Re: Guix Data Service: Dump files missing (?)

[Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>]

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Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> writes:

> I'd like to get familiar with the Guix Data Service locally, but I
> haven't been able to set up the database because there's no dump files
> available in the URLs indicated in the README.
>
> For example, https://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps loads correctly but lists
> no dumps. And when visiting
> https://data.guix.gnu.org/dumps/latest/guix_data_service_small.dump I
> get the message "Resource not found:
> /dumps/latest/guix_data_service_small.dump".
>
> I don't see anything in the git log that makes me think that dumps
> changed location, or their generation was removed or suspended.
>
> Maybe a temporary issue?

I forget exactly when I disabled the dumps, but it was mostly to reduce
my costs. Producing the dump files required a significant amount of free
disk space to dump the database.

Would it be helpful to have some instructions on getting some data in to
an empty database? I did this recently when setting up a new laptop.

Chris


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