openSUSE:Tumbleweed mirrors
A mirror in computing is a direct copy of a data set.
On the Internet, a mirror site is an exact copy of another Internet site. Mirror sites are most commonly used to provide multiple sources of the same information in order to spread total server load and connection bandwidth. The mirror sites are short called mirrors. They are a way of providing fast and reliable access to the files on the sites with popular (and large) downloads.
How to find mirrors
You do not have to select a mirror yourself.
- If you use software.opensuse.org or download.opensuse.org, the server will take care of finding a mirror for you. It will automatically select one of the known and active mirrors from a database and redirect the download. See openSUSE:Build Service redirector for technical details on how this works.
That's it!
- If you would like to use a different mirror, or want to see a complete list of all mirrors where you could download a file from, go to mirrors.opensuse.org.
- For any file on download.opensuse.org, you can click on link named Mirrors which will show mirrors assorted for your location. You can have a look at http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-stable/iso/ for example.
- If you miss a certain mirror, please tell us, by sending an email to admin @ opensuse.org.
- If you operate a mirror yourself, or plan to do so, the page Mirror infrastructure might interest you.
Released version mirrors
The current released version is available on mirror servers.
- Use software.opensuse.org or download.opensuse.org and you will automatically be redirected to a mirror in your vicinity.
- If you need it, there is also an up to date list of mirrors for the current release:
Version: Leap 15.4 Up to date list of mirrors
Version: Leap 15.5 Up to date list of mirrors
Discontinued releases mirrors
- For discontinued releases (see article Lifetime) please refer to Mirrors discontinued releases.
Development build mirrors
The development versions are available on mirror servers.
- Use software.opensuse.org/developer or download.opensuse.org, and you will automatically be redirected to a mirror in your vicinity.
- identify subsystem that is making a trouble, or
- understand sometimes relative complex advice how to isolate what subsystem is making a problem, and
- use command line (invoking a shell, switch to root, mark and paste output to mail client)
Tumbleweed mirrors
The Tumbleweed distribution is available on mirror servers.
- Use download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed, and you will automatically be redirected to a mirror in your vicinity.
- If you need it, there is an up to date list of mirrors for openSUSE tumbleweed:
Version: tumbleweed up to date list of mirrors for openSUSE tumbleweed.
- If you don't understand the previous sentence then it is not for you, for sure.
- How good or dangerous it can be depends on many factors, and only developer, packager and experienced users can understand the status, looking at changes from the previous version to tell what are possible consequences.
- The first people that will load Factory are mainly experienced testers that sometimes use dedicated computers, so if something goes wrong there are no problems with lost data.
Tumbleweed drpmsync service
The Tumbleweed distribution is also provided via the drpmsync service.
- drpmsync.opensuse.org:8888/tumbleweed is the public drpmsync master server.
- It is usually under a high load and slow.
- stage.opensuse.org:8888/tumbleweed is the drpmsync stage server.
- Only the most important mirrors do have access to it.
- Detailed information about it can be found on the Mirrors infrastructure page.
TBD
- add functional drpmsync commands
- add paths for those mirrors that are listening for drpmsync connections..