Hi all, An adapter of Jenkins update center.
## Why Jenkins downloads the plugins by parsing the JSON file which comes from a update center. One thing that you might already noticed is about the speed of downloading. Accessing a global storage for everyone could be slow although there're many [mirror sites](http://mirrors.jenkins-ci.org/status.html). If you deep into the file [update-center.json](https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/jenkins/updates/update-center.json). Almost every mirror file is base on `http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins`. So, the result is that these mirror sites can only speed up the process of downloading file update-center.json. Jenkins can download the `.hpi` from your target mirror site. ## Background It's might not be a good idea to change the `update-center.json` file directly. keeping sync all files should be simple without other logic. Second, you need to provide a certificate file if you changed the `update-center.json`. Because Jenkins will validate the file before parsing it. It's necessary due to the safety reason. ## Design * Create an adapter to replace the base URL * Provide a certificate file ## How to Here's a prototype implement which added into [localization-zh-cn-plugin](https://github.com/jenkinsci/localization-zh-cn-plugin/pull/115). You Just need to take three steps if you want to use a real mirror of update center: * install localization-zh-cn-plugin 1.0.10 * use the new certificate file * change the update center URL ## Feedback Please don't hesitate to tell us your thoughts. You can find the codes from https://github.com/jenkins-zh/mirror-adapter. Best regards, Rick -- Zhao Xiaojie (Rick) Blog: https://github.com/LinuxSuRen Twitter: https://twitter.com/suren69811254 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAMM7nTF0UDz17%3Dcd95cPN9Om_FmyZY0OK1VPNVO%2BFASykkMnpQ%40mail.gmail.com.
