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== System Summary == | |||
The Sugar Labs Content Delivery Network uses MirrorBrain as a redirector. The redirector, which lives in a Sugar Labs data center, keeps track of which files are available on which mirror. When a a user requests a file, the redirector points the user to the correct mirror and automatically starts the file download. | |||
=== Mirrors === | |||
[[http://mirrors.sugarlabs.org | Mirrors]] are completely passive. To set up a mirror, an mirror system administrator needs to: | |||
* Set up rsync job to synchronise a copy of the files on downloads.sugarlabs.org onto their local system. | |||
* Alert the Sugar Labs system administrators that they would like their mirror into rotation. | |||
=== Redirector === | |||
* Register mirror with mirrorbrain. | |||
* mirror probe | |||