Our existing management system for the network of official mirrors worldwide has a few issues and areas for improvement. The present system is accessible via a browser-based web interface (using a php.net CVS account, and hosted on master.php.net), and provides the following services:
Addition, deletion, and modification of
DNS for official mirrors of the php.net site as a whole
Automated checking of all mirrors, marking mirrors as “disabled” when issues are detected
Listing of all mirrors presently configured with the system (active and otherwise)
Manual disabling of mirrors
Generic status display of the “health” of the mirror (“OK” or flagged)
Ability to edit the mirror's display information within our list on php.net
Automated mailing to the mirror's maintainer when an issue is detected
Automated mailing of the status of all mirrors on a weekly basis
Over time, some of the php.net mirror admins have discussed the need and/or desire to add new - or improve existing - functionality in this system. This includes, but is not limited to:
Improved mirror status checking
The ability to keep logs of notes regarding the mirror over time, displaying the most recent on the summary page
Simple graphing and statistics for uptime and PING response time
A geo-IP lookup to ensure that the mirror IP address matches the physical region it serves
An online “waiting list” application form (many potential donors currently contact the mailing list or Dan Brown directly)
An online form to collect data from mirror maintainer applicants
A form-to-mail interface to email individual maintainers, the mailing list, or all maintainers directly (for announcements)
Number of interested donors on the “waiting list” under each country's heading
Automated quarterly reminders to folks on the “waiting list” to update their status if they are no longer willing/able (?)
System specifications on each individual mirror (?)
A scoring system based on the system specs of the mirrors (?)
Load-balancing based upon the score of the mirror when redirecting to a local mirror in the region (?)
Automated daily reminder emails to mirror maintainer when mirror is out-of-sync > 24 hours (still auto-disabled) (?)
.... etc.