Introduction
The Parrot Project not only delivers a ready-to-use system in the ISO format, but it also provides a vast amount of additional software that can be installed apart from the official parrot repository.
The Parrot repository is used to provide officially supported software, system updates and security fixes.
The mirrors network
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The software in the parrot archive is delivered in form of deb packages, and these packages are served through a vast network of mirror servers that provide the same set of packages distributed all around the world for faster software delivery.
The Parrot system is configured to use the central parrot archive directors. The Parrot directors are special servers that collect all the requests of the end users and redirect them to the geographically nearest download server available for the user who made the request.
Security measures
The Parrot Mirror Network is secured by centralized digital signatures and the mirrors can't inject fake updates.
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If a evil mirror tries to inject a fake package, the parrot system will automatically refuse to download and install it, and will raise an alert message.
This security measure implemented in APT (the parrot/debian package manager) is very efficient and reliable because digital signatures are applied offline by the Parrot archive maintainer, and not by the mirror servers, ensuring direct and secure developer-to-user chain of trust.
Configuration and custom setup
The APT package manager uses /etc/apt/sources.list and any .list file found in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory.
NOTE:
/etc/apt/sources.list is EMPTY
and the default APT configuration is located at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/parrot.list.
Content of /etc/apt/sources.list.d/parrot.list:
Other mirrors for manual configuration
NCSA
North Central and South Americas
| Location Mirror ID bandwidth | Provider Name | URL | APT config string |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachussetts MIT 1 Gbps | SIPB MIT | mirrors.mit.edu/parrot | deb http://mirrors.mit.edu/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| New York Clarkson 1 Gbps | Clarkson University | mirror.clarkson.edu/parrot | deb https://mirror.clarkson.edu/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Oregon Osuosl 1 Gbps | Oregon State University - Open Source Lab | ftp.osuosl.org/pub/parrotos | deb https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/parrotos rolling main contrib non-free |
| California Berkeley 1 Gbps | Berkeley Open Computing Facility | mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/parrot | deb https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| California Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Flodira Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.mia11.us.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.mia11.us.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Virginia Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Texas Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.dal10.us.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.dal10.us.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Winnipeg - Canada muug 10 Gbps | Manitoba Unix User Group | muug.ca/mirror/parrot/ | deb https://muug.ca/mirror/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Beauharnois - Canada Cythin 100 Mbps | Cythin.com | parrot.ca.mirror.cythin.com/parrot | deb https://parrot.ca.mirror.cythin.com/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Location Mirror ID bandwidth | Provider Name | URL | APT config string |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador CEDIA 100 Mbps | RED CEDIA (National research and education center of Ecuador) | mirror.cedia.org.ec/parrot | deb https://mirror.cedia.org.ec/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Ecuador UTA 100 Mbps | UTA (Universidad Técnica de ambato) | mirror.uta.edu.ec/parrot | deb https://mirror.uta.edu.ec/parrot/rolling main contrib non-free< |
| Ecuador UEB 100 Mbps | UEB (Universidad Estatal de Bolivar) | mirror.ueb.edu.ec/parrot | deb https://mirror.ueb.edu.ec/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Brazil USP 1 Gbps | University of Sao Paulo | sft.if.usp.br/parrot | deb http://sft.if.usp.br/parrot/ main contrib non-free |
EMEA
Europe Middle East and Asia
| Location Mirror ID bandwidth | Provider Name | URL | APT config string |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy GARR 10 Gbps | GARR Consortium (Italian Research & Education Network) | parrot.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/parrot | deb https://parrot.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Italy udupalermo 300 Mbps | UDU Palermo (Unione Degli Universitari) | mirror.udupalermo.it/parrot | deb http://mirror.udupalermo.it/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Germany Halifax 20 Gbps | RWTH-Aachen (Halifax students group) | ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/parrotsec | deb https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/parrotsec/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Germany Esslingen 10 Gbps | Esslingen (University of Applied Sciences) | ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.parrotsec.org | deb https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.parrotsec.org/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Germany Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Netherlands Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.ams1.nl.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.ams1.nl.leaseweb.net/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Netherlands NLUUG 10 Gbps | Nluug | ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/parrot | deb https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Sweden UMU 20 Gbps | ACC UMU (Academic Computer Club, Umea University) | ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/parrotsec.org/parrot | deb https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/parrotsec.org/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Greece UOC 1 Gbps | UoC (University of Crete - Computer Center) | ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/parrot | deb https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Belgium Belnet 10 Gbps | Belnet (The Belgian National Research) | ftp.belnet.be/archive.parrotsec.org | deb http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archive.parrotsec.org/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Spain Osluz 1 Gbps | Osluz (Oficina de software libre de la Universidad de Zaragoza) | matojo.unizar.es/parrot | deb http://matojo.unizar.es/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Portugal UP 1 Gbps | U.Porto (University of Porto) | mirrors.up.pt/parrot | deb https://mirrors.up.pt/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Denmark Dotsrc 10 Gbps | Dotsrc (Aalborg university) | mirrors.dotsrc.org/parrot | deb https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| France Cythin 100 Mbps | Cythin.com | parrot.mirror.cythin.com/parrot | deb https://parrot.mirror.cythin.com/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Hungary quantum-mirror 200Mbps | quantum-mirror.hu | quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/parrot | deb https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| Turkey EB 100 Mbps | EB | turkey.archive.parrotsec.org/parrot | deb http://turkey.archive.parrotsec.org/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Russia Yandex 1 Gbps | Yandex | mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/parrot | deb https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Russia Truenetwork 10 Gbps | Truenetwork | mirror.truenetwork.ru/parrot | deb https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Ukraine Volia 1 Gbps | Volia | parrotsec.volia.net/ | deb https://parrotsec.volia.net/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Iran ASIS 1 Gbps | ASIS | parrot.asis.io | deb http://parrot.asis.io/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Ukraine comsys 1 Gbps | KPI (National Technical University of Ukraine - Comsys) | mirrors.comsys.kpi.ua/parrot | only ISO files are mirrored |
APAC
Asia and Pacific
| Location Mirror ID bandwidth | Provider Name | URL | APT config string |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh Amberit 1 Gbps | Amberit (formerly Dhakacom) | mirror.amberit.com.bd/parrotsec | deb http://mirror.amberit.com.bd/parrotsec/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Taiwan NCHC 20 Gbps | NCHC (Free Software Lab) | free.nchc.org.tw/parrot | deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Singapore 0x 10 Gbps | 0x | mirror.0x.sg/parrot | deb https://mirror.0x.sg/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| China USTC 1Gbps CMCC 1Gbps Cernet 300Mbps ChinaNet | University of Science and Technology of China and USTCLUG | mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/parrot | deb http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
| China TUNA 2 Gbps | TUNA (Tsinghua university of Beijing, TUNA association) | mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/parrot | deb https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| China SHU 2 Gbps | SHU(Shanghai University) | mirrors.shu.edu.cn/parrot | deb https://mirrors.shu.edu.cn/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| China SJTUG 2 Gbps | SJTUG (SJTU *NIX User Group) | mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/parrot | deb https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| New Caledonia Lagoon 1 Gbps | Lagoon Networks | mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/parrot | deb http://mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Thailand KKU 1 Gbps | KKU (Khon Kaen University) | mirror.kku.ac.th/parrot | deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| Indonesia Datautama 1 Gbps | Datautama (PT. Data Utama Dinamika) | kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/parrot | deb http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free |
| New Zeland Takeshi 1 Gbps worldwide 10 Gbps New Zeland | Takeshi (D T Consulting Ltd) | mirrors.takeshi.nz/parrot | deb https://mirrors.takeshi.nz/parrot rolling main contrib non-free |
Make your own mirror
You can set up a Parrot archive mirror on your server for personal or public usage by following the steps below.
Make sure to have enough free space
You can sync the entire repository or pick just the ISO images.
Make sure to have enough free space to host a mirror, and be ready for future upgrades as the archive size fluctuates.
The current archive size is available here archive.parrotsec.org/parrot/misc/archive-size.txt
Choose the upstream server
We handle several domains for repository syncing services, we suggest you use rsync.parrot.sh for automatic and failproof setups, but upstream settings can be adjusted in case of specific needs.
Feel free to contact the Parrot team if you have specific mirroring needs or bandwidth limitations. We can provide you dedicated upstream sources or professional support for your mirror.
Single archives may be unavailable or replaced form time to time.
rsync.parrot.sh is automatically balanced between all the available mirrors and will give you zero downtimes.
Download the archive
If you sync the entire archive with the below instructions, you do NOT need to synchronize the ISO archive.
ISO files are included by default!
Sync the repository
Configure a cronjob
launch the following command:
crontab -e
and add the following content to the crontab file:
*/10 * * * * flock -xn /tmp/parrot-rsync.lock -c 'rsync -aq --delete-after rsync://rsync.parrot.sh:/parrot /var/www/html/parrot'
Download the ISO archive only
Do not sync the ISO archive if you are already synchronizing the full archive with the above instructions.
ISO files are already provided with the instructions in the precedent paragraph.
use the following instructions if you want to sync only the ISO files.
Sync the repository
Configure a cronjob
launch the following command:
crontab -e
and add the following content to the crontab file:
30 2 * * * flock -xn /tmp/parrot-rsync.lock -c 'rsync -aq --delete-after rsync://rsync.parrot.sh:/parrot-iso /var/www/html/parrot'
Expose your mirror via rsync
Your mirror can be exposed via rsync to allow other people to sync from you and to allow our mirror director to periodically scan your mirror and perform indexing and health checks.
Rsync exposure is mandatory to add your mirror to our official list.
The following instructions will set up rsync and expose the parrot archive in compliance with our standards on a debian/ubuntu server. Minor adjustments are required for other non-apt systems.
install rsync with:sudo apt install rsync
edit /etc/rsyncd.conf with nano:sudo nano /etc/rsyncd.conf
paste the following settings in the config file and save it:
Enable the rsync service:sudo systemctl enable rsync
Start the rsync service:sudo service rsync start
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Make your mirror official
If you want your mirror to be added to our official mirrors list and to our mirror directors, email us at team AT parrotsec DOT org
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