diff --git a/blog/2024-02-02-sre.md b/blog/2024-02-02-sre.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..762121994c --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2024-02-02-sre.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +title: SRE Team Update +slug: 2024-02-02-sre +authors: johnalotoski +tags: [sre] +hide_table_of_contents: false +--- + +## High level summary + +The SRE team continues work on cardano environment improvements and general +environment maintenance. + +Some notable recent changes, updates or improvements include: +* Cardano explorer is being sunset and will soon be replaced by a new [Cardano + Foundation explorer](https://beta.explorer.cardano.org/) +* IOG mainnet pools are now participating in propagation time reporting using + Cardano Foundation's [blockperf + tool](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/blockperf) +* Cardano-parts node nixosConfigurations, node entrypoint and process-compose + node jobs now utilize [mithril](https://github.com/input-output-hk/mithril) + client automatically on preview and preprod networks for faster + synchronization of first start up. Mainnet mithril client use as well as + signer modules will be available soon. + +## Lower level summary + +### Cardano-mainnet +* Adds a blockperf reporting module to the bootstrap nodes and block producer + relays: + [cardano-mainnet-pull-7](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-mainnet/pull/7) + +### Cardano-parts +* Adds a block performance module which utilizes cardano-foundation's blockperf + for aggregate block propagation reporting: + [cardano-parts-pull-29](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-parts/pull/29) +* Adds a mithril client for nixosConfigurations, process-compose cardano-node + processes and cardano-node entrypoint: + [cardano-parts-pull-30](https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-parts/pull/30) + +### Iohk-nix +* Adds required mithril client environment information for preview, preprod, + mainnet: + [iohk-nix-pull-570](https://github.com/input-output-hk/iohk-nix/pull/570) + +### Cardano-world +* Add the sunset banner to explorer: + [cardano-world-commit](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-world/commit/b010f5f5b1ba92091145dc638e1a37f1612b3fa7) + +## Upstream Contributions + +### Blockperf +* Add a nix flake with blockperf package and ci action: + [blockperf-pull-22](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/blockperf/pull/22)