[CentOS-mirror] Inclusion in YUM fastestmirror plugin

Sat Nov 6 14:38:47 UTC 2010
Nyamul Hassan <nyamul at gmail.com>

There was a similar discussion a few months ago, and I think the final
answer is, the current script that returns the list is not perfect.  The
logic has room for improvement.

That being said, you can try to run the same link (given earlier) again from
another host, and see if the results are the same.  Once a host makes a
query, the results are cached for a certain time, so running the same
request from the same host in quick succession will give you the same
results.  I am not sure what the default length of the duration is.

In our data center, most of the time, we are returned as the top search
result.  But, there are times when we see other mirrors listed above us, and
sometimes even ones located in Hong Kong, Singapore or even Japan!

There is a current effort towards improving this feature, along with some
other aspects of CentOS Mirror Infrastructure.  A IRC meeting was held on
Oct/25.  Link to the transcripts are available in the relevant thread.

Regards
HASSAN



On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 19:23, Datasoft-India <datasoftindia at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Hassan.
> Its not showing my server. http://mirrors.gitam.edu/centos/
>
> ---Output-Below---
> http://centos.aol.in/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://ftp.iitm.ac.in/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirrors.bd-servers.net/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirrors.ispros.com.bd/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirror.kal.vn/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://virror.hanoilug.org/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://mirror.viethosting.vn/centos/5.5/os/x86_64/
> http://centos.01link.hk/5.5/os/x86_64/
> ---x-----
>
> How do I get it included there?
>
> Thanks
> Durga Prasad
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Nyamul Hassan <nyamul at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Prasad,
> > You can try to run:
> > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.5&arch=x86_64&repo=os
> > The list is what Yum sees.
> > Regards
> > HASSAN
> >
> > NB:  Fedora is quite volatile, isn't it?
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 18:40, Datasoft-India <datasoftindia at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry friends I typed wrong - My Mistake.
> >> its http://mirrors.gitam.edu/centos
> >>
> >> (we are trying to mirror Fedora also. That is another thread.)
> >>
> >> I want this to get reflected in the Yum search of Centos. How does that
> >> happen?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Durga Prasad
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Nyamul Hassan <nyamul at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I think that was a spelling error.  "mirrors.gitam.edu" (3rd 'r'
> missing
> >> > on
> >> > original post) does resolve to 117.211.123.49
> >> > Regards
> >> > HASSAN
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 17:10, <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Datasoft-India writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Hi All,
> >> >> > How does our Site get Included in the Fastestmirror plugin search
> of
> >> >> > Centos Yum.?
> >> >> > We are not seeing any traffic to our site
> >> >> > http://mirros.gitam.edu/fedora
> >> >>
> >> >> Why /fedora? This is Centos.
> >> >> Plus, mirros.gitam.edu doesn't resolve (which could explain the
> absence
> >> >> of
> >> >> traffic).
> >> >> You might want to fix the above.
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards
> >> >> > Durga Prasad
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