On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 02:07:33AM +1100, russell@coker.com.au wrote:
Can anyone recommend a very simple web proxy that works reliably with apt-get (unlike Squid)? What I want is to just allow access to apt repositories and nothing else. Caching isn't really required as the bandwidth available has been steadily increasing rapidly while Debian package size has been increasing very slowly.
have you tried apt-cacher-ng? if you don't need much cache, just set the cache limit low. Package: apt-cacher-ng Version: 2-1 Description-en: caching proxy server for software repositories Apt-Cacher NG is a caching proxy for downloading packages from Debian-style software repositories (or possibly from other types). . The main principle is that a central machine hosts the proxy for a local network, and clients configure their APT setup to download through it. Apt-Cacher NG keeps a copy of all useful data that passes through it, and when a similar request is made, the cached copy of the data is delivered without being re-downloaded. . Apt-Cacher NG has been designed from scratch as a replacement for apt-cacher, but with a focus on maximizing throughput with low system resource requirements. It can also be used as replacement for apt-proxy and approx with no need to modify clients' sources.list files. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>