Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 27301:19fef8a7d0ab
Add instructions how to test the DNS round-robin virtual host, add a
webserver configuration checklist and a note about netiquette.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:27:20 +0000 |
| parents | 181f489ead9d |
| children | 3c8ace77019a |
| files | DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt Mon Jul 21 11:41:13 2008 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt Tue Jul 22 16:27:20 2008 +0000 @@ -188,6 +188,26 @@ 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 @@ 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.