perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Dan Doyle <>]

Hi all,

As things move around internally and the project grows, we are in the process of trying to rename a couple of things to help with clarity and purpose. The "Internet2-repo" package has been changed to the "perfSONAR-repo" package. This is only the package that is installed to configure your "yum" to be able to download the perfsonar packages, nothing to do with the actual perfsonar packages themselves. 

Auto upgrades should happen seamlessly and you will hopefully not notice this change, but we thought it prudent in case anyone encounters problems or is confused. If you have automated agents such as puppet or chef that are configuring these hosts, it may require updates to those systems as well because of the new name.

For now the actual repository location remains the exact same for the production repository. The -staging and -nightly versions of the repositories have moved locations, so if you happen to be using these (which at this point hopefully no-one is) they will need to be updated to continue to receive updates.

We believe references to docs have been updated, but if you find something still referring to the Internet2-repo please let us know and we will get it fixed up.

TLDR - the perfsonar repo name has changed. Hosts with auto upgrades should upgrade quietly in the background. Hosts without auto upgrades are not required to be upgraded at this time because the repository location remains the same, but this may change in the future. We encourage that you install the "perfSONAR-repo" package to ensure it is the latest, which will replace the "Internet2-repo" package.

Dan Doyle
GlobalNOC Software Developer
1-812-856-3892

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