Feature #133

Use local apt-cacher for Debian/Ubuntu installs

Added by admin about 9 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

Status:Resolved Start:2016-02-27
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Description

Debian/Ubuntu installs currently use a well-known remote mirror, but there is no reason why they shouldn't use the local apt-cacher which aside from probably being faster would also avoid chargeable data transfer.

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Updated by admin about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved

Installer does actually use apt-cacher. In preseed file:

# Force use of our own apt-cache
d-i    mirror/country                           string      manual
d-i    mirror/protocol                          string      http
d-i    mirror/http/hostname                     string      apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com
d-i    mirror/http/directory                    string      /debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian

It's only the initial kernel and initramfs that are downloaded from an external mirror.

These could possibly be hosted locally also, but:

  • This would be more complicated as apt-cacher only caches an apt repository and the installer files aren't in an apt repository.
  • They're only a couple of megabytes in size anyway.

So I'm not convinced it's worth the hassle to do that.

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