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=== Bandwidth === | === Bandwidth === | ||
To run a mirror you need a lot of bandwidth! You should look at [ | To run a mirror you need a lot of bandwidth! You should look at [http://stats.sugarlabs.org/download.sugarlabs.org/ the total bandwidth used by all the mirrors]. | ||
If you have trouble with bandwidth you should look at [ | If you have trouble with bandwidth, you should look at [http://www.cloudflare.com CloudFlare]. | ||
=== HDD Space === | === HDD Space === | ||
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* Scan and enable the mirror: | * Scan and enable the mirror: | ||
sudo -u mirrorbrain mb scan -e <mirror name> | sudo -u mirrorbrain mb scan -e <mirror name> | ||
* Export the list of mirrors for mirmon (a hourly cronjob does this, but if you don't want to wait...): | |||
mb export --format=mirmon-apache | sudo -u mirrorbrain tee /srv/mirrorbrain/mirmon/mirrorlist-export | |||
* Finally, re-run mirmon to ensure it can check the health of the mirror (this is also done by a cronjob, but our patience is very short): | |||
sudo -u mirrorbrain mirmon -v -get all -c /etc/mirmon.conf | |||