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<h1>Tor: Running a Mirror</h1>
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<p>Thank you for wanting to mirror the Tor website. All of
our mirrors are publicly listed on <a href="<page getinvolved/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 5.0 GB of
disk space.</p>
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If you would like to run a mirror, it's as easy as this command to download
everything a mirror should share with the world:
<br> <br>
<tt>
rsync -av --delete rsync://rsync.torproject.org/tor tor-mirror/
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In order to assure we have reliable and up to date mirrors,
please ensure your mirror does at least the following:<br/><br/>
Updates <b>no less</b> than every six hours, but no more frequent than every
hour.<br/><br/>
Allows "Directory Index / Indexes" (Index viewing) of the /dist
directory.<br/><br/>
Allows "Multiviews" or equivalent for language localization.<br/><br/>
Have a valid contact email for administrative communications should your
server have issues.<br/><br/>
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.<br/><br/>