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Temporary Project Lead: Florian Effenberger

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As of April 2008, OpenOffice.org does NOT NEED any NEW mirrors from regions that already have a strong download network. We currently ONLY search for new mirrors in areas where the number of download sites is quite low. As of now, this is especially true for Africa or India. BEFORE setting up a new mirror, please ask on the mirror mailing list where there is a need for it or not. Thanks to all mirror admins for their ongoing support, contribution and efforts. Your help is very valueable to us and makes the distribution of OpenOffice.org possible.

Mission Statement

This project coordinates the listing of those sites that host OpenOffice.org software. A "mirror" is a website that has agreed to donate its server space and bandwidth for OpenOffice.org downloads. This page serves as a reference page for the download pages. For regular users, please go to the Download Central page.

Disclaimer: To be listed here, anything under the OpenOffice.org directory must come from any of the Category 1/Tier-1 servers mentioned in the masters list. We make no promises about this software, and anyone who downloads any software listed on OpenOffice.org, whether from the master servers or from any listed mirror or from any other source, including CD-ROMs or peer-to-peer networks, is doing so at his or her own risk. Downloaders should always exercise caution whenever downloading any executable software from the Internet. Please check your md5sums prior to installing downloaded software.

Setting Up A Mirror

Setting up a mirror site is easy. You may select which set (main or extended) you wish to carry, but you must select one. We do not need mirrors for the OpenOffice.org Web content.

If you would like to set up a mirror, please read the information below and consult our mirror FAQs.

Quick start:

  1. Choose one set for your mirror (look at description of sets).
    We accept mirrors carrying the main set (category 1). But we are especially in need for mirrors capable to host the extended dataset.
  2. Mail to the project's discuss list:
    • Technical contact's name:
    • Technical contact's email address:
    • the URL of the mirror (http, ftp, rsync):
    • Mirroring from:
    • Set You've chosen:
    • Your Internet connection's speed in k/M/Gbits per second:
    • Country:
  3. Start mirroring from a suitable host.

    Note: GWDG is heavily loaded; you can also mirror from every Category 1 / Tier-1 mirror and we ask you to do so. The software shows up with a little delay there, but it is not more than 12 hours. You can start copying from them without ANY permissions at any time (rsync or ftp).

  4. Read further on this page.

Responsibilities

  • All maintainers of mirrors listed here must be subscribed to the mirrors discussion list. To subscribe or view archives, please go to the mailing list link in the top navbar
  • All mirrors are responsible for keeping their files up-to-date and for notifying this project of any changes in their set up (such as a change of hostname, URL or a discontinuation of service). We understand that maintaining files can be difficult, and so encourage you to ask for assistance from the community
  • All mirrors must provide statistics on OpenOffice.org files transferred. Please submit them to stats@distribution.openoffice.org. Please send them in plain text. We would like complete statistics, but if necessary will be happy with binaries and source only

Files: What To Distribute

Please refer to the Files Page for the latest information on which files are grouped in which sets or categories to distribute. In brief, there are two sets for mirrors: main or extended. If you choose Category 4 for CD-ROM distribution, you must specify the details of what you will be offering when you send in your link (for a CD-ROM) or when you set up a Mirror.

When submitting to the CD-ROM listing, please do not simply say "Category 4". This tells us absolutely nothing.

No mirror is to be discounted but every mirror should understand that the download pages can't be compiled by hand. Category 4 mirrors will certainly be listed. They may also offer local services, such as ISO images for CD-ROMs, or files for "p2p" exchanges. They will not be discriminated against — community contributions are valuable.

Master and Tier-1 Servers

Category 1 / Tier-1 servers have all OpenOffice.org related main set data at one entry point for you. Please choose the closest Tier-1 server to obtain the data from the list given on this page. Even better would be if you go the extra step and join the small group of extended mirrors.

It is understood that a mirror site may experience a slight lag in obtaining the code from the primary servers. The mirror monitoring page gives an overview of the mirror states and delay. Additionally we use bouncer to check the availability of files and distribute the load. But each mirror site is responsible in the end for hosting at the least the latest build, and in the same directory structure, as the master server.

Rsync Instructions

  • We require rsync to copy over files listed on the master server. Please point to:
    rsync rsync://tier-1-server/path/ (with the appropriate options)
    and start mirroring. If you have problems, please post them to the mirrors discuss list.
  • Please indicate which data set you wish to occupy. We encourage all to follow the category structure.
  • Speed of download: We have indicated by each mirror the quality and speed of its connection to the Internet. There are three indicators: ***, **, *. More details are supplied on each mirror site's homepage. Question marks (??) indicate no data, not bad connections.

Directory Structure

All mirrors, regardless of category, will have to follow the format below for OpenOffice.org files. This will be easy, as rsync will allow you to copy over the directory structure.

For stable, tested builds

/stable/[release number]/[filenames]

for developer snapshots (aka milestone builds)

/developer/[developer build number]/[filenames]

and, for tested localized builds:

/localized/[language]/[release number]/[filename]

and, for /contrib files

/contrib/[directoryname]/[filename]

and, for large datasets like RCs, pot and sdf files, ...

/extended/[directoryname]/...

and, for older versions

/old-versions (for local archiving)

The tools project hosts a description of the file naming scheme.

Archive Servers

We also have archive servers for mirroring legacy and rarely-used content. See more details here.

Extended Mirrors

As of April 2008, OpenOffice.org does NOT NEED any NEW mirrors from regions that already have a strong download network. We currently ONLY search for new mirrors in areas where the number of download sites is quite low. As of now, this is especially true for Africa or India. BEFORE setting up a new mirror, please ask on the mirror mailing list where there is a need for it or not. Thanks to all mirror admins for their ongoing support, contribution and efforts. Your help is very valueable to us and makes the distribution of OpenOffice.org possible.

Extended Mirror Sites
Location Type URL   Maintainer
Australia HTTP / FTP Pacific Internet (via FTP)
Pacific Internet (via HTTP)
   Gary Marshall
Austria FTP WU x Michael Alexander
Canada HTTP Bartek RYS (via HTTP)
 hex1a4@hex1a4.net
Brazil HTTP / FTP openoffice.c3sl.ufpr.br (via FTP)
openoffice.c3sl.ufpr.br (via HTTP)
 c3sl.ufpr.br root team
France HTTP ctn1.net (via HTTP)
   Marc Gomez
France FTP Proxad (via FTP)
   Francois Petillon
Germany HTTP / FTP GWDG (via FTP)
GWDG (via HTTP)
   Eberhard Moenkeberg
Germany HTTP / FTP TU Chemnitz (via FTP)
TU Chemnitz (via HTTP)
   Guenther Fischer
Germany HTTP / FTP TU Braunschweig (via FTP)
TU Braunschweig (via HTTP)
   Martin Kubiak
Germany HTTP / FTP Uni Erlangen (via FTP)
Uni Erlangen (via HTTP)
  
Greece HTTP / FTP ftp.cc.uoc.gr (via FTP)
ftp.cc.uoc.gr (via HTTP)
   Counalakis Dimitris
Iceland HTTP / FTP RHNet (via FTP)
RHNet (via HTTP)
   Ólafur Osvaldsson
Ireland HTTP / FTP Irelands National Education and Research Network (via FTP)
Irelands National Education and Research Network (via HTTP)
   HEAnet Mirror Team
Italy HTTP / FTP GARR Mirror (via FTP)
GARR Mirror (via HTTP)
   GARR Mirror Team
Japan HTTP / FTP KDDI R&D Labs, INC. (via FTP)
KDDI R&D Labs, INC. (via HTTP)
   KDDILABS FTP Admins
Japan HTTP / FTP JAIST (via FTP)
JAIST (via HTTP)
   JAIST FTP Admins
Poland HTTP / FTP icis.pcz.pl (via FTP)
icis.pcz.pl (via HTTP)
   Konrad Karczewski
Portugal HTTP / FTP NEACM (via FTP)
NEACM (via HTTP)
   NEACM
Romania HTTP / FTP ftp.astral.ro (via FTP)
ftp.astral.ro (via HTTP)
   Imre Gergely
Spain HTTP / FTP Universidade da Coruña (via FTP)
Universidade da Coruña (via HTTP)
   Andrés J. Díaz
Switzerland FTP Solnet
   Benjamin Indermühle
USA HTTP / FTP CS Utah (via FTP)
CS Utah (via HTTP) 		  mirror cs.utah.edu
USA HTTP / FTP SecsUp (via FTP)
SecsUp (via HTTP) 		  Christopher Morrow
USA HTTP / FTP TDS (via FTP)
TDS (via HTTP) 		  Shane Brath
U.K. HTTP / FTP UK Mirror Service (via FTP)
UK Mirror Service (via HTTP)
   The UK Mirror Service

 


Many thanks go not only to extended mirror sites but to all the mirrors supporting OpenOffice.org listed below.

Mirror Sites All Categories (excluding extended mirrors)
Location Type URL Connection Maintainer
Africa FTP Saix (South Africa)
(Category 3)		 *** Eddie Stassen
Argentina FTP openoffice.patan.com.ar
(Category 1)		 John Knoll
Argentina HTTP openoffice.patan.com.ar
(Category 1)		 John Knoll
Australia FTP Planet Mirror
(Category 1)		 *** Jason Andrade
Australia HTTP Planet Mirror
(Category 1)		 *** Jason Andrade
Australia HTTP Ilisys Web Hosting
(Category 1)		 *** Dave Wilcox
Austria FTP Goodie Domain Service (Vienna Univ. of Tech.)
(Category 1)		 *** Antonin Sprinzl
Belgium HTTP Belnet
(Category 1)		 ?? Pascal Panneels
Belgium FTP Skynet
(Category 1)		 *** Cedric Gavage
Brazil HTTP Linorg
(Category 1)		 *** Linorg
Brazil FTP Pontifìcia Universidade Catòlica do Paranà
(Category 1)		 ** Juan Andrès Mussini
Bulgaria FTP Spectrum Net
(Category 1)		 *** Peter Shtinkov
Bulgaria HTTP Spectrum Net
(Category 1)		 *** Peter Shtinkov
Canada FTP University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
(Category 1)		 Calum T. Dalek
Canada HTTP University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
(Category 1)		 Calum T. Dalek
Canada FTP Rafal Rzeczkowski
(Category 1)		 *** Rafal Rzeczkowski
Canada HTTP Rafal Rzeczkowski
(Category 1)		 *** Rafal Rzeczkowski
Canada HTTP GULUS
(Category 1)		 *** Simon Valiquette
Czech Republic HTTP CVUT
(Category 1)		 *** Silicon Hill
Czech Republic FTP CVUT
(Category 1)		 *** Silicon Hill
Czech Republic RSYNC rsync://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/openoffice
(Category 1)		 *** Silicon Hill
Denmark HTTP Dotsrc.org (formerly sunsite.dk)
(Category 1)		 *** mirror@dotsrc.org
Denmark FTP Dotsrc.org (formerly sunsite.dk)
(Category 1)		 *** mirror@dotsrc.org
Finland FTP Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET)
(Category 4 -- /stable, /contrib, /localized/fi, /dev)		 *** oo-adm@nic.funet.fi
France FTP Proxad
(Category 1)		 *** Francois Petillon
France FTP CICT
(Category 1)		 ** Philippe BAQUÃ
Germany FTP Aachen RWTH
(Category 1)		 *** Thomas List
Germany HTTP Aachen RWTH
(Category 1)		 *** Thomas List
Germany

FTP

 Berlin (FU)
(Category 1)		    
Germany FTP Braunschweig (TU)
(Category 1)
    
Germany HTTP Braunschweig (TU)
(Category 1)
    
Germany FTP Chemnitz (TU)
(Category 1)		    
Germany HTTP Chemnitz (TU)
(Category 1)		    
Germany FTP Esslingen (HS)
(Category 1)		 ** Adrian
Germany HTTP Esslingen (HS)
(Category 1)		 ** Adrian
Germany FTP Frankfurt (Plusline)
(Category 1)		    
Germany HTTP Frankfurt (Plusline)
(Category 1)
    
Germany FTP Göttingen (GWDG)
(Category 1)		  
Germany HTTP Göttingen (GWDG)
(Category 1)		  
Germany FTP Hagen (Fernuni)
(Category 1)		 Thomas Feuerstack
Germany HTTP Hagen (Fernuni)
(Category 1)		 Thomas Feuerstack
Germany FTP Muenster (WWU)
(Category 1) Note: This site also supports IPv6 connections. The URL is ftp.ipv6.uni-muenster.de
(formerly ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/software/OpenOffice/)		 *** Christian Schild
Germany HTTP Muenster (WWU)
(Category 1)		 *** Christian Schild
Germany FTP ftp://ftp.stardiv.de/ (Stardiv)
(Category 1)		 ** Stefan Taxhet
Germany HTTP http://ftp.stardiv.de/ (Stardiv)
(Category 1)		 ** Stefan Taxhet
Germany FTP Wolfenbuettel (UASW)
(Category 1)		    
Germany HTTP Wolfenbuettel (UASW)
(Category 1)		    
Greece HTTP ELLAK
(Category 1)		 *** webmaster@ellak.gr
Greece HTTP National Technical University of Athens
(Category 1)		 *** ftpadm@ntua.gr
Greece FTP National Technical University of Athens
(Category 1)		 *** ftpadm@ntua.gr
Hungary HTTP FSF Hungary
(Category 1)		 ** Andras Timar
Hungary FTP FSF Hungary
(Category 1)		 ** Andras Timar
India HTTP WBUT
(Category 1)		 * Susmit Shannigrahi/ Indranil Das Gupta
Indonesia FTP Si Kambing - Univ of Indonesia, Depok
(Category 1)		 * Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
Indonesia HTTP Si Kambing - Univ of Indonesia, Depok
(Category 1)		 * Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim
Japan rsync

rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/openoffice/
(Category 1)

 *** JAIST FTP Admins
Japan HTTP http://www.ring.gr.jp/ (Ring)
(Category 1)		 ***
Japan FTP ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/ (Ring)
(Category 1)		 ***
Japan HTTP Yamagata University
(Category 1) 		*** tomohiro_ito@ieee.org
Japan FTP Yamagata University
(Category 1) 		*** tomohiro_ito@ieee.org
Lithuania FTP Atviras Kodas Lietuvai
(Category 2)		 *** Rimas Kudelis
Lithuania HTTP Atviras Kodas Lietuvai
(Category 2)		 *** Rimas Kudelis
Netherlands FTP Netherlands Unix Users Group FTP Server
(Category 1)		 *** J.C. van Winkel
Netherlands HTTP Netherlands Unix Users Group HTTP Server
(Category 1)		 *** J.C. van Winkel
Netherlands FTP SNT FTP Server
(Category 1)		 *** Michael Niblett
Netherlands HTTP SNT Server
(Category 1)		 *** Michael Niblett
Phillipines HTTP Phillipine e-Science Grid
(Category 1)

  Rey Vincent Babilonia
Poland FTP Poznan
(Category 1)		 *** Michal Kosiedowski
Poland FTP TP
(Category 1)		 *** Ireneusz Weglewski
Poland FTP Piotrkosoft
(Category 1)		 Piotr Maluty
Poland HTTP Piotrkosoft
(Category 1)		 Piotr Maluty
Portugal HTTP DCC
(Category 1)		 Hugo Ribeiro
Romania FTP Evolva Telecom
(Category 1) 		*** Sebastian Petrescu
Romania HTTP Evolva Telecom
(Category 1) 		*** Sebastian Petrescu
Romania rsync rsync://mirrors.evolva.ro/openoffice.org/
(Category 1) 		*** Sebastian Petrescu
Romania FTP (RoEduNet Iasi)
(Category 1)
Note: This site also supports IPv6 connections.		 *** Subredu Manuel
Romania HTTP RoEduNet Iasi
(Category 1)
Note: This site also supports IPv6 connections.		 ** Subredu Manuel
Romania FTP Idilis
(Category 1)		 ** Dragos Nitu
Romania HTTP Idilis
(Category 1)		 ** Dragos Nitu
Saudia Arabia FTP bayanat.com.sa
(Category 4: /stable)		 Abdulhadi Al-Shehri
Saudia Arabia HTTP bayanat.com.sa
(Category 4: /stable)		 Abdulhadi Al-Shehri
Singapore FTP Averse.net
(Category 1)		 ** Ng Pui Yong
Singapore HTTP Averse.net
(Category 1)		 ** Ng Pui Yong
Slovenia FTP ftp://ftp.arnes.si/ (Arnes)
(Category 1) 		<??> Matija Grabnar
Slovenia FTP Bevc.net
(Category 4: /stable)		 * Marko Bevc
Slovenia HTTP Bevc.net
(Category 4: /stable)		 * Marko Bevc
Slovenia HTTP WSection
(Category 1)		 ** Borut
South Africa FTP ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirrors/OpenOffice/
(Category 1).		 ?? Tony Wade
South Korea FTP KAIST FTP
(Category 1)		 KAIST FTP Operators
South Korea HTTP KAIST FTP
(Category 1)		 KAIST FTP Operators
South Korea FTP ftp://ftp.kr.freebsd.org/pub/openoffice
(Category 1)		 *** Choi Junho
Korea FreeBSD Users Group
Spain HTTP IronTec
(Category 3)		 * Iker Sagasti Markina
Spain HTTP RedIRIS
(Category 1)		 *** José Manuel Macias
Spain FTP RedIRIS
(Category 1)		 *** José Manuel Macias
Sweden HTTP ftp.sunet.se
(Category 1)		 *** archive@ftp.sunet.se
Sweden FTP ftp.sunet.se
(Category 1)		 *** archive@ftp.sunet.se
Switzerland FTP SWITCHmirror
(Category 1) 		  SWITCHmirror Admins
Switzerland HTTP SWITCHmirror
(Category 1) 		  SWITCHmirror Admins
Switzerland HTTP testserver.li
(Category 1)		 * Julian Rutz
Taiwan FTP ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw
(Category 1)		 Wang Cheng-Yu
Taiwan HTTP ftp.cse.yzu.edu.tw
(Category 1)		 Wang Cheng-Yu
Taiwan FTP ISU
(Category 1)		 *** Tong-Hong Kuo
Taiwan HTTP ISU
(Category 1)		 *** Tong-Hong Kuo
Taiwan FTP TWAREN FTP
(Category 1)		 TWAREN FTP
Taiwan HTTP TWAREN FTP
(Category 1)		 TWAREN FTP
Taiwan FTP Taiwan Mirror
(Category 1)		 ***
Taiwan HTTP Taiwan Mirror
(Category 1)		 ***
Taiwan FTP chu.edu.tw
(Category 1)		 *** jong@cc.chu.edu.tw
U.K. FTP Virgin Media
(Category 1)		 *** ISSS
U.K. HTTP Virgin Media
(Category 1)		 *** ISSS
U.S.A. FTP Indiana University
(Category 1)		 *** Joe Rinkovsky
U.S.A. HTTP openoffice.myhostingplan.info
(Category 1)		 Chris
U.S.A. FTP OSU OSL
(Category 1)		 *** Corey Shields
U.S.A. HTTP OSU OSL
(Category 1)		 *** Corey Shields
U.S.A. HTTP ibiblio.org
(Category 2)		 *** Donald Sizemore / John Reuning
U.S.A. FTP ibiblio.org
(Category 2)		 *** Donald Sizemore / John Reuning
U.S.A. HTTP ISC
(Category 1)
Note: This site also supports IPv6 connections.		 *** Peter Losher
U.S.A. FTP pair
(Category 1)		 *** Kevin Martin
U.S.A. HTTP pair
(Category 1)		 *** Kevin Martin
U.S.A. HTTP WRPN
(Category 3--stable, contrib)		 * Wesley Haines
U.S.A. HTTP Allied Quotes Health Insurance
(Category 1) 		  Kevin Smith

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