One server behind files.directadmin.com is outdated

[kristian]

Hi,

I noticed that some of my hosts reported available updates, that were in fact downgrades. Turns out that the server at 69.162.69.58 behind files.directadmin.com serves an outdated versions.txt file, and possibly other things:

$ dig files.directadmin.com +short
69.162.69.58
104.128.54.74
185.42.221.168

$ curl -sk -H "Host: files.directadmin.com" https://69.162.69.58/services/custombuild/versions.txt | grep ^php80
php80:8.0.17:3b31e7657bcc1686d960884197dd4cca
$ curl -sk -H "Host: files.directadmin.com" https://104.128.54.74/services/custombuild/versions.txt | grep ^php80
php80:8.0.18:d43587670b3bda91011f38e8d3b65bbb
$ curl -sk -H "Host: files.directadmin.com" https://185.42.221.168/services/custombuild/versions.txt | grep ^php80
php80:8.0.18:d43587670b3bda91011f38e8d3b65bbb

 

[Erulezz]

files.directadmin.com is not listed (anymore?) as an official mirror:

Overview | Directadmin Docs

DirectAdmin Knowledge Base

docs.directadmin.com

Also:

Php 8.0.18 available

Version 8.0.18 14 Apr 2022 Core: Fixed freeing of internal attribute arguments. Fixed bug #8070 (memory leak of internal function attribute hash). Fixed bug #8160 (ZTS support on Alpine is broken). Filter: Fixed signedness confusion in php_filter_validate_domain(). Intl: Fixed bug #8142...

forum.directadmin.com

 

[kristian]

It's not listed as a mirror, because it's the main source, at least that's my impression.

 

[Erulezz]

I don’t know the difference between files and files1?‍ I have never used files because @DirectAdmin Support and @smtalk always use files1 in their posts. Maybe they can explain this?

 

[kristian]

files1 and files2 are actually part of files, in terms of DNS:

$ dig files.directadmin.com +short
104.128.54.74
185.42.221.168
69.162.69.58

$ dig files1.directadmin.com +short
104.128.54.74
$ dig -x 104.128.54.74 +short
files1.directadmin.com.

$ dig files2.directadmin.com +short
185.42.221.168
$ dig -x 185.42.221.168 +short
files2.directadmin.com.

The last one doesn't seem to be a filesXX host, but rather the forum:

$ dig -x 69.162.69.58 +short
forum.directadmin.com.

I don't know the history behind this setup, but by using files.directadmin.com, you're hitting either files1 or files2 roughly 66% of the time. I suppose switching to either one of them is fine, but it's also nice to have multiple IP addresses for some simple redundancy without having to change the downloadserver used.

 

[factor]

just run

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set_fastest

 

[kristian]

./build set_fastest

I template the options.conf from ansible, so I don't want to rely on commands such as this that can't easily be automated and idempotent.

 

[factor]

options.conf from ansible

I get you now..