Unofficial (Simplified) Libreboot Documentation

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GPG signing keys

Libreboot releases are signed with GnuPG. Newest keys go first.

First release Fingerprint
20241206 8BB1 F7D2 8CF7 696D BF4F 7192 5C65 4067 D383 B1FF
20160907 98CC DDF8 E560 47F4 75C0 44BD D0C6 2464 FA8B 4856
20160818 CDC9 CAE3 2CB4 B7FC 84FD C804 969A 9795 05E8 C5B2

Development versions

The rest of this page lists release version. If you want to run bleeding edge versions (usually for development), please refer to the contributing guide.

HTTPS mirrors

These mirrors are recommended, since they use TLS encryption via HTTPS.

Location URL
Princeton University, USA https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/libreboot/
shapovalov.website, Ukraine https://mirror.shapovalov.website/libreboot/
University of Kent, UK https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/libreboot.org/release/
MIT, USA https://mirrors.mit.edu/libreboot/
koddos.net, Netherlands https://mirror.koddos.net/libreboot/
koddos.net, Hong Kong https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/libreboot/
cyberbits.eu, France https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/libreboot/

rsync mirrors

Location URL
University of Kent, UK rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/libreboot.org/release/
Princeton university, USA rsync://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/libreboot/
shapovalov.website, Ukraine rsync://rsync.shapovalov.website/libreboot/
linux.ro, Romania rsync://ftp.linux.ro/libreboot/
koddos.net, Netherlands rsync://mirror.koddos.net/libreboot/
koddos.net, Hong Kong rsync://mirror-hk.koddos.net/libreboot/

Creating your own rsync mirror

Useful for mirroring Libreboot’s entire set of release archives. You can put an rsync command into crontab and pull the files into a directory on your web server.

If you are going to mirror the entire set, it is recommended that you allocate at least 25GiB. Libreboot’s rsync is currently about 12GiB, so allocating 25GiB will afford you plenty of space for the future. At minimum, you should ensure that at least 15-20GiB of space is available, for your Libreboot mirror.

It is highly recommended that you use the libreboot.org mirror, if you wish to host an official mirror. Otherwise, if you simply want to create your own local mirror, you should use one of the other mirrors, which sync from libreboot.org.

Before you create the mirror, make a directory on your web server. For example:

mkdir /var/www/html/libreboot/

Now you can run rsync, for instance:

rsync -avz --delete-after rsync://rsync.libreboot.org/mirrormirror/ /var/www/html/libreboot/

You might put this in an hourly crontab. For example:

crontab -e

Then in crontab, add this line and save/exit (hourly crontab):

0 * * * * rsync -avz --delete-after rsync://rsync.libreboot.org/mirrormirror/ /var/www/html/libreboot/

The ending slash in rsync paths are significant.

Note: rsync.libreboot.org is not directly accessible by the public, except those whose IPs are whitelisted. For bandwidth reasons, the firewall running on libreboot.org blocks incoming rsync requests, except by specific IPs. If you wish to run an rsync mirror, sync from one of the third party mirrors above and set up your mirror. You can then contact Leah Rowe, to have your IP addresses whitelisted for rsync usage — if the IP addresses match DNS A/AAAA records for your rsync host, this can be used. A script runs in an hourly crontab on libreboot.org, that fetches the A/AAAA records of whitelisted rsync mirrors, automatically adding rules permitting them to get through the firewall.

If you wish to regularly keep your rsync mirror updated, you can add it to a crontab.