diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Source code for the default registry for Cargo users. Can be found online at
 
 [crates-io]: https://crates.io
 
-## Installation
+## Development Setup
 
 * `git clone` this repository
 * `npm install`
@@ -121,3 +121,84 @@ For more information on using ember-cli, visit
 
 For more information on using cargo, visit
 [doc.crates.io](http://doc.crates.io/).
+
+## Deploying a Mirror
+
+**DISCLAIMER: The process of setting up a mirror is a work-in-progress and is
+likely to change. It is not currently recommended for mission-critical
+production use. It also requires a version of cargo newer than 0.13.0-nightly
+(f09ef68 2016-08-02); the version of cargo currently on rustc's beta channel
+fulfils this requirement and will be shipped with rustc 1.12.0 scheduled to be
+released on 2016-09-29.**
+
+### Current functionality: a read-only, download-API-only mirror
+
+This mirror will function as a read-only duplicate of crates.io's API. You will
+be able to download crates using your index and your mirror, but the crate files
+will still come from crates.io's S3 storage.
+
+Your mirror will not:
+
+- Allow users to sign up/sign in
+- Allow crate publish
+- Keep track of any statistics
+- Display available crates in its UI
+
+### API server setup
+
+To deploy the API on Heroku, use this button:
+
+[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)][deploy]
+
+[deploy]: https://heroku.com/deploy
+
+The only config variable you need to set is `GIT_REPO_URL`, which should be the
+git URL of your crates index repository; see the next section for setup
+instructions for that.
+
+### Index mirror setup
+
+You also need a mirror of the crates.io git index, and your index needs to point
+to your API server.
+
+1. `git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index.git`
+2. Edit the config.json file to point to your API server so it looks like:
+
+    ```json
+    {
+      "dl": "https://[your heroku app name].herokuapp.com/api/v1/crates",
+      "api": "https://[your heroku app name].herokuapp.com/"
+    }
+    ```
+
+3. Commit and push to wherever you will be hosting your index (ex: github,
+    gitlab, an internal git server)
+
+4. In order to keep your mirror index up to date, schedule a `git pull` of the
+    official index. How to do this depends on how you are hosting your index,
+    but could be done through `cron` or a scheduled CI job, for example.
+
+### Cargo setup
+
+**NOTE: The following configuration requires a cargo version newer than
+0.13.0-nightly (f09ef68 2016-08-02). The version of cargo that comes with rust
+1.12.0 fulfils this requirement; this version is currently on the beta channel
+and is scheduled to be released on 2016-09-29.**
+
+In the project where you want to use your mirror, change your `.cargo/config`
+to replace the crates.io source to point to your crates index:
+
+```toml
+[source]
+
+[source.mirror]
+registry = "https://[host and path to your git server]/crates.io-index"
+
+[source.crates-io]
+replace-with = "mirror"
+registry = 'https://doesnt-matter-but-must-be-present'
+```
+
+Once [rust-lang/cargo#3089](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/3089) is
+released, it won't be necessary to specify a registry URL for a source being
+replaced.
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..932f5613614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  "name": "Crates.io Mirror",
+  "description": "A mirror of crates.io",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io",
+  "env": {
+      "GIT_REPO_URL": {
+          "description": "The git URL of your crates index repository.",
+      },
+      "GH_CLIENT_ID": {
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+      },
+      "GH_CLIENT_SECRET": {
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+      },
+      "S3_BUCKET": "crates-io",
+      "S3_ACCESS_KEY": {
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+      },
+      "S3_SECRET_KEY": {
+          "value": "",
+          "required": false
+      },
+      "SESSION_KEY": {
+          "generator": "secret"
+      },
+      "HEROKU": "1",
+      "MIRROR": "1",
+      "GIT_REPO_CHECKOUT": "./tmp/index-co"
+  },
+  "formation": {
+      "web": {
+          "quantity": 1,
+          "size": "Free"
+      }
+  },
+  "addons": [
+      "heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev"
+  ],
+  "buildpacks": [
+      {
+        "url": "https://github.com/rcaught/heroku-buildpack-cmake.git#e4e2c9e"
+      },
+      {
+        "url": "https://github.com/alexcrichton/heroku-buildpack-rust.git#ca218b5"
+      },
+      {
+        "url": "https://github.com/tonycoco/heroku-buildpack-ember-cli.git#e4aed2b"
+      },
+      {
+        "url": "https://github.com/ryandotsmith/nginx-buildpack.git#005ca03"
+      }
+  ]
+}