mirror January 2021

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AltArch mirror geographical coverage, need more mirrors outside US/EU
by Anssi Johansson 02 Mar '23

02 Mar '23

Hi, we're looking to extend the geographical coverage of CentOS AltArch mirrors a bit. For those who don't know, the Alternative Architecture SIG produces CentOS 7 for all kinds of odd architectures such as aarch64, armhfp, i386, power9, ppc64 and ppc64le. We have a separate list of mirrors providing AltArch content at https://www.centos.org/download/altarch-mirrors/ and if you have a look at that list, you will notice that there are several mirrors from Europe and U.S., but less from other regions. We're currently in the process of shifting AltArch-related traffic from mirror.centos.org to external mirrors. Most of those mirror.centos.org nodes double as msync nodes, and by directing users to use external mirrors instead of mirror.c.o, more bandwidth would be available for syncing external mirrors. In addition to the saved bandwidth, many of the external mirrors have much more bandwidth than msync.c.o nodes, so the end users will also see a benefit. If the existing AltArch mirrors have a look at their traffic stats, they will probably notice that there hasn't been much AltArch traffic. That will see a slight increase soon, though. We will soon push out updated centos-release packages for AltArch that will use mirrorlist.c.o to find a nearby external mirror, instead of the currently configured mirror.centos.org. The old mirror crawler only checked main architecture repos (and only a subset of those), but the current mirror crawler will check main architectures and AltArch architectures, and all the repositories that are active. Some AltArch .iso download links have also been changed to point to isoredirect.c.o, which has a newly added capacity to redirect AltArch .iso image requests to external mirrors. The remaining AltArch .iso redirects to external mirrors will be done prior to CentOS 7.6.18xx release. That said, I don't expect AltArch to generate significant additional traffic compared to the main architectures. My primary concern here is the geographical coverage, ie. the number of countries represented. Let's say that it'd be nice if there were mirrors from a handful of countries from each continent. If there isn't yet an AltArch mirror in your country and you think your mirror could close a "gap", please consider mirroring AltArch as well. At the moment AltArch consumes around 100 GB of disk space. Please note that when CentOS 7.6.18xx gets released, both 7.5.1804 and 7.6.18xx will be kept on mirrors for a while, thus temporarily doubling the disk space required. Another technical point is that if you start mirroring AltArch, the content must be available in a different directory (and thus at a different URL) than the main content. One common convention is to have directories "centos" and "centos-altarch". You will also need to invoke rsync twice; first for the main content (as before) and then for the AltArch content at rsync://msync.centos.org/altarch/ Although all current CentOS mirrors can already access the above msync.c.o module for AltArch, it would be nice if you could do your initial rsync from some other external mirrors listed on https://www.centos.org/download/altarch-mirrors/ , even if the nearest external mirror providing AltArch over rsync isn't exactly nearby. Once you have done an initial sync from an external mirror, you can switch to doing incremental syncs from rsync://msync.centos.org/altarch/ Once you are done, please provide the http/https/rsync URLs to your mirrored AltArch content so those could be added to the list. Thanks for reading this far, and thanks for all the bandwidth!

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New mirror in United States
by David Guo 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Hello, Our new mirror in Fremont, CA launched. HTTP: http://mirrors.xtom.com/centos/ http://mirrors.xtom.com/centos-altarch/ Sync schedule: Every 4 hrs Bandwidth: 10 Gbps Location: Fremont, CA Sponsor: xTom Sponsor URL: https://xtom.com/ IPv4 address to authorize: 23.144.160.2 IPv6 address to authorize: 2604:eb40::a Email contact: mirror(a)xtom.com Mirroring AltArch : Yes Regards, David

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New Public Mirror Site in China
by TUNA mirror-admin 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

Hi there, I'm the administrator of TUNA mirror site. We've been serving as a public centos mirror for a few years, but we never announced this to the centos community. We request being added to the CentOS public mirror list. The detailed info of our mirror site is attached below. HTTP: http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/centos/ HTTPS: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/centos/ RSYNC: rsync://mirrros.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/centos/ Sync schedule: Every 4 hrs Bandwidth: 1000Mbps Location: Beijing, P.R.China Sponsor: Tsinghua University Spnsor URL: http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/ IP: 2402:f000:1:416:166:111:206:63 166.111.206.63 Email contact: mirrors(a)tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn Mirroring AltArch: no Cheers, Justin Wong

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New CentOS mirror in Moldova, Chisinau
by Maxim Macovei 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Hello sirs. Please find attached a brief information about our mirror. HTTP: http://mirror.ihost.md/centos/ HTTPS: https://mirror.ihost.md/centos/ RSYNC: rsync://mirror.ihost.md/centos/ Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 10Gbps Location: Chisinau, Moldova Sponsor: iHost Sponsor URL: ihost.md IPv4 address to authorize: 31.131.0.222 Email contact: noc(a)ihost.md Maxim Macovei Chief Executive Officer iHost | Chisinau, Moldova | 3 Tighina Street | www.ihost.md Office: +373 (22) 819998 | Mobile: +373 78666999 | E-mail: mm(a)ihost.md Customer Service : +373 (22) 819999 FAX : +373 22 819996 24/7 Helpdesk : hotline(a)ihost.md Network Operations Center : noc(a)ihost.md Sent from webmail

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Mirror update - centos.zero.com.ar
by Zero Admin Mirror 10 Feb '21

10 Feb '21

Dear CentOS Team; Please add me to list and add a rsync link. HTTP: http://centos.zero.com.ar/ HTTPS: https://centos.zero.com.ar/ RSYNC: rsync://centos.zero.com.ar/centos Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 1GB Location: AR Sponsor: Zero.com.ar Sponsor URL: http://www.zero.com.ar IPv4 address to authorize: 190.111.255.61 Email contact: mirror(a)zero.com.ar Best Regards John HTTPS: https://mirror.ucu.ac.ug/centos/ Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 100Mbs Location: Africa/Uganda Sponsor: Uganda Christian University Sponsor URL: https://ucu.ac.ug IPv4 address to authorize: 196.43.140.162/32 IPv6 address to authorize: 2c0f:f6d0:a:1::162/64 Email contact: systems(a)ucu.ac.ug Mirroring AltArch: no Uganda Christian University, P.O. Box 4, Mukono - Uganda Tel: +256‐312‐350‐800 Email: info(a)ucu.ac.ug Theme: 'A Complete Education for a Complete Person'

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New Mirror in Tallinn, Estonia
by CSpace Hostings NOC 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

Hello, We have added a new mirror in Tallinn, Estonia. HTTP: http://mirror.cspacehostings.com/centos HTTPS: https://mirror.cspacehostings.com/centos Sync schedule: Every 4 hrs Bandwidth: 2 Gbps Location: Tallinn, Estonia Sponsor: CSpace Hostings OÜ Sponsor URL: https://cspacehostings.com IPv4 address to authorize: 45.142.100.34 IPv6 address to authorize: 2a10:46c0:0:3:0:0:0:2 Email contact: noc(a)cspacehostings.com Mirroring AltArch: no Synced from the nearest rsync mirror and still syncing every 4 hours. any best practices for using the lockfile to control the cron script? Thank you, Best Regards, Aleksei Kirillov CSpace Hostings NOC AS208367 - 100Gbps+ Network https://cspacehostings.com Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden, USA and India (Upcoming)

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re-adding hacking and coffee mirrors
by Tails Hon1nbo 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

(note we had sent these previously, but after not hearing a response we checked the mailing list archives for mirror and mirror-announce and do not see them anywhere. Sending again but apologies if they do exist elsewhere) We had interruptions in non-business provisioning last year when the COVID-19 pandemic shut off datacentre access to assets not required for business operation. As such, a break in the mirror system due to an expired firewall exception was not tended to. This has been remedied, and the system was moved to a place where regardless of the pandemic the volunteers maintaining it can do so. It seems the mirror bouncer no longer lets us sync off the master, so we're pulling from kernel.org for the time being. Mirror information: HTTP(s): http://mirror.hackingand.coffee/centos/ RSYNC: rsync://mirror.hackingand.coffee/centos/ Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 250Mbps (min allocation); bursts to 1 Gbps (as available on shared mirror system line) Location: Dallas, Tx, USA Sponsor: Hacking & Coffee, LLC Sponsor URL: https://hackingand.coffee IPv4 address to authorize: 76.8.22.102 Email contact: hon1nbo+mirror(a)hackingand.coffee Mirroring AltArch: No Cheers, ~H -- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.

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Mirror name change
by Cem Karaca 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

Hi, We are retiring mirror.rackdc.com could you please change http://mirror.rackdc.com/CentOS/ to http://mirror.veriteknik.net.tr/CentOS/ Kind regards, Cem Karaca

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Mirror update - mirror.ucu.ac.ug
by UIS Systems 03 Feb '21

03 Feb '21

HTTPS: https://mirror.ucu.ac.ug/centos/ Sync schedule: Every 6 hrs Bandwidth: 100Mbs Location: Africa/Uganda Sponsor: Uganda Christian University Sponsor URL: https://ucu.ac.ug IPv4 address to authorize: 196.43.140.162/32 IPv6 address to authorize: 2c0f:f6d0:a:1::162/64 Email contact: systems(a)ucu.ac.ug Mirroring AltArch: no This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this email and its attachments, you must take no action based upon them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Any views or opinions expressed within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Uganda Christian University.

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Mirror Relocation
by Julian Fölsch 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

Hi, We are currently in the process of moving our mirror server ftp.agdsn.de to new hardware. So we would like to ask if you can also allow 141.30.29.65 while keeping the old IP? This would help us making the transition as smooth as possible. I will notify you again when the old IP can be removed, this would be planned to happen in one to two months. Kind regards, Julian Fölsch --- Julian Fölsch Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dresdner Studentennetz (AG DSN) Telefon: +49 351 271816 69 Mobil: +49 152 22915871 Fax: +49 351 46469685 Email: julian.foelsch(a)agdsn.de Studierendenrat der TU Dresden Helmholtzstr. 10 01069 Dresden

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