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0001262elrepo mirroring/distribution--mirroring-- otherpublic2023-02-23 14:48
Reporterpapegaaij Assigned Tostindall  
PriorityimmediateSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Summary0001262: Connection timeout on http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el8
DescriptionThe mirrorlist is down and has been down for 5 days now. Due to the way dnf works, this blocks all upgrades on all systems that have this mirrorlist in an enabled repo.
Steps To ReproduceRun 'dnf update'
Additional Information2022-09-14T10:20:28+0200 INFO Librepo version: 1.14.2 with CURL_GLOBAL_ACK_EINTR support (libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1k zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.33.0)
2022-09-14T10:20:28+0200 INFO Downloading: http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el8
2022-09-14T10:20:58+0200 INFO Serious error - Curl code (28): Timeout was reached for http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el8 [Connection timed out after 30000 milliseconds]
2022-09-14T10:20:58+0200 INFO Error during transfer: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el8 [Connection timed out after 30000 milliseconds]
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has duplicate 0001264 closedstindall channel: elrepo/el7 Failed to connect to mirrors.elrepo.org port 80: Connection timed out 

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pperry

2022-09-14 05:54

administrator   ~0008583

Hi,
Thanks, we are aware there is an issue due to a possible DDoS attack, and are working on a fix. For now I would suggest you disable the mirrorlist line in elrepo.repo and set a baseurl for a local reliable mirror that works for you.
There is a list of mirrors available here together with information on when they last updated:
https://elrepo.org/mirror-status.php
Thanks.

pperry

2022-09-14 13:13

administrator   ~0008587

Seems to be working again at the moment, but we are experiencing ongoing issues that we are working on.

Thanks

stindall

2022-09-15 14:47

administrator   ~0008589

The elrepo mirrorlist should be performing better, but not perfectly. Intermittent problems my arise until we implement a more permanent solution.

If the mirrorlist service is not responding to your package updating requests, then your IP/Range may have been blocked in an emergency response to limit a ddos attack on the server. Please post your IP/Range here and we will attempt to remove the block in 24-48 hours.

stindall

2022-09-18 15:06

administrator   ~0008609

The el9 mirrorlist files were not being properly served. That problem has been corrected.

Intermittent mirrorlist outages are still occurring. We are working toward a more permanent solution.

papegaaij

2022-09-21 05:07

reporter   ~0008633

I've tested the mirrorlist for the past couple of days, but it's still unresponsive from our site.

stindall

2022-09-23 20:28

administrator   ~0008659

Last edited: 2022-09-23 20:28

robert_gay_redfin (private note):

Yes, both were on the block list and will be unblocked within the next 24 hr (next firewall update).

A lot of high hit count sites were blocked to cut somewhat indiscriminately the load by 75% initially. Unfortunately, some of those were not malicious. Sorry about that.

There are still periods in which the mirrorlists may appear unavailable due to load. I see that locally, too. We are working toward a more permanent resolution.

The high load (ddos) initially knocked elrepo.org off-line. We moved the mirrorlist files to a "local" server that was never intended to provide the mirrorlist service for more than a few hours while the elrepo.org site was under maintenance. The local server has been providing the mirrorlist service for about a week now. :-) Such is the nature of Life.

adrianofante

2023-02-23 14:19

reporter   ~0008992

I have the same problem and I also believe my IPs are blocked.
Is there somewhere we can release our IP address?

IP 1: 207.246.116.xx
IP 2: 207.246.114.xxx

[root@hosting yum.repos.d]# wget -v http://mirrors.elrepo.org
--2023-02-23 16:13:33-- http://mirrors.elrepo.org/
Resolving mirrors.elrepo.org (mirrors.elrepo.org)... 74.102.29.59
Connecting to mirrors.elrepo.org (mirrors.elrepo.org)|74.102.29.59|:80...

failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2023-02-23 16:15:42-- (try: 2) http://mirrors.elrepo.org/
Connecting to mirrors.elrepo.org (mirrors.elrepo.org)|74.102.29.59|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

--2023-02-23 16:17:51-- (try: 3) http://mirrors.elrepo.org/
Connecting to mirrors.elrepo.org (mirrors.elrepo.org)|74.102.29.59|:80... ^C

toracat

2023-02-23 14:48

administrator   ~0008993

@adrianofante

You can write to us at contact@elrepo.org if you'd like to share private info.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2022-09-14 04:33 papegaaij New Issue
2022-09-14 04:33 papegaaij Status new => assigned
2022-09-14 04:33 papegaaij Assigned To => stindall
2022-09-14 05:54 pperry Note Added: 0008583
2022-09-14 13:13 pperry Note Added: 0008587
2022-09-15 14:47 stindall Note Added: 0008589
2022-09-15 16:05 pperry Relationship added has duplicate 0001264
2022-09-18 15:06 stindall Note Added: 0008609
2022-09-21 05:07 papegaaij Note Added: 0008633
2022-09-23 20:28 stindall Note Added: 0008659
2022-09-23 20:28 stindall Note Edited: 0008659
2022-09-23 20:28 stindall Note Edited: 0008659
2023-02-23 14:19 adrianofante Note Added: 0008992
2023-02-23 14:48 toracat Note Added: 0008993