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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 5.0 GB of
21)     disk space.</p>
22)     
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/tor 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)     Allows "Multiviews" or equivalent for language localization.<br/><br/>
42)     
43)     Have a valid contact email for administrative communications should your
44)     server have issues.<br/><br/>
45)     
46)     It is highly recommended for all mirror operators to subscribe to <A

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

48)     list</A> where all mirror listing modification requests should go (ADD,
49)     CHANGE, DELETE, any other requests/notifications).  Also, any technical
50)     assistance in setting up your mirror may be found here as well.<br/><br/>
51)     
52)     </p>

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