# How to be a Mirror for Elive

**URL:** <https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298>\
**Category:** Elive\
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298 "2019-07-18T16:28:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298/70 "2025-04-23T14:18:11Z")

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Howto updated with the #security section, to configure the server with a rate limited (to avoid possible bots / unwanted downloads)

mentions: @TheTechRobo

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**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298/71 "2025-04-29T13:38:27Z")

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We have an extra Mirror thanks to @panoram, located in UK, a very good thing since half of the visitors / downloads come from Europe :applause:

Remember you can always check the available mirrors and the selected for your location here: [https://www.elivecd.org/downloads/mirrorcheck](https://www.elivecd.org/downloads/mirrorcheck)

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**Author:** ![panoram](https://forum.elivelinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panoram](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/panoram)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298/72 "2025-04-30T21:54:17Z")

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Glad I can help out some. Please let me know if anyone runs into any issues and I'll be happy to look into it.

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**Author:** ![Durhammer](https://forum.elivelinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@Durhammer](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Durhammer)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-be-a-mirror-for-elive/1298/73 "2026-09-09T14:51:30Z")

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@Thanatermesis , have you considered contacting the folks at James Madison University? They host a small number of distros: [https://mirror.jmu.edu](https://mirror.jmu.edu)

I've used it when I (long ago) downloaded Linux Mint. It was the best mirror for Mint for me.

I think it would be better for folks like me in the eastern part of the US. I had multiple stalls and subsequent fails whilst downloading from the "best" Elive mirror, which is in the UK. That's kind of a deterrent to more widely based usage of Elive.

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