# Gem mirrors down?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-mirrors-down/152966>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-mirrors-down/152966 "2008-11-10T17:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markthomas)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-mirrors-down/152966/1 "2008-11-10T17:21:06Z")

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There seem to be some gem mirrors down right now. One example is  
[http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/](http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/)

There are at least a few others that are redirects from  
[http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
that are down (xaop, mmmultiworks). Does rubyforge monitor the mirrors  
at all?

Is there a way for me to specify a specific mirror for gem to use for  
installs?

– Mark.

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**Author:** ![markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markthomas)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-mirrors-down/152966/2 "2008-11-11T04:46:15Z")

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On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Mark T. wrote:

> There seem to be some gem mirrors down right now. One example is  
> [http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/](http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/)

Hm, seems to be OK from here:

[http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/rails-2.1.1.gem](http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/rails-2.1.1.gem)

Is that URL not responding for you?

> There are at least a few others that are redirects from [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
> that are down (xaop, mmmultiworks). Does rubyforge monitor the mirrors  
> at all?

Yup, we have a “mirrorwatch” script that moves gems in and out of  
rotation if they go offline.

> Is there a way for me to specify a specific mirror for gem to use for  
> installs?

Hm, I think not at the moment… I think the gem indexes are not  
mirrored, just the gems. Would be good to do that, though, probably…

Yours,

Tom

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**Author:** ![markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@markthomas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markthomas)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-mirrors-down/152966/3 "2008-11-12T16:26:01Z")

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On Nov 10, 10:42 pm, Tom C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Mark T. wrote:
> 
> > There seem to be some gem mirrors down right now. One example is  
> > [http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/](http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/)
> 
> Hm, seems to be OK from here:
> 
> [http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/rails-2.1.1.gem](http://rubyforge-gems.ruby-forum.com/gems/rails-2.1.1.gem)
> 
> Is that URL not responding for you?

It is, so I guess my test was faulty. I assumed the indexes were  
mirrored too.

> > Is there a way for me to specify a specific mirror for gem to use for  
> > installs?
> 
> Hm, I think not at the moment… I think the gem indexes are not  
> mirrored, just the gems. Would be good to do that, though, probably…

Thanks,  
– Mark.