HPR4356: Mirror Mirror On The Wall

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Running a private Ubuntu Mirror It is possible to set up a local server to keep a synchronized copy of all the Ubuntu packages, allowing later installs of packages for any local machine even in the absence of an internet connection. To do this a script called apt-mirror can be run on the server. crontab 0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/apt-mirror The location of the mirror is specified in apt-mirror.conf /etc/apt/apt-mirror.conf set mirror_path /disk/ftp/Mirror set cleanup_freq daily set mirror_verbose yes The origin servers are specified in mirror.list . It is possible to choose which architectures and Ubuntu releases to fetch as well as whether to fetch just the binary packages or also the sources. /etc/apt/mirror.list ​ deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse ​ deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse deb-i386 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse ​ #deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse #deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse #deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse #deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse ​ clean http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu The mirrored packages could be served up to local machines in a number of ways, I am using vsftpd to serve the files via FTP. /etc/vsftp.conf anonymous_enable=YES anon_upload_enable=YES anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES listen=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd seccomp_sandbox=NO isolate_network=NO anon_root=/disk/ftp/ no_anon_password=YES hide_ids=YES pasv_min_port=40000 pasv_max_port=50000 write_enable=YES On local machines, the mirror on the server can then be specified as the source for apt to use to retrieve packages. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources ​ Types: deb URIs: ftp://server/Mirror/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Suites: noble noble-updates noble-backports Components: main universe restricted multiverse Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg ​ ## Ubuntu security updates. Aside f