====== Becoming a DesktopBSD mirror ======
Help distributing the DesktopBSD project by setting up a mirror! A good network of mirrors helps improving download times and reducing congestion.

rsync from the following URL:
  rsync://ftp.desktopbsd.net/ftp

If you want to, you can also mirror additional data from the following URLs:

  * Snapshot builds (8-10 GB, updated weekly)

  rsync://ftp.desktopbsd.net/snapshots

We recommend setting your mirror to be updated **once a day**.

** Example cron job (edit crontab using //crontab -e// as root) **

  30 4 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsync -az rsync://ftp.desktopbsd.net/ftp /ftpdata/pub/DesktopBSD/

This cron job runs daily at 4:30 a.m. and uses rsync to synchronize the contents of // /ftpdata/pub/DesktopBSD/ // with DesktopBSD's master server. The path of the rsync executable may vary depending on your operating system, for example // /usr/bin/rsync //on Debian.



===== Mailing list and website =====

Please subscribe to our [[http://desktopbsd.net/mailman/listinfo/mirror-announce|mirror-announce mailing list]] to receive information about changes and upcoming releases automatically.

Finally, please send an E-Mail with
  * the URL of your mirror (if it supports FTP and HTTP, both),
  * what data your mirror carries and
  * (optionally) a website link and small logo (height 32px)
to [[ph@desktopbsd.net]].

As soon as we've received your mail, we'll add your new mirror to the download page and approve your subscription to the mirror-announce mailing list.