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# Mirroring a PyPI repository (AER 2.24)

## Before you begin

You need to have already completed installing and configuring your Anaconda Repository instance. Due to the size of Anaconda Repository, it is important that you have configured a file storage location with sufficient disk space. If necessary please see the instructions for setting the file storage location.

The full PyPI mirror requires approximately 120GB.

## The mirror command

To create a PyPI mirror run:

    anaconda-server-sync-pypi

This will load all of the packages on pypi.python.org into the ~pypi binstar user account.

Verify that this is working by opening your browser to `http://your.anaconda.repository/pypi/~pypi`

NOTE: Replace your.anaconda.repository with the actual URL to your Anaconda Repository.

Alternately, you may not wish to mirror all packages. The license_blacklist feature is not available for PyPI due to the non-standardization of license metadata for these packages. To mirror a subset of the total repository, specify which platforms you want to include, or use the whitelist or blacklist functionality to control which packages are mirrored:

    anaconda-server-sync-pypi --mirror-config /etc/binstar/mirrors/pypi.yaml

If necessary, refer to more information on whitelist, blacklist and license_blacklist functionality.

## Configure pip

To configure pip to use this new mirror you must edit your ~/.pip/pip.conf file:

    [global]
    index-url = http://your.anaconda.repo:<port>/pypi/~pypi/simple

NOTE: Replace `your.anaconda.repo` with the actual URL to your Anaconda Repository.