[Dxspider-support] Node update. Help

[Dirk Koopman]

It *might* be better to do it using a perl script because one can poke 
around in its internals to determine what is missing, but that probably 
means me doing it and I am a bit busy firefighting idiots.

In either case, most nodes are probably using Debian based systems (so 
one can load .deb packages), but there are a number of Redhat systems of 
a wider variety of ages, and many of those will not have the packages 
(.rpm and IIRC .dng) for some of the modern things (or even a new enough 
perl - Centos 7 comes to mind here). One may need to cater for them 
nonetheless, which will magnify the problem very quickly.  This has a 
lot to do with why I have not tackled it.

There are also a number of ARC nodes that are difficult (or impossible) 
to determine without going around every node that connects to them, 
which will also not work very well. Also many (most?) only talk to other 
ARC nodes, so the number of DXSpider connections to the ARC part of the 
cluster are very small (maybe only Dave K1TTT and via some CC-Cluster 
links).  There are probably about 40-50 active ARC nodes. Unfortunately, 
they are also being used for sending rubbish spots.

There are several popular web nodes out there that have heavily modified 
the code and are also popular with the ungodly. They will be a very 
tough set of nuts to crack.

Given ssh access with sudo privileges, I will happily upgrade anyone 
from master to mojo that wants me to do it.

Dirk

On 06/12/2022 13:08, Kin via Dxspider-support wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to prepare a Bash script that allows automatic upgrade from 
> Master to Mojo branch of a DXSpider node.
>
> The reason is the large number of nodes that are out of date on the 
> Master branch, and fewer on the Mojo branch.
>
> Although the update is not difficult, it is about facilitating the 
> transition for those sysops that do not have much knowledge and are 
> afraid of taking their node out of service.
>
> These are some data obtained during yesterday:
>
> 416 Nodes found
>
> 377 nodes DXSpider
>
> 39 nodes no DXSpider
>
> 241 nodes Master version 5454
>
>                                33 build 0 to 99
>
>                                100 build >= 100 <= 199
>
>                                108 build >= 200
>
> 90 nodes Mojo version 5457
>
>                                  7 build unknown
>
>                                  1 build 0 to 99
>
>                                  1 build >= 100 <= 199
>
>                                  2 build >= 200 <= 299
>
>                                  7 build >= 300 <= 399
>
>                                72 build >= 400         -->  27 build 
> 450 o 451 (last)
>
> If we want to keep the network of Clusters working correctly, it is 
> time for us to update our nodes, thus eliminating bugs and adding new 
> features to make our Network better.
>
> For this reason, I ask those of you who have nodes in old or very old 
> versions, if you can help me, I would like to test the script before 
> publishing it.
>
> I need for the tests that the complete directory of spider be sent to 
> me, to carry out real tests with it.
>
> Thanks for your cooperation.
>
> Kin EA3CV
>
>
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