That is completely normal. Yum checks routinely for an updated repomd.xml file (it's pretty small as you can see). If it has changed, then yum knows it may need to update something. If it hasn't changed, there's nothing to update. Yum keeps a cached copy of that file locally for a day to a week depending on what the repo definition tells it to do, so it won't fetch the same file twice for one system within that expiry timeout. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist Dell | Office of the CTO -----Original Message----- From: centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of fakrul at dhakacom.com Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 4:55 PM To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] HTTP logs of mirror server Hi Brian, Thanks for your response. I am glad that people are using my mirror. But I am not sure whether these are legitimate request. All request is only fetching repomd.xml and urlgrabber attached to it from randomized IP. If it is normal behavior, than it is ok. I am also hosting other public mirror, but there is no such http request for those flavors. Regards, Fakrul Sent from my BlackBerry(r) smartphone - Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Brian Rak <brak at gameservers.com> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:56:14 To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors.<centos-mirror at centos.org> Cc: Fakrul Alam<fakrul at dhakacom.com> Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] HTTP logs of mirror server If your mirror is public (and listed with CentOS), then you're going to see traffic from random hosts.. that's kind of the point of the mirror. Did I misunderstand what you are asking? It seems that you're confused that people are actually using your mirror. On 10/13/2012 12:38 PM, Fakrul Alam wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > In my CentOS mirror server I am getting huge HTTP request from random > IP's. Bellow are few sample logs: > > 14.140.162.178 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:13 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.19" > 124.7.36.144 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:16 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 124.7.36.144 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:18 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 122.166.231.199 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:21 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 27.251.30.86 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:21 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 122.166.231.199 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:23 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 117.58.244.90 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:25 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 117.58.244.90 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:25 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 117.58.244.90 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:25 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/updates/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 180.179.39.9 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:35 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 115.112.108.130 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:38 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 115.112.108.130 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:38 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 180.179.39.9 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:40 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 180.179.39.9 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:42 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/updates/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 182.71.223.79 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:43 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/os/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1140 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > 182.71.223.79 - - [13/Oct/2012:22:35:44 +0600] "GET > /centos/5.8/extras/i386/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 1953 "-" > "urlgrabber/3.1.0 yum/3.2.22" > > Is it normal phenomena or there is some thing wrong? > > Fakrul > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQeZkXAAoJEMrRrLU8Ar25vHwH/1Bwh7ZnNFaeADc8MkeyStRg > 5OKz6DeTqRw3r9vUiQtU4qefjdZz7OJElhzIqaMhU5xBoWvyPzp3bsdEG5mBsD3s > 9Oama6HSAJgt9luz6iR9Nq5P6AGKqRj0mOu/r+monlfV+rBDBEcY2JfyF11dmbJP > JkqyQcmGKHUYjmr5CtYSr0p+oL/9q58vfh8aIGjf2+IPur/Bq6Rm7zQZf0zaqhIH > lc3MX4abaB66jUFgMxaVLJUpaa6al+7uQfAm3BtmQ1dC9LEkm1z6r4mxLB77lsA3 > tqGL4itcLq+PyYkeRMIASkW8I+6MazAGxbXpAothlx//7GkUQfI0C5zRinbpl/Y= > =lAVa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror _______________________________________________ CentOS-mirror mailing list CentOS-mirror at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror