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8)     <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>

9)     <a href="<page docs/documentation>">Documentation &raquo; </a>
10)     <a href="<page docs/running-a-mirror>">Running a Mirror</a>

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13)     <h1>Tor: Running a Mirror</h1>

14)     <hr>

15) 

16)     <p>Thank you for wanting to mirror the Tor website.  All of
17)     our mirrors are publicly listed on <a href="<page getinvolved/mirrors>">our mirrors
18)     page</a>.  We've included some sample commands and configuration below
19)     to make the initial setup and ongoing maintenance a minimal effort.

20)     The Tor website and distribution directory currently require 8.0 GB of

21)     disk space.</p>

22)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#sysconfig">Configuring your System</a></h2>

23)     <p>
24)     If you would like to run a mirror, it's as easy as this command to download
25)     everything a mirror should share with the world:

26)     <br> <br>

27)     <tt>

28)     rsync -av --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/website-mirror tor-mirror/

29)     </tt>

30) 

31)     <p>
32)     In order to assure we have reliable and up to date mirrors,
33)     please ensure your mirror does at least the following:<br/><br/>

34) 

35)     Updates <b>no less</b> than every six hours, but no more frequent than every
36)     hour.<br/><br/>

37) 

38)     Allows "Directory Index / Indexes" (Index viewing) of the /dist
39)     directory.<br/><br/>

40) 

41)     Have a valid contact email for administrative communications should your
42)     server have issues.<br/><br/>

43) 

44)     It is highly recommended for all mirror operators to subscribe to <A

45)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors">tor-mirrors mailing

46)     list</A> where all mirror listing modification requests should go (ADD,
47)     CHANGE, DELETE, any other requests/notifications).  Also, any technical
48)     assistance in setting up your mirror may be found here as well.<br/><br/>

49) 

50)     </p>

51)     <br><br>

52)     <p>
53)     An example cronjob to update a full mirror once every 6 hours may look like so:
54)     <tt>
55)     <pre>
56)     # m h  dom mon dow   command

57)     0 */6 * * * rsync -aq --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/website-mirror/ /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org

58)     </pre>
59)     </tt>
60)     </p>
61)     <br/>
62)     For mirror operators that use Apache, we have created a sample virtual host
63)     configuration file to use:
64)     <tt>
65)     <pre>

66)     <VirtualHost 10.10.10.10:80>

67)             ServerAdmin youremail@example.com<br/>

68)             ServerName  ServerNameHere<br/>

69) 

70)             DocumentRoot /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org<br/>

71) 

72)             &lt;Directory /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org/&gt;<br/>
73)                 Options MultiViews Indexes<br/>
74)                 DirectoryIndex index<br/>
75)                 AllowOverride None<br/>
76)             &lt;/Directory&gt;<br/>

77) 

78)     </VirtualHost>
79)     </pre>
80)     </tt>

81)     <br/>
82)     For mirror operators that use nginx, we created a sample virtual host
83)     configuration file to use:
84)     <tt>
85)     <pre>
86)     server {

87)     	listen 10.10.10.10:80;

88)   	server_name your.example.com;
89) 
90)   	root /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org;
91) 	index index.html.en;

92) 
93) 	location ^~ /dist/ {
94) 	  autoindex on;
95)       }

96)     }
97)     </pre>
98)     </tt>
99)     <br/>
100)     If you use nginx, please ensure the text/html line in

101)     <tt>/etc/nginx/mime.types</tt> matches:

102)     <tt>
103)     <pre>
104)     text/html                             en html htm shtml;
105)     </pre>
106)     </tt>
107)     <br/><br>

108)     Please ensure that you keep your mirror updated (we suggest automating this
109)     task with something like '<tt>cron</tt>'). Our website, source code and
110)     binary releases change often. An update frequency of six hours is recommended.  Tor users everywhere will thank you.
111)     </p>

112)     <br/>

113)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#mirrorops">Joining the mirror community</a></h2>

114)     <p>

115)     If you are running a mirror, please subscribe to the <A
116)     href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors">tor-mirrors

117)     mailing list</A>, and introduce yourself there. Help for mirror
118)     support and configuration issues may also be found on the list.
119)     </p>

120) 

121)     <p>
122)     In order to add your mirror, please send a
123)     single, comma delimited line of text based on <a
124)     href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/website/trunk/include/tor-mirrors.csv">this
125)     file</a> to the mirrors list. Your mirror will then be added manually
126)     if it passes availability testing and your provided information is

127)     confirmed. Some general pointers on mirrors are:
128)     <ol><li> Try not run your mirror behind a content delivery network

129)     (such as Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, etc), as most of them block

130)     access from countries where the mirror is needed the most.</li>
131)     <li> Try not to redirect http to https. Many places in the world

132)     cannot use https due to local or national firewalls.</li>

133)     </ol>

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