On Wed, 11 May 2016 01:16:18 -0400 "Lutchy Horace (Mailing List)" <mailinglist.subscripti...@lhprojects.net> wrote:
> Hello, > > To avoid flooding the mailing list with multiple E-Mails, I'll > be collapsing a few questions into one E-Mail. > > 1. I had assumed a completed sync task meant it pulled remote packages > onto the pulp server. The documentation isn't quite clear on this > subject because this does not seem to be the case? > > 2. Going through bug reports in regards to download policies, the > picture is clearer regarding immediate and on_demand policies but > quite vague about what background policy do? > > 3. Do you really need to download content units onto the pulp server? > 3.a. If not, how does this work? Does consumers contact the > origin servers directly? > 3.b. If yes, what is difference of scheduling a sync task and > not a "download" task? > > Regards > While resolving an entirely different issue regarding pulp, I stumbled on https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/pulp/stable/pulp.pdf and http://pulp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/deferred-download.html. Which elaborates a bit more on what each download policy actually does. So far, I've installed python-pulp-streamer and varnish on the same box, although I am bit confuse as to why I would need an additional 'Reverse Proxy' in the stack. That at least fixes the 'No more mirrors left to try' problem I was facing on consumers. Regards -- Lutchy Horace Owner/Operator/Administrator [http://www.lhprojects.net] Owner/Operator/Administrator [http://www.bombshellz.net] Owner/Operator/Administrator [http://www.animehouse.club] About Me [http://about.me/lhprojects] USA _______________________________________________ Pulp-list mailing list Pulp-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pulp-list