diff --git a/mirror/README.md b/mirror/README.md
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+# Mirror
+AFter setting up the vm this playbook will setup mirror's services
+## Instructions
+Install ansible then run the playbook
+```
+apt install -y ansible
+ansible-playbook main.yml
+```
diff --git a/mirror/main.yml b/mirror/main.yml
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+---
+# https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror
+# unsure that hosts does
+- hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  tasks:
+    - name: install dependencies
+      apt:
+        pkg:
+          - zfsutils-linux
+          - nginx
+          - rsync
+          - proftpd
+        state: latest
+        update_cache: true
+    - name: create zfs mountpoint
+      file:
+        # double check 
+        path: /mirror/root/.cscmirror
+        state: directory
+        mode: 0777
+    - name: create and mount zpool
+      # double check
+      # may be better to use the /dev/disk/by-id/... instead
+      commmand: zpool create -f -m /mirror/root/.cscmirror cscmirror raidz2 /dev/vdc /dev/vdd /dev/vde /dev/vdf
+      # may need to mount it (also check that it will automount on boot)
+      # zfs mount -a
+    - name: add rsync config
+    # right now we will just take configs from mirror
+    # later we will edit them as required
+    # 
+    # create specific folder for each service
+      template:
+        src: rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2
+        dest: /etc/rsyncd.conf
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0644
+      template:
+        src: rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
+        dest: /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0644
+      notify: restart rsync
+
+
diff --git a/mirror/rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2 b/mirror/rsync/rsyncd-filter.conf.j2
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+- .~tmp~
diff --git a/mirror/rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2 b/mirror/rsync/rsyncd.conf.j2
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+uid = nobody
+gid = nogroup
+use chroot = yes
+max connections = 100
+socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE
+motd file = /mirror/root/include/motd.msg
+log file = /var/log/rsync.log
+dont compress = *
+refuse options = c delete
+read only = true
+
+[mirror]
+  path = /mirror/root
+  comment = Everything
+  hosts allow = 129.97.0.0/16, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 2620:101:f000::/47, fd74:6b6a:8eca::/47
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[alpine]
+  path = /mirror/root/alpine
+  comment = Alpine Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[almalinux]
+  path = /mirror/root/almalinux
+  comment = AlmaLinux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[apache]
+  path = /mirror/root/apache
+  comment = Apache software distribution
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[archlinux]
+  path = /mirror/root/archlinux
+  comment = The Arch Linux archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[centos]
+  path = /mirror/root/centos
+  comment = CentOS archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ceph]
+  path = /mirror/root/ceph
+  comment = Ceph
+  log file = /var/log/rsync.ceph.log
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[CPAN]
+  path = /mirror/root/CPAN
+  comment = Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[CRAN]
+  path = /mirror/root/CRAN
+  comment = complete CRAN ftp area
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[CTAN]
+  path = /mirror/root/CTAN
+  comment = Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[cygwin]
+  path = /mirror/root/cygwin
+  comment = cygwin ftp area
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[damnsmalllinux]
+  path = /mirror/root/damnsmalllinux
+  comment = Damn Small Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[debian]
+  path = /mirror/root/debian
+  comment = Debian Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[debian-backports]
+  path = /mirror/root/debian-backports
+  comment = Backports.org
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[debian-cd]
+  path = /mirror/root/debian-cd
+  comment = Debian CD images
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[debian-multimedia]
+  path = /mirror/root/debian-multimedia
+  comment = Debian multimedia repository
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[debian-security]
+  path = /mirror/root/debian-security
+  comment = Debian security archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[eclipse]
+  path = /mirror/root/eclipse
+  comment = Eclipse Mirror
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[emacsconf]
+  path = /mirror/root/emacsconf
+  comment = EmacsConf Mirror
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[emdebian]
+  path = /mirror/root/emdebian
+  comment = emdebian archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[fedora]
+  path = /mirror/root/fedora
+  comment = Fedora
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[fedora-enchilada]
+  path = /mirror/root/fedora
+  comment = the ENTIRE Fedora Repository
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[FreeBSD]
+  path = /mirror/root/FreeBSD
+  comment = FreeBSD archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[gentoo-distfiles]
+  path = /mirror/root/gentoo-distfiles
+  comment = Gentoo Linux source tree
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[gentoo-portage]
+  path = /mirror/root/gentoo-portage
+  comment = Gentoo Linux Portage tree mirror
+  exclude = distfiles
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[gnome]
+  path = /mirror/root/gnome
+  comment = GNOME Project
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[gnu]
+  path = /mirror/root/gnu
+  comment = The GNU archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[gutenberg]
+  path = /mirror/root/gutenberg
+  comment = Project Gutenberg
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kali]
+  path = /mirror/root/kali
+  comment = Kali Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kali-images]
+  path = /mirror/root/kali-images
+  comment = Kali Linux Images
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kde]
+  path = /mirror/root/kde
+  comment = KDE
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kde-applicationdata]
+  path = /mirror/root/kde-applicationdata
+  comment = KDE
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kdeftp]
+  path = /mirror/root/kde
+  comment = KDE ftp area
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[kernel.org]
+  path = /mirror/root/kernel.org
+  comment = The kernel.org archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[linuxmint]
+  path = /mirror/root/linuxmint
+  comment = Linux Mint
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[linuxmint-packages]
+  path = /mirror/root/linuxmint-packages
+  comment = Linux Mint packages
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[MacPorts]
+  path = /mirror/root/MacPorts
+  comment = MacPorts
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[macports]
+  path = /mirror/root/MacPorts
+  comment = MacPorts
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[mysql]
+  path = /mirror/root/mysql
+  comment = MySQL mirror
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[NetBSD]
+  path = /mirror/root/NetBSD
+  comment = NetBSD
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[nongnu]
+  path = /mirror/root/nongnu
+  comment = The non-GNU archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[OpenBSD]
+  path = /mirror/root/OpenBSD
+  comment = OpenBSD
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[openoffice]
+  path = /mirror/root/openoffice
+  comment = openoffice.org file tree
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[opensuse]
+  path = /mirror/root/opensuse
+  comment = opensuse-full
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[puppylinux]
+  path = /mirror/root/puppylinux
+  comment = Puppy Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[racket]
+  path = /mirror/root/racket
+  comment = Racket
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[plt-bundles]
+  path = /mirror/root/racket/plt-bundles
+  comment = plt-bundles
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[racket-installers]
+  path = /mirror/root/racket/racket-installers
+  comment = racket-installers
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[raspbian]
+  path = /mirror/root/raspbian
+  comment = Raspberry Pi
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[raspberrypi]
+  path = /mirror/root/raspberrypi
+  comment = raspberrypi
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[qtproject]
+  path = /mirror/root/qtproject
+  comment = Qt Project
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[sage]
+  path = /mirror/root/sage
+  comment = Sage Computer Algebra System
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[saltstack]
+  path = /mirror/root/saltstack
+  comment = Saltstack
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[slackware]
+  path = /mirror/root/slackware
+  comment = Slackware Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[tdf]
+  path = /mirror/root/tdf
+  comment = The Document Foundation
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ubuntu]
+  path = /mirror/root/ubuntu
+  comment = Ubuntu Archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ubuntu-ports]
+  path = /mirror/root/ubuntu-ports
+  comment = Ubuntu-ports Archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ubuntu-ports-releases]
+  path = /mirror/root/ubuntu-ports
+  comment = Ubuntu-ports Release CD Images
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ubuntu-releases]
+  path = /mirror/root/ubuntu-releases
+  comment = Ubuntu Release CD Images
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[xiph]
+  path = /mirror/root/xiph
+  comment = Xiph
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[x.org]
+  path = /mirror/root/x.org
+  comment = X.org archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[xorg-archive]
+  path = /mirror/root/x.org
+  comment = X.Org archive
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[xubuntu-releases]
+  path = /mirror/root/xubuntu-releases
+  comment = Xubuntu Release CD Images
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[csclub]
+  path = /mirror/root/csclub
+  comment = CS Club Files
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[mprelease]
+  path = /mirror/root/MacPorts/release
+  comment= MacPorts Release
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[mpdistfiles]
+  path = /mirror/root/MacPorts/mpdistfiles
+  comment= MacPorts Dist files
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[vlc]
+  path = /mirror/root/vlc
+  comment = VideoLAN Project
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[ipfire]
+  path = /mirror/root/ipfire
+  comment = IPFire Project
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[manjaro]
+  path = /mirror/root/manjaro
+  comment = Manjaro Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[parabola]
+  path = /mirror/root/parabola
+  comment = Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[hyperbola]
+  path = /mirror/root/hyperbola
+  comment = Hyperbola
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf
+
+[trisquel]
+  path = /mirror/root/trisquel
+  comment = Trisquel GNU/Linux
+  filter = merge /etc/rsyncd-filter.conf