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To <languages /><translate><!--T:1-->If you want to set up a mirror of OpenVZ download site, you should use a separate [[VE]] (or a dedicated serverdownloads, but a VE is sufficient). The mirrored contents should be available through HTTP and optionally FTPhere's how.
To initially mirror the contents, run== Requirements == <pre>rsync !-av -T:2-delete rsync://download.openvz.org/openvz-download /local/path</pre>
Next step is to add the cron job <!--T:3-->{{Warning|Please do NOT set up public OpenVZ mirror if:* you don't have enough resources (disk space, bandwidth, admin staff);* you are not committed to run rsync regularly (maintaining it for at least hourly)years;* you do not have automatic monitoring in place and staff to fix it quickly.}}
When you are ready to open up your mirror, set up HTTP and FTP access to it. Preferrably, the mirror should be available at <tt><nowiki>http://openvz.yoursite.com/</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>http://mirrors.yoursite.com/openvz/</nowiki></tt> (same with ftp).
Final step is to announce the mirror by sending an email to [mailto<!--T:mirrors@openvz4-->* The mirrored content should be available through HTTP and FTP; both are optional but of course at least one should be there.org mirrors@openvzIn addition, you might provide rsync access — this is highly optional.org]. It should contain the following information:
<!--T:5-->* physical location of your site Your http/ftp servers should return correct status for non-existent files (countryHTTP 404, state/province, city)* frequency of updates* URL(sFTP 550) to access the mirror.
== Some stats ==<!--T:6-->OpenVZ download site is about 10GB now (June 2006), so your * Your mirror will need at least the same space. It should be updated on a regular basis; 1 hour period is growing at about 1GB a month or sorecommended.
The traffic is about 100 <!--T:7-->* You should have some monitoring in place to 200 GB per month; it should me lower than check that for your mirror.is up to date and working properly and serving the files using all the protocols it supports
 <!--T:8-->If you can not set up a system conforming to the above requirements — please don't attempt it. == Setting up the mirroring process == <!--T:9--> <!--T:10-->To initially mirror the contents, run: <!--T:11-->* United States: <pre>rsync -av --delete rsync://download.openvz.org/openvz-download /local/path</pre>* Europe: <pre>rsync -av --delete rsync://eu.download.openvz.org/openvz-download /local/path</pre> <!--T:12-->Next step is to add the cron job to run the same rsync command regularly. It is suggested to do that at least hourly. == Setting up an access to your mirror == <!--T:13--> <!--T:14-->When you are ready to open up your mirror, set up HTTP/FTP access to it. Preferrably, the mirror should be available at <tt><nowiki>http://openvz.yoursite.com/</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>http://mirrors.yoursite.com/openvz/</nowiki></tt> (same with ftp). == Announcing your mirror == <!--T:15--> <!--T:16-->Final step is to announce the mirror. There are two options: <!--T:17-->* send a pull request to [https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ/repos/openvz-mirrors/browse openvz-mirrors] repository and add vvs@ as reviewer (preferred way)* send an email to [mailto:mirrors@openvz.org mirrors@openvz.org] <!--T:18-->Announce should contain at least the following information (see [https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ/repos/openvz-mirrors/commits/c85b848e76c35b216ef157cbc6d1eb823a596d7e example of announce]): <!--T:19-->* '''Site:''' - website address. Example: hosteurope.de.* Direct links to OpenVZ files on your mirror (http, ftp, rsync). Example:** OVZ-https: download.openvz.org/** OVZ-ftp: download.openvz.org/** OVZ-rsync: download.openvz.org/openvz-download/* '''Maintainer''' - email address of mirror admin (whom to contact in case of problems). It will better be some generic address (like mirroradmin@ or something), forwarded to at least a few people.* '''Country''' (code of country from ISO 3166-1, see a list [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~penni101/mirmon/svn/trunk/countries.list here])* '''Location''' - physical location of your mirror. Example: Sergiev Posad, Moscow region, Russia.* '''Sponsor''' - name of your organization* '''IPv6''' - IPv6 support for your mirror (yes, no).* '''Comment''' - additional information, like bandwidth, update frequency etc. Example: 1GB connection, updated hourly.* '''Master site''' - currently we have two master sites: [https://download.openvz.org download.openvz.org] (USA) and [https://eu.download.openvz.org eu.download.openvz.org] (Switzerland, Europe). Please setup mirroring from nearest OpenVZ master site and specify it in this field. <!--T:20-->Example of information about new mirror:  <!--T:21-->Site: eu.download.openvz.org Type: Master OVZ-https: eu.download.openvz.org/ OVZ-ftp: eu.download.openvz.org/ OVZ-rsync: eu.download.openvz.org/openvz-download/ Maintainer: Sergey Bronnikov <sergeyb@openvz.org> Country: ch Location: Sponsor: Virtuozzo IPv6: yes Comment: Master site State: Enabled == Some stats == <!--T:22--> <!--T:23-->OpenVZ download site is about 103 Gb now (as of Aug 2015), so your mirror will need at least the same space. It is growing at about 1.5 GB per month. <!--T:24-->The traffic for download.openvz.org is about 3T to 15T per month; it should be much lower than that for your mirror. == See also ==<!--T:25-->* [[Download http://mirrors.openvz.org/ The status of OpenVZ mirrors]]</translate>
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