Battlestar Wiki:Mirrors: Difference between revisions

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This page covers other sites that mirror the content of Battlestar Wiki. Mirror can be done in one or two ways.

Squid Method

The method is to setup your server to act as a "cache" repository for Squid. This allows Battlestar Wiki to still maintain the database for future edits, but allows you to host "cached" versions of the wiki for people to access. For how this works, please read here on the Squid Wiki. Please contact Shane for setting this up.

Basic Server Requirements

Most servers need to be powerful enough to handle the load we take on. For this you need to at least achieve these parameters.

Dedicated Machine
- You need root access to install squid and run it.
Dedicated IP Address with qualified domain name
root access to the entire server
P4 2.0GHz+ CPU
256mb of RAM
At least 10gb of Space

You have to be on a T3 internet pipe or higher. Cable modem and ASDL connections do not count.

Mirrors

This will be where the list of the mirrors will be when they are operational.

Logo	URL	Type of Mirror

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-This page covers other sites that [[Wikipedia:Mirror (computing)|mirror]] the content of Battlestar Wiki.  '''Users are encouraged to use the mirrors for their research instead; anyone who edits the Wiki is welcome to do so here.  Webmasters of Battlestar Galactica sites are encouraged to link to articles on mirrors as well, leaving a primary link to battlestarwiki.org.'''
+{{Project|Mirrors|image=BSG WIKI Mirror.png|shortcut=BW:MIR}}
-= Summary =
+This page covers other sites that [[Wikipedia:Mirror (computing)|mirror]] the content of ''Battlestar Wiki''. Mirror can be done in one or two ways.
-Due to the growth of the wiki, we are requesting that sites who link directly to the Battlestar Wiki's articles and images link to one of our offsite mirrors instead.  This page will list how to go about setting up a mirror, as well as how to link to one.
+== Squid Method ==
-= Mirroring the Wiki =
+The method is to setup your server to act as a "cache" repository for [http://www.squid-cache.org/ Squid]. This allows ''Battlestar Wiki'' to still maintain the database for future edits, but allows you to host "cached" versions of the wiki for people to access. For how this works, please read [http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ConfiguringSquid#head-c8f9e2188c26b980b3c9553ab8f3bc818b4fa417 here] on the [http://www.squid-cache.org/ Squid Wiki]. Please contact [[User:Shane|Shane]] for setting this up.
-Due to bandwidth concerns, the MySQL dump of the articles in the database as well as any media files are not available for anyone to download.  In order to be an official mirror of the wiki, you must get into contact directly with Joe Beaudoin, who will provide the FTP account.
+== Basic Server Requirements ==
-== What is mirrored? What is not? ==
+Most servers need to be powerful enough to handle the load we take on. For this you need to at least achieve these parameters.
-The optimal mirror only contain copies of articles and items in the "Battlestar Wiki" and "Category" namespaces.  They also contain any media, notabily images, as well as the image description pages.
+* Dedicated Machine
+** You need ''root'' access to install squid and run it.
+* Dedicated IP Address with qualified domain name
+* ''root'' access to the entire server
+* P4 2.0GHz+ CPU
+* 256mb of RAM
+* At least 10gb of Space
-Anything else will not be mirorred on the official mirrors.  Also mirrors are '''not editable'''.
+You have to be on a T3 internet pipe or higher. '''Cable modem''' and '''ASDL''' connections do not count.
-=== Dates of Article and Media Dumps ===
+== Mirrors ==
-"Dumps" of the database and of any media linked in the articles are done on '''Mondays''' and '''Thursdays'''.  These dsys were chosen as the most optimal time to make backups for the site because most edits are made on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays -- due to the fact that episodes air (in the United States) on Friday night/Saturday morning.
+This will be where the list of the mirrors will be when they are operational.
-=== What software and other requirements will I need? ===
-In order to properly mirror Battlestar Wiki, you will need:
-* [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
-For the server (which should have a UNIX (or Linux) based operating system), you will need:
-* [http://www.mysql.org MySQL] (for the database)
-* [http://www.apache.org Apache] (web server software; Microsoft's IIS will not function as well with MediaWiki software)
-* [http://www.php.net PHP] (to generate the MediaWiki pages properly)
-Recommended (but not necessary) software includes:
+{|class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
+|- align="center"
-* [http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net PHPMyAdmin] (web-based software that manages the MySQL database)
+! class="infoboxheader" | Logo
+! class="infoboxheader" | URL
-= Mirrors =
+! class="infoboxheader" | Type of Mirror
+|- align="center"
-This will be where the list of the mirrors will be when they are operational.
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+|}