Installation

• Prerequirements
  • General
  • Apache
    • Status of Apache version on individual platforms
  • Frontend (mod_mirrorbrain, the redirector)
  • Database
  • Python and Perl modules
• Installing from source
  • Installing Apache
  • Building Apache modules
    • mod_form
    • mod_mirrorbrain
    • mod_autoindex_mb
    • mod_geoip
  • Installing Python and Perl modules
  • Installing PostgreSQL
  • Creating database schema
  • Creating a “mirrorbrain” user and group
  • Installation of the tools
  • Configuring Apache
  • Next steps
• Installation on openSUSE Linux or SLE
  • Adding package repositories
  • Installing the MirrorBrain packages
  • Next steps
• Installation on Debian/Ubuntu Linux
  • Add package repository
  • Install the MirrorBrain packages
  • Select and install an Apache MPM
    • Loading Apache modules
    • Configure mod_geoip
    • Configure mod_dbd
  • Install PostgreSQL
    • Create the postgresql user account and database
    • Edit host-based authentication
    • Import initial mirrorbrain data
  • Next steps
• Installation on Gentoo Linux
  • Next steps
• Installing mod_asn
• Initial configuration steps on all platforms
  • Creating a file tree
  • Creating mirrorbrain.conf
  • Testing the database admin tool
  • Creating some mirrors
  • Setting up required cron jobs
    • Setting up mirror monitoring
    • Setting up mirror scanning
    • Maintenance
    • Keeping the GeoIP database uptodate
  • Testing
  • Setting up logging
  • Creating hashes
  • Optional things you might want
  • Configuring GeoIP
    • Seting up automatic updates of the GeoIP database
  • Creating a virtual host
• Troubleshooting