Mirrors
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
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.
If you want and can, you can make your own mirror for Parrot following this procedure.
Security measures
The Parrot Mirror Network is secured by centralized digital signatures and the mirrors can't inject fake updates.
If an 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
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free
#deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ parrot-security main contrib non-free
#deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ parrot-security main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot-backports main contrib non-free
#deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot-backports main contrib non-free
Other mirrors for manual configuration
Worldwide (CDN)
| Mirror ID bandwidth (per node) | Provider Name | URL | APT config string |
|---|---|---|---|
| parrot 1 Gbps | Parrot Infrastructure | deb.parrot.sh/parrot | deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| bunny 10/80 Gbps | Bunny.net | bunny.deb.parrot.sh | deb https://bunny.deb.parrot.sh parrot main contrib non-free |
| alibaba 10 Gbps | Alibaba Cloud | mirrors.aliyun.com/parrot | deb https://mirrors.aliyun.com/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| azure 1 Gbps / | Microsoft Azure | edge1.parrot.run/parrot | deb https://azure.deb.parrot.sh/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| New York Clarkson 1 Gbps | Clarkson University | mirror.clarkson.edu/parrot | deb https://mirror.clarkson.edu/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| New Jersey Princeton 1 Gbps | Princeton University | mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/parrot/ | deb https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/parrot/ parrot 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 parrot main contrib non-free |
| California Berkeley 1 Gbps | Berkeley Open Computing Facility | mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/parrot | deb https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Virginia Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.wdc1.us.leaseweb.net/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| 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/ parrot 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/parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Ecuador EcuaLinux / | EcuaLinux | mirror.ec/parrot/ | deb https://mirror.ec/parrot/ parrot 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 |
| Canada / / | Emma Samms | mirror.0xem.ma/parrot/ | deb https://mirror.0xem.ma/parrot/ main contrib non-free |
EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa)
| 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/ parrot 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/ parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Germany Leaseweb 10 Gbps | Leaseweb | mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net/parrot | deb https://mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| Germany pyratelan / | pyratelan | mirror.pyratelan.org/parrot | deb https://mirror.pyratelan.org/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| Germany Sagorski 1 Gbps | sagorski | mirror.sagorski.org/parrot/ | deb https://mirror.sagorski.org/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Germany Mickhat 1 Gbps | Mickhat, Hetzner | parrot.mickhat.xyz | deb https://parrot.mickhat.xyz parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Netherlands lyrahosting / | lyrahosting | mirror.lyrahosting.com/parrot | deb https://mirror.lyrahosting.com/parrot parrot 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/ parrot 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/ parrot 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/ parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Portugal UP 1 Gbps | U.Porto (University of Porto) | mirrors.up.pt/parrot | deb https://mirrors.up.pt/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Denmark Dotsrc 10 Gbps | Dotsrc (Aalborg university) | mirrors.dotsrc.org/parrot | deb https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| France Cythin 100 Mbps | Cythin.com | parrot.mirror.cythin.com/parrot | deb https://parrot.mirror.cythin.com/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| France iriseden / | iriseden | parrot-mirror.iriseden.eu/parrot | deb https://parrot-mirror.iriseden.eu/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| Hungary quantum-mirror 700 Mbps | quantum-mirror.hu | quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/parrot | deb https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/parrot parrot main contrib non-free |
| Turkey EB 100 Mbps | EB | turkey.archive.parrotsec.org/parrot | deb http://turkey.archive.parrotsec.org/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Estonia cspacehosting / | cspacehosting | mirror.cspacehostings.com/parrotsec | deb https://mirror.cspacehostings.com/parrotsec parrot main contrib non-free |
| Russia Yandex 1 Gbps | Yandex | mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/parrot | deb https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Russia Truenetwork 10 Gbps | Truenetwork | mirror.truenetwork.ru/parrot | deb https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Russia surf / | surf | mirror.surf/parrot | deb https://mirror.surf/parrot parrot 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 |
| Ukraine astra.in.ua / | ISP | parrot.astra.in.ua/ | deb https://parrot.astra.in.ua/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Azerbaijan YER Hosting 1 Gbps | YER Hosting (Baku) | mirror.yer.az/parrot/ | deb https://mirror.yer.az/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Taiwan NCHC 20 Gbps | NCHC (Free Software Lab) | free.nchc.org.tw/parrot | deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Singapore 0x 10 Gbps | 0x | mirror.0x.sg/parrot | deb https://mirror.0x.sg/parrot/ parrot 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 parrot 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/ parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| New Caledonia Lagoon 1 Gbps | Lagoon Networks | mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/parrot | deb http://mirror.lagoon.nc/pub/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Thailand KKU 1 Gbps | KKU (Khon Kaen University) | mirror.kku.ac.th/parrot | deb https://mirror.kku.ac.th/parrot/ parrot 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/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| Thailand NIPA.CLOUD 10 Gbps | NIPA.CLOUD 1st Cloud Thailand | https://mirrors.nipa.cloud/parrot/ | deb https://mirrors.nipa.cloud/parrot/ parrot main contrib non-free |
| India NxtGen 1 Gbps | NxtGen DataCenter & Cloud Technologies | https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/parrot-mirror | deb https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/parrot-mirror parrot main contrib non-free |