How to Become an Official FreeBSD CVSup Mirror Site

• Make sure your country really needs another mirror. If it already has 3 or more, ask cvsup-master@freebsd.org first.

• Read the FreeBSD CVSup Access Policy.

• Subscribe to freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org.

• Install CVSup using the "net/cvsup-without-gui" port or package. You may prefer to use the package, because it eliminates the need to download and build the large Modula-3 ports.

• 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 cvsup-master@freebsd.org to add your mirror site to the FreeBSD Handbook. Make sure you tell him the e-mail 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.