Mirror Scripts

These are the Python scripts that run the University of Maryland's Free Software Mirror.

The mirror server is generously hosted by the University of Maryland Division of Information Technology in their colocation space on campus. It is connected to the campus backbone with dual 10Gig fiber connections.

Check out our traffic stats at the bottom of our home page, linked above.

Adding a new mirror

1. Storage

zfs create pool/mirrors/NAME
cd /home/mirror/web/
ln -s /pool/mirrors/NAME/ NAME
chown mirror:mirroradmin /pool/mirrors/NAME

2. Add a script in the mirror directory (based on an existing script).

3. Add a job in Jenkins to run the script on a schedule.

4. Add a table entry and a new entry in the website.

5. Add an rsync module in the rsyncd configuration.