READ! [CentOS] mirrorlist.centos.org port 81? (Yumconf changes)

Thu Feb 16 20:05:26 UTC 2006
Marko A. Jennings <markobiz at bluegargoyle.com>

On Thu, February 16, 2006 2:15 pm, Maciej ¯enczykowski said:
>> Why not - they are the same old mirrors - all that happens is that yum
>> gets a lost of local up to date mirrors for the release/repo/arch from
>> the
>> mirrorlist server on port 81 - chosen solely so that we can run it on
>> the
>> same server
>> as normal apache on port 80.
>>
>> If you have fastestmirror plugin enabld yum will then test the mirrors
>> and
>> use the fastest local connection.
>>
>> The version of yumex that we have at dev.centos.org alsouses the same
>> mirrorlist system.
>
> Note that using a non-standard port (81) here is an error - many
> restrictive
> firewalls (or proxies) won't allow such a connection - for example at my
> Mom's
> work (were I'm now) and my Dad's.  Even though it's an outgoing
> connection.
>
> Setup apache virtual hosting, add a new dns name, and use apache's proxy
> module
> to proxy mirrorlister:80 to localhost:81
> otherwise this will break for a lot of people.
>
> Cheers,
> MaZe.

I second that.  Several large companies I have worked for only allow 80
and 443 out.

Marko