From d29bd39f7af2aa2e4e4416f6e7877a4bc33844a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:27:20 +0000 Subject: Add instructions how to test the DNS round-robin virtual host, add a webserver configuration checklist and a note about netiquette. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@27333 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) (limited to 'DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt') diff --git a/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt index 92dbe81fd2..be57f8cb83 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt @@ -188,6 +188,26 @@ appear to default to defining a standard charset. This breaks our documentation translations, which are written in different encodings. The second VirtualHost is necessary for the DNS round-robin address. +To check whether this VirtualHost works, you can add a temporary entry into +your /etc/hosts file: + +1.2.3.4 www.mplayerhq.hu + +Replace the IP address by the real IP address of your mirror. Do not forget to +remove the entry after you finish testing. + + +Webserver checklist +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After setting up the web server, please verify that the following things work +both for your mirror address (www#.mplayerhq.hu) and the DNS round-robin +address (www.mplayerhq.hu): + +- The virtual host is reachable by its address. +- The subdirectories MPlayer, DOCS and homepage work. +- The man pages and documentation are served with the correct content-type. + Try Russian or Chinese, you will notice breakage immediately. Setting up an FTP server @@ -206,3 +226,4 @@ All official mirror admins are required to subscribe to the mplayer-mirror mailinglist. It's used to coordinate the efforts and distribute information among all admins. It is also very low traffic. Please use the webinterface on http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-mirror to subscribe. +Please do not top-post on this mailing list. -- cgit v1.2.3