MIRRORBRAIN!

_posts/2019-03-02-mirrorbrain-packaging.md

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+layout: post
+title: "Updated Debian packages for MirrorBrain"
+tags:
+- mirrorbrain
+- jenkins
+---
+
+The [Jenkins project](https://jenkins.io) has long used
+[Mirrorbrain](http://mirrorbrain.org/), a great piece of software for running a
+high-traffic download site using redirect mirrors. We use it to transparently
+delegate traffic to a network of donated mirrosr, for downloading our Debian,
+Red Hat, and other packages of Jenkins _and_ all of our plugins.
+
+MirrorBrain was not originally packaged properly for our distribution of
+Ubuntu, and so long long ago I utilized the [openSUSE Build
+Service](https://build.opensuse.org) (OBS) to provide packaging and a download
+repository for MirrorBrain on Ubuntu. With the recent distribution upgrade we
+rolled out across our production infrastructure the packages broke, much to my
+chagrin.
+
+I dove back into using OBS and ended up re-packaging MirrorBrain for modern
+Debian-based distributions. On a lark, I sent a request upstream to help
+maintain [the official packages for MirrorBrain](https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/Apache:MirrorBrain) and it _was accepted_.
+
+Somehow I am now a maintainer of the MirrorBrain packaging and now MirrorBrain
+can be easily installed on newer Debian and Ubuntu distributions! You can find
+the appropriate download repository for your distribution
+[here](https://build.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache:MirrorBrain), and if you
+find anything wrong with the packages, please let me know via email to
+`rtyler@`!
+

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+layout: tag_page
+title: "Tag: mirrorbrain"
+tag: mirrorbrain
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