Run a mirror¶
Armbian’s downloads are served by a network of community mirrors behind a redirector. If you can host one, here is how. You can see the current mirrors and how the system works on the status page.
1. Set up an HTTP(S) host¶
The mirror must be reachable over HTTPS (plain HTTP is also accepted). Point a hostname at it before you start syncing.
2. Sync with rsync¶
Pull the content you want to serve from one of the official modules, and run it from cron every 2-4 hours:
| Content | Command | Required space |
|---|---|---|
| Current images | rsync -av rsync://rsync.armbian.com/dl |
556G |
| Packages | rsync -av rsync://rsync.armbian.com/apt |
84G |
| Archived images | rsync -av rsync://rsync.armbian.com/archive |
1.9T |
| Very old images | rsync -av rsync://rsync.armbian.com/oldarchive |
5.4T |
3. Tell us about it¶
Once the server is running, reach out through the contact form so we can add it to the official redirector.
Thanks for helping keep Armbian’s downloads fast and reliable worldwide.