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<h2>Tor: Running a Mirror</h2>
<hr />

Thank you for wanting to mirror the Tor website. All of
our mirrors are publicly listed on <a href="<page mirrors>">our mirrors
page</a>. We've included some sample commands and configuration below
to make the initial setup and ongoing maintenance a minimal effort.
The Tor website and distribution directory currently require 1.6 GB of
disk space. The /dist directory alone is 230 MB.

If you would like to run a mirror (website + dist), it's as easy as this command to download
everything a mirror should share with the world:
 
<tt>
rsync -av --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/tor tor-mirror/
</tt>
 
If you would like to run only a dist/ mirror (distribution only), it's as easy as this command to 
download everything a dist mirror should share with the world:
 
<tt>
rsync -av --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/tor/dist tor-mirror-dist/
</tt>

In order to assure we have reliable and up to date mirrors,
please ensure your mirror does at least the following:

Updates no later than every six hours, but no more frequent than every
hour.

Allows "Directory Index / Indexes" (Index viewing) of the /dist
directory.

Allows "Multiviews" or equivalent for language localization.

Have a valid contact email for administrative communications should your
server have issues.

It is highly recommended for all mirror operators to subscribe to <A
href="http://archives.seul.org/tor/mirrors/">tor-mirrors mailing
list</A> where all mirror listing modification requests should go (ADD,
CHANGE, DELETE, any other requests/notifications). Also, any technical
assistance in setting up your mirror may be found here as well.

An example cronjob to update a full mirror once every 6 hours may look like so:
<tt>
<pre>
# m h dom mon dow command
0 */6 * * * rsync -a --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/tor/ /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org
</pre>
</tt>

 
For mirror operators that use Apache, we have created a sample virtual host
configuration file to use:
<tt>
<pre>
&lt;VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80&gt;
 ServerAdmin youremail@example.com 
 ServerName 1.2.3.4

DocumentRoot /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org

&lt;Directory /var/www/mirrors/torproject.org/&gt; 
 Options MultiViews Indexes 
 DirectoryIndex index 
 AllowOverride None 
 &lt;/Directory&gt;

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

 	

If you are running a mirror, please subscribe to the
<A href="http://archives.seul.org/tor/mirrors/">tor-mirrors mailing list</A>, and introduce yourself there.
We will add you to the mirror list. 
Help for mirror support and configuration issues may also be found on the list.

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