FreeBSD The Power to Serve

Cluster Administration Team

Links:
Cluster Administration Team members URL: https://www.freebsd.org/administration/#t-clusteradm

Contact: Cluster Administration Team <clusteradm@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD Cluster Administration Team members are responsible for managing the machines the Project relies on to synchronise its distributed work and communications. In this quarter, the team has worked on the following:

  • Added additional storage to the CI system. It will help store more artifacts.

  • VuXML deployed in all official mirrors. It speeds up the pkg audit functionality.

  • A new (and additional) monitoring system is in place.

  • A few old and faulty machines were decommissioned.

  • Moved several services to newer hardware.

  • Regular cluster-wide software upgrades

  • Regular support for FreeBSD.org user accounts

  • Regular disk and parts support (and replacement) for all physical hosts and mirrors.

Work in progress:

  • git infra: Add --filter support.

  • Work with the PowerPC team to improve the package builders, universal, and reference machines.

  • Site audit at our primary site: inventory of spares and other miscellanea occupying space in our cabinets.

  • Discussions with Juniper about a donation of new switches for our primary site.

  • Plan for a large scale network upgrade at our primary site.

  • Cluster refresh (more extended project). Most cluster machines are running FreeBSD 13-STABLE or 14-CURRENT as of 2022-09-30. Only a handful of machines are still on FreeBSD 12-STABLE.

We are looking for an additional full mirror site (five servers) in Europe. See generic mirrored layout for our needs. Offers of additional single-server mirrors are always welcome too, especially in Europe.

Last modified on: October 18, 2022 by Lorenzo Salvadore