diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/article.sgml index c52ca8b4a9..044ca8d581 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/article.sgml @@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ How to become an official FreeBSD mirror site - Check your country subdomain is exist or not. If not, - configure nameserver appropriately and then send your - details to hostmaster@FreeBSD.org. If exists, - contact hostmaster of your country subdomain. Hostmaster of - subdomain is listed in the - - Handbook. Official mirrors may get access to master sites: @@ -105,16 +98,82 @@ Mirrors should be encouraged to also allow rsync access for the FTP contents, especially Tier-1 mirrors. - - About cvsup-master.FreeBSD.org - Sample supfile for cvsup-master: - *default host=ftp-master.FreeBSD.org + + CVSup + + About cvsup-master.FreeBSD.org + Sample supfile for cvsup-master: + *default host=ftp-master.FreeBSD.org *default base=/ftp-master *default prefix=/ftp-master/pub *default delete use-rel-suffix FreeBSD-archive release=all preserve + + + Procedure + By jdp@FreeBSD.org. + + + Make sure your country really needs another mirror. + If it already has three or more, ask + freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.org first. + + + Read the + + FreeBSD CVSup Access Policy + + + + Subscribe to freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org + + + Install CVSup using the net/cvsup port + or package. You may prefer to use the package, because it + eliminates the need to download and build the large PM3 + ports. You can find the latest package + here. + + + Set up the required authentication by following these + instructions. Make sure you specify the server as + freefall.freebsd.org on the cvpasswd + command line. + + + Install the net/cvsup-mirror port. Specify + the master site as cvsup-master.freebsd.org + when it asks you. + + + Once you are sure your mirror site is working OK, ask the DNS + administrator of the xx.freebsd.org zone (where + "xx" is your country) to add a CNAME cvsupN.xx.freebsd.org + pointing to your mirror + + + Ask freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, or + freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org to add your mirror site to + the FreeBSD + Handbook. Make sure you tell them the email address + to list as the maintainer of the site + + + To get better performance and lower system loads during updates + from the master site, edit /etc/crontab and add + the option "-s" at the end of the command + /usr/local/etc/cvsup/update.sh. Make sure your + mirror is working well before you do this. + + + + + + Stat links