Import existing repository from S3/Blob

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Hello all!

I am trying to setup an ephemeral publisher for managing a repository in an S3/Blob storage. The idea is to deploy the server only when changes to the data in the existing repository are needed. In order to do this I need to import the existing repository from Blob every time a new publisher is deployed.

I have attempted with the following import command:
cvmfs_server import -w http://XXXX.blob.core.windows.net/XXXX -k /etc/cvmfs/keys -o myuser -p -u 'S3,/var/spool/cvmfs/test.azure/tmp,test.azure@/etc/cvmfs/test.azure.conf test.azure

However the import fails when mounting the CVMFS storage because it waits for apache.
Since this repository is hosted on Blob, I have no need for apache on the publisher.
Am I missing something?

Thanks

Davide

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Hi Davide,

There might be a missing cvmfs/ prefix in the S3 config string. It should work with

-u 'S3,/var/spool/cvmfs/test.azure/tmp,cvmfs/test.azure@/etc/cvmfs/test.azure.conf

(The import interface is seriously up for an improvement)

Cheers,
Jakob