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+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
+# Copyright (C) YEAR The FreeBSD Project
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the FreeBSD Documentation package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: FreeBSD Documentation VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-12-29 08:30-0500\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. type: YAML Front Matter: description
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:1
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "The all in one guide for mirroring the FreeBSD website, FTP servers, and more"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title =
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:1
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:17
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Mirroring FreeBSD"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:50
+msgid "Abstract"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:52
+msgid ""
+"An in-progress article on how to mirror FreeBSD, aimed at hub administrators."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:54
+msgid "'''"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:60
+msgid "We are not accepting new community mirrors at this time."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:63
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Contact Information"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:67
+msgid ""
+"The Mirror System Coordinators can be reached through email at mailto:mirror-"
+"admin@FreeBSD.org[mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org]. There is also a {freebsd-hubs}."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:69
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Requirements for FreeBSD Mirrors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:72
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Disk Space"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:82
+msgid ""
+"Disk space is one of the most important requirements. Depending on the set "
+"of releases, architectures, and degree of completeness you want to mirror, a "
+"huge amount of disk space may be consumed. Also keep in mind that "
+"_official_ mirrors are probably required to be complete. The web pages "
+"should always be mirrored completely. Also note that the numbers stated "
+"here are reflecting the current state (at {rel120-current}-RELEASE/{rel113-"
+"current}-RELEASE). Further development and releases will only increase the "
+"required amount. Also make sure to keep some (ca. 10-20%) extra space "
+"around just to be sure. Here are some approximate figures:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:84
+msgid "Full FTP Distribution: 1.4 TB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:85
+msgid "CTM deltas: 10 GB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:86
+msgid "Web pages: 1GB"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:88
+msgid ""
+"The current disk usage of FTP Distribution can be found at link:ftp://ftp."
+"FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/dir.sizes[ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/dir."
+"sizes]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:90
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Network Connection/Bandwidth"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:97
+msgid ""
+"Of course, you need to be connected to the Internet. The required bandwidth "
+"depends on your intended use of the mirror. If you just want to mirror some "
+"parts of FreeBSD for local use at your site/intranet, the demand may be much "
+"smaller than if you want to make the files publicly available. If you "
+"intend to become an official mirror, the bandwidth required will be even "
+"higher. We can only give rough estimates here:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:99
+msgid ""
+"Local site, no public access: basically no minimum, but < 2 Mbps could make "
+"syncing too slow."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:100
+msgid "Unofficial public site: 34 Mbps is probably a good start."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:101
+msgid ""
+"Official site: > 100 Mbps is recommended, and your host should be connected "
+"as close as possible to your border router."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:103
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "System Requirements, CPU, RAM"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:111
+msgid ""
+"One thing this depends on the expected number of clients, which is "
+"determined by the server's policy. It is also affected by the types of "
+"services you want to offer. Plain FTP or HTTP services may not require a "
+"huge amount of resources. Watch out if you provide rsync. This can have a "
+"huge impact on CPU and memory requirements as it is considered a memory "
+"hog. The following are just examples to give you a very rough hint."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:114
+msgid ""
+"For a moderately visited site that offers rsync, you might consider a "
+"current CPU with around 800MHz - 1 GHz, and at least 512MB RAM. This is "
+"probably the minimum you want for an _official_ site."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:116
+msgid ""
+"For a frequently used site you definitely need more RAM (consider 2GB as a "
+"good start) and possibly more CPU, which could also mean that you need to go "
+"for a SMP system."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:120
+msgid ""
+"You also want to consider a fast disk subsystem. Operations on the SVN "
+"repository require a fast disk subsystem (RAID is highly advised). A SCSI "
+"controller that has a cache of its own can also speed up things since most "
+"of these services incur a large number of small modifications to the disk."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:122
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Services to Offer"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:127
+msgid ""
+"Every mirror site is required to have a set of core services available. In "
+"addition to these required services, there are a number of optional services "
+"that server administrators may choose to offer. This section explains which "
+"services you can provide and how to go about implementing them."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:129
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "FTP (required for FTP Fileset)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:135
+msgid ""
+"This is one of the most basic services, and it is required for each mirror "
+"offering public FTP distributions. FTP access must be anonymous, and no "
+"upload/download ratios are allowed (a ridiculous thing anyway). Upload "
+"capability is not required (and _must_ never be allowed for the FreeBSD file "
+"space). Also the FreeBSD archive should be available under the path [."
+"filename]#/pub/FreeBSD#."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:137
+msgid ""
+"There is a lot of software available which can be set up to allow anonymous "
+"FTP (in alphabetical order)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:139
+msgid ""
+"`/usr/libexec/ftpd`: FreeBSD's own ftpd can be used. Be sure to read man:"
+"ftpd[8]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:140
+msgid "package:ftp/ncftpd[]: A commercial package, free for educational use."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:141
+msgid "package:ftp/oftpd[]: An ftpd designed with security as a main focus."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:142
+msgid "package:ftp/proftpd[]: A modular and very flexible ftpd."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:143
+msgid "package:ftp/pure-ftpd[]: Another ftpd developed with security in mind."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:144
+msgid "package:ftp/twoftpd[]: As above."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:145
+msgid "package:ftp/vsftpd[]: The \"very secure\" ftpd."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:149
+msgid ""
+"FreeBSD's `ftpd`, `proftpd` and maybe `ncftpd` are among the most commonly "
+"used FTPds. The others do not have a large userbase among mirror sites. "
+"One thing to consider is that you may need flexibility in limiting how many "
+"simultaneous connections are allowed, thus limiting how much network "
+"bandwidth and system resources are consumed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:151
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Rsync (optional for FTP Fileset)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:161
+msgid ""
+"Rsync is often offered for access to the contents of the FTP area of "
+"FreeBSD, so other mirror sites can use your system as their source. The "
+"protocol is different from FTP in many ways. It is much more bandwidth "
+"friendly, as only differences between files are transferred instead of whole "
+"files when they change. Rsync does require a significant amount of memory "
+"for each instance. The size depends on the size of the synced module in "
+"terms of the number of directories and files. Rsync can use `rsh` and `ssh` "
+"(now default) as a transport, or use its own protocol for stand-alone access "
+"(this is the preferred method for public rsync servers). Authentication, "
+"connection limits, and other restrictions may be applied. There is just one "
+"software package available:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:163
+msgid "package:net/rsync[]"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:165
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "HTTP (required for Web Pages, Optional for FTP Fileset)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:171
+msgid ""
+"If you want to offer the FreeBSD web pages, you will need to install a web "
+"server. You may optionally offer the FTP fileset via HTTP. The choice of "
+"web server software is left up to the mirror administrator. Some of the "
+"most popular choices are:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:173
+msgid ""
+"package:www/apache24[]: Apache is still one of the most widely deployed web "
+"servers on the Internet. It is used extensively by the FreeBSD Project."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:174
+msgid ""
+"package:www/boa[]: Boa is a single-tasking HTTP server. Unlike traditional "
+"web servers, it does not fork for each incoming connection, nor does it fork "
+"many copies of itself to handle multiple connections. Although, it should "
+"provide considerably great performance for purely static content."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:175
+msgid ""
+"package:www/cherokee[]: Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to "
+"configure web server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: "
+"FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, SSL/TLS encrypted connections, vhosts, users "
+"authentication, on the fly encoding and load balancing. It also generates "
+"Apache compatible log files."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:176
+msgid ""
+"package:www/lighttpd[]: lighttpd is a secure, fast, compliant and very "
+"flexible web server which has been optimized for high-performance "
+"environments. It has a very low memory footprint compared to other web "
+"servers and takes care of cpu-load."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:177
+msgid ""
+"package:www/nginx[]: nginx is a high performance edge web server with a low "
+"memory footprint and key features to build a modern and efficient web "
+"infrastructure. Features include a HTTP server, HTTP and mail reverse proxy, "
+"caching, load balancing, compression, request throttling, connection "
+"multiplexing and reuse, SSL offload and HTTP media streaming."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:178
+msgid ""
+"package:www/thttpd[]: If you are going to be serving a large amount of "
+"static content you may find that using an application such as thttpd is more "
+"efficient than others. It is also optimized for excellent performance on "
+"FreeBSD."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:180
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "How to Mirror FreeBSD"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:184
+msgid ""
+"Ok, now you know the requirements and how to offer the services, but not how "
+"to get it. :-) This section explains how to actually mirror the various "
+"parts of FreeBSD, what tools to use, and where to mirror from."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:186
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Mirroring the FTP Site"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:191
+msgid ""
+"The FTP area is the largest amount of data that needs to be mirrored. It "
+"includes the _distribution sets_ required for network installation, the "
+"_branches_ which are actually snapshots of checked-out source trees, the "
+"_ISO Images_ to write CD-ROMs with the installation distribution, a live "
+"file system, and a snapshot of the ports tree. All of course for various "
+"FreeBSD versions, and various architectures."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:197
+msgid ""
+"The best way to mirror the FTP area is rsync. You can install the port "
+"package:net/rsync[] and then use rsync to sync with your upstream host. "
+"rsync is already mentioned in crossref:hubs[mirror-serv-rsync, Rsync "
+"(optional for FTP Fileset)]. Since rsync access is not required, your "
+"preferred upstream site may not allow it. You may need to hunt around a "
+"little bit to find a site that allows rsync access."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:202
+msgid ""
+"Since the number of rsync clients will have a significant impact on the "
+"server machine, most admins impose limitations on their server. For a "
+"mirror, you should ask the site maintainer you are syncing from about their "
+"policy, and maybe an exception for your host (since you are a mirror)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:205
+msgid "A command line to mirror FreeBSD might look like:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block . 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:209
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "% rsync -vaHz --delete rsync://ftp4.de.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD/ /pub/FreeBSD/\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:213
+msgid ""
+"Consult the documentation for rsync, which is also available at http://rsync."
+"samba.org/[http://rsync.samba.org/], about the various options to be used "
+"with rsync. If you sync the whole module (unlike subdirectories), be aware "
+"that the module-directory (here \"FreeBSD\") will not be created, so you "
+"cannot omit the target directory. Also you might want to set up a script "
+"framework that calls such a command via man:cron[8]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:215
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Mirroring the WWW Pages"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:220
+msgid ""
+"Since doc migration to Hugo/Asciidoctor on 2021-01-25, mirroring the website "
+"with rsync no longer works."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:223
+msgid ""
+"There are ongoing studies to implement a website mirror with the extref:"
+"{handbook}mirrors/[official infrastructure]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:225
+msgid ""
+"For the former website mirrors, a way to achieve mirroring the website today "
+"is building the website locally with the corresponding address it will be "
+"hosted."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block . 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:229
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "% cd website && env HUGO_baseURL=\"https://www.XX.freebsd.org/\" make\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:232
+msgid ""
+"Check for more details about the build tools on extref:{fdp-primer}overview/"
+"[FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors, overview-quick-"
+"start] book."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. [source,shell]
+#. ....
+#. % rsync -vaHz --delete rsync://bit0.us-west.freebsd.org/FreeBSD-www-data/ /usr/local/www/
+#. ....
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:243
+msgid ""
+"Notice the website was split into www.FreeBSD.org and docs.FreeBSD.org, and "
+"there are links between them; plus, at this moment, `HUGO_baseURL` variable "
+"won't cover all links, this way, mirroring the website is discouraged."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:246
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Mirroring Packages"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:251
+msgid ""
+"Due to very high requirements of bandwidth, storage and administration the "
+"FreeBSD Project has decided not to allow public mirrors of packages. For "
+"sites with lots of machines, it might be advantagous to run a caching HTTP "
+"proxy for the man:pkg[8] process. Alternatively specific packages and their "
+"dependencies can be fetched by running something like the following:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block . 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:255
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "% pkg fetch -d -o /usr/local/mirror vim\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:258
+msgid ""
+"Once those packages have been fetched, the repository metadata must be "
+"generated by running:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block . 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:262
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "% pkg repo /usr/local/mirror\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:266
+msgid ""
+"Once the packages have been fetched and the metadata for the repository has "
+"been generated, serve the packages up to the client machines via HTTP. For "
+"additional information see the man pages for man:pkg[8], specifically the "
+"man:pkg-repo[8] page."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:268
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "How Often Should I Mirror?"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:274
+msgid ""
+"Every mirror should be updated at a minimum of once per day. Certainly a "
+"script with locking to prevent multiple runs happening at the same time will "
+"be needed to run from man:cron[8]. Since nearly every admin does this in "
+"their own way, specific instructions cannot be provided. It could work "
+"something like this:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:278
+msgid ""
+"Put the command to run your mirroring application in a script. Use of a "
+"plain `/bin/sh` script is recommended."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:279
+msgid ""
+"Add some output redirections so diagnostic messages are logged to a file."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:280
+msgid "Test if your script works. Check the logs."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:281
+msgid ""
+"Use man:crontab[1] to add the script to the appropriate user's man:"
+"crontab[5]. This should be a different user than what your FTP daemon runs "
+"as so that if file permissions inside your FTP area are not world-readable "
+"those files cannot be accessed by anonymous FTP. This is used to \"stage\" "
+"releases - making sure all of the official mirror sites have all of the "
+"necessary release files on release day."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:284
+msgid "Here are some recommended schedules:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:286
+msgid "FTP fileset: daily"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:287
+msgid "WWW pages: daily"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:289
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Where to Mirror From"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:294
+msgid ""
+"This is an important issue. So this section will spend some effort to "
+"explain the backgrounds. We will say this several times: under no "
+"circumstances should you mirror from `ftp.FreeBSD.org`."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:296
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "A few Words About the Organization"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:307
+msgid ""
+"Mirrors are organized by country. All official mirrors have a DNS entry of "
+"the form `ftpN.CC.FreeBSD.org`. _CC_ (i.e., country code) is the _top level "
+"domain_ (TLD) of the country where this mirror is located. _N_ is a number, "
+"telling that the host would be the _Nth_ mirror in that country. (Same "
+"applies to `wwwN.CC.FreeBSD.org`, etc.) There are mirrors with no _CC_ "
+"part. These are the mirror sites that are very well connected and allow a "
+"large number of concurrent users. `ftp.FreeBSD.org` is actually two "
+"machines, one currently located in Denmark and the other in the United "
+"States. It is _NOT_ a master site and should never be used to mirror from. "
+"Lots of online documentation leads \"interactive\"users to `ftp.FreeBSD.org` "
+"so automated mirroring systems should find a different machine to mirror "
+"from."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:317
+msgid ""
+"Additionally there exists a hierarchy of mirrors, which is described in "
+"terms of __tiers__. The master sites are not referred to but can be "
+"described as __Tier-0__. Mirrors that mirror from these sites can be "
+"considered __Tier-1__, mirrors of __Tier-1__-mirrors, are __Tier-2__, etc. "
+"Official sites are encouraged to be of a low __tier__, but the lower the "
+"tier the higher the requirements in terms as described in crossref:"
+"hubs[mirror-requirements, Requirements for FreeBSD Mirrors]. Also access to "
+"low-tier-mirrors may be restricted, and access to master sites is definitely "
+"restricted. The __tier__-hierarchy is not reflected by DNS and generally "
+"not documented anywhere except for the master sites. However, official "
+"mirrors with low numbers like 1-4, are usually _Tier-1_ (this is just a "
+"rough hint, and there is no rule)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:319
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Ok, but Where Should I get the Stuff Now?"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:323
+msgid ""
+"Under no circumstances should you mirror from `ftp.FreeBSD.org`. The short "
+"answer is: from the site that is closest to you in Internet terms, or gives "
+"you the fastest access."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:325
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "I Just Want to Mirror from Somewhere!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:330
+msgid ""
+"If you have no special intentions or requirements, the statement in crossref:"
+"hubs[mirror-where-where, Ok, but Where Should I get the Stuff Now?] "
+"applies. This means:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:334
+msgid ""
+"Check for those which provide fastest access (number of hops, round-trip-"
+"times) and offer the services you intend to use (like rsync)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:335
+msgid ""
+"Contact the administrators of your chosen site stating your request, and "
+"asking about their terms and policies."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:336
+msgid "Set up your mirror as described above."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:339
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "I am an Official Mirror, What is the Right Site for Me?"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:345
+msgid ""
+"In general the description in crossref:hubs[mirror-where-simple, I Just Want "
+"to Mirror from Somewhere!] still applies. Of course you may want to put "
+"some weight on the fact that your upstream should be of a low tier. There "
+"are some other considerations about _official_ mirrors that are described in "
+"crossref:hubs[mirror-official, Official Mirrors]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:347
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "I Want to Access the Master Sites!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:354
+msgid ""
+"If you have good reasons and good prerequisites, you may want and get access "
+"to one of the master sites. Access to these sites is generally restricted, "
+"and there are special policies for access. If you are already an _official_ "
+"mirror, this certainly helps you getting access. In any other case make "
+"sure your country really needs another mirror. If it already has three or "
+"more, ask the \"zone administrator\" (mailto:hostmaster@CC.FreeBSD."
+"org[hostmaster@CC.FreeBSD.org]) or {freebsd-hubs} first."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:357
+msgid ""
+"Whoever helped you become, an _official_ should have helped you gain access "
+"to an appropriate upstream host, either one of the master sites or a "
+"suitable Tier-1 site. If not, you can send email to mailto:mirror-"
+"admin@FreeBSD.org[mirror-admin@FreeBSD.org] to request help with that."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:359
+msgid "There is one master site for the FTP fileset."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title =====
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:361
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "ftp-master.FreeBSD.org"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:364
+msgid "This is the master site for the FTP fileset."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:367
+msgid ""
+"`ftp-master.FreeBSD.org` provides rsync access, in addition to FTP. Refer "
+"to crossref:hubs[mirror-ftp-rsync, Mirroring the FTP Site]."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:369
+msgid ""
+"Mirrors are also encouraged to allow rsync access for the FTP contents, "
+"since they are __Tier-1__-mirrors."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:371
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Official Mirrors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:374
+msgid "Official mirrors are mirrors that"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:376
+msgid "a) have a `FreeBSD.org` DNS entry (usually a CNAME)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:377
+msgid ""
+"b) are listed as an official mirror in the FreeBSD documentation (like "
+"handbook)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:380
+msgid ""
+"So far to distinguish official mirrors. Official mirrors are not necessarily "
+"__Tier-1__-mirrors. However you probably will not find a __Tier-1__-mirror, "
+"that is not also official."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:382
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Special Requirements for Official (tier-1) Mirrors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:387
+msgid ""
+"It is not so easy to state requirements for all official mirrors, since the "
+"project is sort of tolerant here. It is more easy to say, what _official "
+"tier-1 mirrors_ are required to. All other official mirrors can consider "
+"this a big __should__."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:389
+msgid "Tier-1 mirrors are required to:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:391
+msgid "carry the complete fileset"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:392
+msgid "allow access to other mirror sites"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:393
+msgid "provide FTP and rsync access"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:396
+msgid ""
+"Furthermore, admins should be subscribed to the {freebsd-hubs}. See extref:"
+"{handbook}[this link, eresources-mail] for details, how to subscribe."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:401
+msgid ""
+"It is _very_ important for a hub administrator, especially Tier-1 hub "
+"admins, to check the https://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/[release schedule] for "
+"the next FreeBSD release. This is important because it will tell you when "
+"the next release is scheduled to come out, and thus giving you time to "
+"prepare for the big spike of traffic which follows it."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: delimited block = 4
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:404
+msgid ""
+"It is also important that hub administrators try to keep their mirrors as up-"
+"to-date as possible (again, even more crucial for Tier-1 mirrors). If "
+"Mirror1 does not update for a while, lower tier mirrors will begin to mirror "
+"old data from Mirror1 and thus begins a downward spiral... Keep your mirrors "
+"up to date!"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:407
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "How to Become Official Then?"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:410
+msgid ""
+"Please contact the Cluster Administrators as documented at https://www."
+"FreeBSD.org/administration/#t-clusteradm."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ==
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:412
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Some Statistics from Mirror Sites"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:415
+msgid ""
+"Here are links to the stat pages of your favorite mirrors (aka the only ones "
+"who feel like providing stats)."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ===
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:417
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "FTP Site Statistics"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:420
+msgid ""
+"ftp.is.FreeBSD.org - mailto:hostmaster@is.FreeBSD.org[hostmaster@is.FreeBSD."
+"org] - http://www.rhnet.is/status/draupnir/draupnir.html[ (Bandwidth)] "
+"http://www.rhnet.is/status/ftp/ftp-notendur.html[(FTP processes)] http://www."
+"rhnet.is/status/ftp/http-notendur.html[(HTTP processes)]"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#: documentation/content/en/articles/hubs/_index.adoc:420
+msgid ""
+"ftp2.ru.FreeBSD.org - mailto:mirror@macomnet.ru[mirror@macomnet.ru] - http://"
+"mirror.macomnet.net/mrtg/mirror.macomnet.net_195.128.64.25.html[(Bandwidth)] "
+"http://mirror.macomnet.net/mrtg/mirror.macomnet.net_proc.html[(HTTP and FTP "
+"users)]"
+msgstr ""