely local.
repo foo
...access rules...
option mirror.master = mars
option mirror.slaves = phobos deimos
option mirror.redirectOK = all
The first line is easy, since a repo can have only one master.
The second is a space separated list of hosts that are all slaves. You can
have several slave lists, as long as the config key starts with
'mirror.slaves' and is unique. For example.
option mirror.slaves-1 = phobos deimos
option mirror.slaves-2 = io europa
option mirror.slaves-3 = ganymede callisto
Do not repeat a key; then only the last line for that key will be effective.
## redirected pushes
**Please read carefully; there are security implications if you enable this
for mirrors NOT under your control**.
Normally, a master, (and *only* a master), pushes to a slave, and the slaves
are "read-only" to the users. Gitolite allows a *slave* to receive pushes
from a user and transparently redirect them to the *master*.
This simplifies things for users in complex setups, letting them use their
local mirror for both fetch and push access to all repos.
Just remember that if you do this, **authentication** happens on the slave,
but **authorisation** is on the master. The master is trusting the slave to
authenticate the user correctly, *and* use the same authentication data (i.e.,
user alice on the slave should be guaranteed to be the same as user alice on
the master).
The syntax for enabling this is one of these:
option mirror.redirectOK = all
option mirror.redirectOK = phobos deimos
The first syntax trusts all valid slaves to redirect user pushes, while the
second one trusts only some slaves.
Note that you cannot redirect gitolite commands (like perms, etc).
## manually synchronising a slave repo
You can use the `gitolite mirror push` command on a master to manually
synchronise any of its slaves. Try it with `-h` to get usage info.
Tip: if you want to do this to all the slaves, try this:
for s in `gitolite git-config -r reponame mirror.slave | cut -f3`
do
gitolite mirror push $s reponame
done
This command can also be run remotely; run `ssh git@host mirror -h` for
details.
## appendix A: efficiency versus paranoia
If you're paranoid enough to use mirrors, you should be paranoid enough to
set this on each server, despite the possible CPU overhead:
git config --global receive.fsckObjects true