apt-mirrored repository

[R.Bucky]

Think about adding the 64-bit packages as well. It will make your local repo much more useful for scaling your systems, or if you make it public.

[MakOwner]

Think about adding the 64-bit packages as well. It will make your local repo much more useful for scaling your systems, or if you make it public.

This is roughly 94GB of disk space.
Anyone know if the installer has a source repo?

############# config ##################
#
set base_path    /var/spool/apt-mirror
#
set mirror_path  $base_path/mirror
set skel_path    $base_path/skel
set var_path     $base_path/var
set cleanscript $var_path/clean.sh
set defaultarch  i386
set postmirror_script $var_path/postmirror.sh
set run_postmirror 0
set nthreads     30
set _tilde 0
#
############# end config ##############
# 32 bit
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main main/debian-installer restricted restricted/debian-installer universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# 64 bit
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main main/debian-installer restricted restricted/debian-installer universe multiverse
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-amd64 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

# Source code
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

## Webmin
deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb-amd64 http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
## Medibuntu
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free 
deb-amd64 http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free


clean http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
clean http://download.webmin.com/download/repository 
clean http://packages.medibuntu.org/

[R.Bucky]

To which installer to do refer?

[MakOwner]

To which installer to do refer?

This one:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main main/debian-installer restricted restricted/debian-installer universe multiverse

When I put in a deb-src for this it fails. Is there an equivalent?

[R.Bucky]

Hmm. You know, I don't have any of the -src listings in my mirror. This is my mirror.list at http://nwlinux.com/single_pages/mirror.list

It never came to mind that I would want/need the deb-src. Everything that I need to operate a successful mirror is on the mirror. Can you explain why you might want it?

[tgm4883]

You need it if you want to download the source code for a package. You would do that via

apt-get source <package name>

The majority of users don't ever use these (or rarely do).

[R.Bucky]

@tgm4883 - thanks for clarifying. I have never used that function in the years that I have been using Ubuntu. You learn something new everyday...

[MakOwner]

@tgm4883 - thanks for clarifying. I have never used that function in the years that I have been using Ubuntu. You learn something new everyday...

I'm not sure I'll ever need any of this - I wanted the repository because I have done installation/reinstallation of servers probably 50 - 60 times over the last few weeks. By having the repo locally I cut down the transfer time, and hopefully I'm saving someone, somewhere a bit of bandwidth.

That said, the next thing I'll be putzing around with is a custom installation image. I want to fill in the variables that are usually needed during an install so I don't have to answer prompts for the same thing every time.

And I'm absolutely sure I'm re-inventing the wheel, but I learn (well, maybe, some days..) when I do this.


So, the short answer is "because I can"

[R.Bucky]

Good enough for me. "Because I can" is a great answer

I am adding the deb-src entries to my mirror as well. I'll see how that works out...

[MakOwner]

Good enough for me. "Because I can" is a great answer

I am adding the deb-src entries to my mirror as well. I'll see how that works out...

It's consumed about 94GB of space here so be prepared