Difference between http://repo.apache.maven.org/maven2/ vs http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/

Question

What is the difference between http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ and http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/?

Are http://search.maven.org/, http://mvnrepository.com/ indexing the same artifacts?

Answer 1

In the version 3.0.3 the default url was http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/.

It got changed to http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ with version 3.0.4

Refer to following link for more details "use CNAME or repo to provide more stability"