From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Sep 2 21:22:40 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E295BE050E4 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 21:22:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raf@rafal.net) Received: from mxout-08.mxes.net (mxout-08.mxes.net [216.86.168.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF3EB711DD; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 21:22:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raf@rafal.net) Received: from [192.168.40.37] (unknown [86.40.118.125]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37907509B8; Sat, 2 Sep 2017 17:22:38 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: pkg.freebsd.org mirror having issues? From: Rafal Lukawiecki In-Reply-To: <20170902212006.GA70826@exodus.zi0r.com> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 22:22:37 +0100 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <54C54D41-E4D0-4E20-A2F2-498AD0D0187E@rafal.net> References: <20170902212006.GA70826@exodus.zi0r.com> To: Ryan Steinmetz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 21:22:41 -0000 Ryan, I am glad to hear there is a reason for it. I am still awaiting a server = to finish building, it has been some 25 minutes, looks like 2 min = timeouts between files. :) I will terminate this server instance and start over. I will report back = here as soon as I can see it is faster. BTW, are you/others on an IRC/Freenode to let you know of such issues = more directly? Thank you and regards from Ireland, Rafal =20 > On 2 Sep 2017, at 22:20, Ryan Steinmetz wrote: >=20 >=20 >> As a new FreeBSD user I wonder if it is a frequent problem. I am = suddenly experiencing very slow access to the local mirrors of = pkg.freebsd.org. Even a small file takes almost a minute. Updating = FreeBSD repository catalogue (when using pkg) takes about 5-6 minutes. I = have tried using several different machines from different IPs, all = within AWS eu-west (Ireland). It was working well all week. >> The local mirror seems to resolve to = dualstack.nonssl.global.fastly.net (151.101.60.204) at the moment. = Pingtime is not bad, 9ms, but their server takes almost a minute before = it starts serving files. Once the file starts, it comes fast. I assume = it is some sort of a server issue at their end at Fastly, perhaps they = have a dead machine in the pool which makes it intermittent. >> As I am building an automated server init, this means that instead of = having a server provisioned in <5 min, it can take 20-35 mins, by which = time it is not even considered to exist by the load balancer. >> Is this common? Should I start (somehow) specifying individual = mirrors directly? Thank you very much for your wisdom. >=20 >=20 > Rafal, >=20 > This is not common and was caused by a configuration issue during some = testing that I've been doing to (ironically) try to improve response = time. >=20 > Would you be able to try this once more? I've made an edit which = should drastically change the experience for you. >=20 > Thanks! > -r >=20 >> -- >> Rafal Lukawiecki >> Data Scientist Project Botticelli Ltd >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Ryan Steinmetz > PGP: 9079 51A3 34EF 0CD4 F228 EDC6 1EF8 BA6B D028 46D7