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= Mirrors =

Our mirrors are kindly operated by sponsors, you can find the complete list [http://www.videolan.org/videolan/mirrors.html here]. If you would like to provide a mirror to the VideoLAN project please read the following sections.

== Requirements ==

* A public mirror available in HTTP
* About 30 GB of disk space at this time
* At least 1 Gbps connectivity
* At least 4 rsync per day (more is better!)
* Either rsync or FTP access to scan the actual state of the mirror

== Setting up a mirror ==

The first step is to clone the rsync repository using the following command:<br />
'''rsync --verbose --recursive --times --links --hard-links --perms --stats --delete-after --timeout=300 rsync://rsync.videolan.org/videolan-ftp ''/path/to/repository/destination'''''

Edit your crontab (crontab -e) to sync the cron every hour:<br />
'''31 * * * * sleep $(($RANDOM/1024)); rsync --verbose --recursive --times --links --hard-links --perms --stats --delete-after --timeout=300 rsync://rsync.videolan.org/videolan-ftp ''/path/to/repository/destination'''''

Setup a web server to serve the repository preferably with [http://wiki.nginx.org/ nginx] or [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache].

Finally setup rsync to serve the repository as well using the following configuration:
 <nowiki>
[videolan]
    path = /path/to/repository/destination
    comment = VideoLAN repository
    uid = nobody
    gid = nogroup
    read only = yes</nowiki>

== Contact us ==

Once your mirror is setup, please [http://mailto:mirrors@videolan.org contact us] and be sure to send us:
* A name and contact email address
* HTTP, FTP (if applicable) and rsync URLs to the file tree on your server
* The name, URL and logo of the operator / organization / sponsor you represent (preferably in 137x54)

After reviewing your application we will add your mirror to our load-balancer.