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Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories

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On 4/15/22 04:36, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 07:03:14AM -0400, Sam wrote:
>> That's pretty much it. I want to mirror all my updates to a single server on
>> my LAN and have everything on my LAN apt update from it. This seems more
>> efficient than having everyone download their own copies.
> 
> If all you are looking for is efficiency, you might also consider an
> apt cache (I'm pretty happy with apt-cacher-ng). It is pretty low
> maintenance, as it decides itself when to throw out older entries.
> 
> The big plus for me is that it can cache across multiple repos (I
> sometimes build "old" images from archives.d.o for some legacy
> hardware hidden away in some customer's closets, don't ask ;-)
> It just does so silently. Whenever the package isn't there, it
> fetches it, next time it's served from the cache.
> 
> Another nice point is that you can just keep your /etc/apt/sources.list
> as it should be (with the "real" repo addresses out there) and the
> apt cache works as a proxy. An entry in (e.g.) /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02cache
> like so:
> 
>    # /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02cache
>    #
>    Acquire::http::proxy "http://localhost:3142"
> 
> (or whatever your apt cache's URL is) suffices -- something you can
> easily disable or remove should you ever "release" your pet machine
> "into the wild" :-)
> 
>> Google told me to use apt-mirror [...]
> 
> A mirror has different characteristics from a cache. You decide
> yourself which packages go in. This may be an advantage, depending
> on your use case -- or a disadvantage.


When I had several Debian machines in the past, I used approx(8) [2]. 
It was good software -- KISS, properly documented, easy to set up, 
worked efficiently, and never failed.


But approx(8) had some operational features that apt-cacher-ng(8) [3] 
seems to improve upon:

1.  Each host needed its apt(8) [1] configuration to point at the 
approx(8) server.

2.  The approx(8) server needed its configuration to point at the remote 
repositories.

3.  I seem to recall that I was able to use approx(8) with non-Debian 
repositories via creative configuration.

4.  The approx(8) cache needed to be thinned periodically by running 
approx-gc(8) [2].


David


References:

[1] https://manpages.debian.org/buster/apt/apt.8.en.html

[2]  https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/approx/approx.8.en.html

[3] 
https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/apt-cacher-ng/apt-cacher-ng.8.en.html

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What do folks use to mirror repositories Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2022-04-15 13:20 +0200
  Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-04-15 13:40 +0200
    Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2022-04-15 14:30 +0200
    Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-04-16 04:10 +0200
      Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-16 06:20 +0200
        Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2022-04-19 03:10 +0200
          Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-19 05:10 +0200
          Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-04-19 07:30 +0200
            Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-19 18:10 +0200
              Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-19 19:00 +0200
                Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2022-04-19 19:10 +0200
                Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2022-04-20 01:50 +0200
          Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2022-04-19 20:20 +0200
  Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-04-15 14:30 +0200
  Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-04-15 17:20 +0200
  Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-15 18:40 +0200
  Re: What do folks use to mirror repositories Dieter Rohlfing <dr-erc@gmx.net> - 2022-04-16 11:30 +0200

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