On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 11:07 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:56:31 -0500 > <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I think it would work best to use a dedicated Apache module, such as > > http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/mod_geoip2 rather than add another > > interface into MirrorManager which otherwise duplicates this. Fedora > > Infrastructure could easily roll out such a service then, independent > > of MirrorManager. > > We could look at this. Would you folks be willing to repost the below > on the infrastructure list and we could start a discussion there? > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure Absolutely, reposting. I think this list is the right place to discuss such things. And I just wonder -- anybody thinks this could be deployed before the F19 is released? > > I don't see mod_geoip2 packaged yet, just mod_geoip. > > kevin > -- > > > > -- > > Matt Domsch > > Technology Strategist > > Dell | Office of the CTO > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Kolman [mailto:mkolman@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:24 AM > > To: mdomsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: vpodzime@xxxxxxxxxx; dcantrel@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: MirrorManager GEO IP API > > > > Hi, > > we've recently added GeoIP support to Anaconda, so that it can > > automatically preset the language and timezone for users that are > > online during the installation. > > > > We are currently using the mirror manager API, as it is part of the > > Fedora infrastructure so users installing fedora are not calling some > > third-party service and leaking their public addresses all over. > > > > Currently, we basically just use the mirror API like this: > > > > https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-19&arch=i386 > > > > And use the first country code. As we don't really need all the other > > data & only care about GeoIP location data without the closest-mirror > > tweaks MirrorManager does, we wanted to ask - would it be possible to > > add some simple API just for GeoIP ? > > > > Basically, just an API, that returns the most probable country code > > for the caller, without the closest mirror tweaks. I think it should > > also result in less strain on the servers than calling the full API. > > > > We are even willing to supply patches adding this functionality. :) > > > > Best wishes > > Martin Kolman > > from the Anaconda team > > > -- Vratislav Podzimek Anaconda Rider | Red Hat, Inc. | Brno - Czech Republic _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure
