Mirman

Python script to manage the mirrorlist of an arch linux machine

Installation

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Faetu/Mirror-Manager.git

Change directory

cd mirror-manager

Run setup file with root privileges

sudo sh setup.sh

How to use

This script is made to manage the mirrorlist on an arch-linux machine. You can call:

mirman -h

To show all the options.

Example

One Example can be:

mirman -c CH DE AT -p http -b

-c --country This argument will tell mirman to only request for those three countries: CH (Switzerland) DE (Germany) and AT (Austria).

-p --protocol This argument will tell mirman witch protocol we wish to request.

• http
• https

-b --backup-old-mirrorlist With this argument, we told mirman to make a backup file of the current mirrorlist file. If a mirrorlist.back001 exist, then mirman create a mirrorlist.back002.(count till 999) This option is false by default.

Update functionality

If you have done one time a request with this script, then your mirrorlist is filled with a list of server from some countries and also with the used options for IP version and protocol. At this moment you will be able to use the update function without trouble.

mirman -u

This argument let mirman read your actual mirrorlist, it searches for country-tags and also for IP version and protocol. After analysis the script start his work automatically.

What's special on this script?

Mirman has since the v1.4 the functionality to check all the domains for there server origin. Some of the domains are for example from germany, but the server himself is located in the united state. In the end, before mirman write to the mirrorlist file, he will ask if the user accept servers. For each country he will ask separated.

Example output:

## Germany Server = http://mirror.23media.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://mirror.23media.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://appuals.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch --> real origin: Canada Server = http://artfiles.org/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch Server = http://mirror.mikrogravitation.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://mirror.mikrogravitation.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://ger.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch --> real origin: unknown Server = https://mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch

The script will ask your premission to use urls with different origins.