https://peertube.debian.social/videos/watch/d6860f7b-8000-4449-860d-904e1118327d by Arnaud Rebillout At: DebConf25 https://debconf25.debconf.org/talks/122-kali-linux-delivery-of-a-rolling-distro-at-scale-with-mirrorbits/ Kali Linux is a rolling Linux distribution based on Debian. Packages and images are distributed via a network of community mirrors, and a redirector in front. In practice, it means that APT requests hit http.kali.org and get redirected to a mirror close-by for the actual download. This talk is about the redirector. After 10 years of using mirrorbrain, Kali switched to mirrorbits 2 years ago. We're going to talk about this transition, present the mirrorbits project, and highlight some recent developments that made it suitable for a fast-changing repository such as a rolling Linux distro. We will also talk about the operational side of things, after running it for 2 years in production: how much time does it cost to maintain this setup, what kind of machine is required to run the redirector, etc etc. The audience for this talk: sysadmins for FOSS projects, and more generally anyone who want to know how FOSS can be delivered to a worldwide audience at scale without a CDN. We also want to bring some data points for those who wonder what it would take to run a redirector for Debian again. Room: Petit amphi Scheduled start: 2025-07-17 09:30:00+02:00 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:52:23 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.debian.social https://peertube.debian.social/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://peertube.debian.social/videos/watch/d6860f7b-8000-4449-860d-904e1118327d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.debian.social/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.