# Get involved

Ways to help: bandwidth and storage, new mirror projects, guides and translations.

# Contribute to the mirror

The mirror grows with the bandwidth, storage and time people give it.

## Ways to help

- **Bandwidth and storage**: host a node or offer capacity in a regional data centre. co-location is very welcomed.
- **Maintenance**: watch sync jobs for one project and report or fix problems.
- **Monitoring**: help build the status checks shown on the mirror status page.

## What we need from a hosting partner

- Linux machine with any storage, any bandwidth and ability to maintain reasonable uptime
- Location in a GCC country
- Public IPv4 (IPv6 preferred as well)
- A named contact for incidents

## How to offer help
- Contact maintainer (contribute -at- oiv.ae)

## Priorities list
- Co-location in Dubai, Abu-Dhabi, Fujeirah in UAE
- VMs in other locations
- Servers (reasonable aged, post-production hardware is welcomed)
- SSD and SAS disks (can be collected and wiped per standards on-site before media leaves the building)
- Financial contribution with all formalities (project is non-profitable organization)
- Legal support
- Contribution appreciation
- Events invitations

# Code of conduct

oiv.ae is a place to learn and help each other.

## Expected behaviour

- Be respectful and patient, especially with people who are new to Linux.
- Keep discussion on topic and in English.
- Credit other people's work.

## Not accepted

- Harassment, insults or personal attacks.
- Sharing other people's private information.
- Spam and unsolicited advertising.

## Reporting a problem

Contact the maintainers. Reports are handled privately.