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Mirrors Project

Project Lead: Florian Effenberger, Co-Lead: Tora - Takamichi Akiyama

Contents

• Mission Statement
• Setting Up A Mirror
• Master Rsync Servers
• Rsync Instructions
• Directory Structure
• Archive Servers
• Extended Data Set Mirror Sites
• All Mirror Sites

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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. Send an email to project's discussion list, including:
   
   • 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.

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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 mirrors are now listed in the list of All Mirror Sites, which are marked with "S C L D E."

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All Mirror Sites

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

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*Please use a FTP program if your browser does not support FTP downloads.

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