How to become a resource repository mirror

From Armagetron

Requirements

  • Apache 2
    • mod_rewrite
    • ability to edit Apache vhost config
  • rsync
  • One of:
    • cron
    • ssh account

Mirror Setup

Mirror Number

Ask Luke for a mirror number. Be sure to include your machine's IP address(es). References to this mirror number below are in English. For example, 'one' and 'two'.

Setup Apache

Add to your vhost configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName mirror-number.resource.aa.dashjr.org
    ServerAlias resource.armagetronad.net *.resource.armagetronad.net resource.aa.dashjr.org *.resource.aa.dashjr.org
    ServerPath /
    DocumentRoot /var/www/armagetron/resource/htdocs
    UseCanonicalName On
    AllowOverride All
</VirtualHost>

With Gentoo, this should be /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/02_armagetronad.conf

Establish Document Root

The basic repository mirror docroot