Hi all, As part of improvements to download.opensuse.org experience, currently new pilot service is available for using with zypper. https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org Its primary task is to redirect zypper requests to a mirror in client's country, similar to what MirrorBrain project does. You can try to replace in /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo http://download.opensuse.org with http://mirrorcache.opensuse.org or https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org Since it is still a pilot, the service comes without any guarantee or obligations. Reasons when you may want to try it: - you want to stick to https connection (mirrorcache will try to find a mirror in your country, which supports https, if available). - you are on ipv4-only or ipv6-only connection (mirrorcache will try to find a mirror which supports ipv4 or ipv6, depending on the request's connection); - in case when download.opensuse.org (d.o.o) is temporary unavailable; - redirection from d.o.o leads to a mirror, which actually doesn't have the requested file (it is rare, but can happen); - you want to try hosting own mirrorcache instance at your physical location and enjoy fast and reliable redirection. (with very modest disk space / HW requirements). Additional reasons: - you want to help with improving d.o.o experience and provide feedback; - you are interested in mirror management, for which admin's UI is available, and non-admin UI is planned (so a user can add and manage own mirror without global admin rights); https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org/app/server (login using UI menu and ask me for admin rights if you want to use it or see more advanced controls, like job details). - you need some related functionality: it is possible that it can be easily achievable with mirrorcache. Further read about differences from MirrorBrain: https://github.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache/blob/master/doc/mb_compare.md How caching works: - caching happens on folder level, so e.g., when zypper tries to access file, unknown for mirrorcache - it will be redirected to d.o.o, then a background job will collect info about mirrors. Thereafter further requests to the same folder will be properly redirected to a mirror in the client's country, honoring http/https scheme and ipv4/ipv6 connection used: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache/master/doc/flow.sv... - requests to remodata/repomd.xml is not cached, so zypper always gets the latest version of packages. If you are interested in current source code (most of architecture is stolen from OpenQA): https://github.com/andrii-suse/MirrorCache In case of questions or any feedback do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, -- Andrii Nikitin <andrii.nikitin@suse.com> DevOPS Automation and Build Service Engineer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nuremberg Germany (HRB 247165, AG München) Managing Director: Felix Imendörffer