https://github.com/zyga/apt-proxy-setup

Use the local apt proxy when at home, use the public mirror while on the road
https://github.com/zyga/apt-proxy-setup

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Use the local apt proxy when at home, use the public mirror while on the road

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zyga/apt-proxy-setup
• Owner: zyga
• License: other
• Created: 2013-10-03T11:31:33.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-10-03T11:35:16.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T03:39:37.108Z (7 months ago)
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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apt-proxy-setup

===============

APT proxy setup is a method of automatically configuring APT proxy depending on

network location. It can be used to have access to fast / local mirror at home

or at the office but default to the public archive while on the road.

Usage

=====

Currently apt-proxy-setup can only track one network location, the one where

you have access to a local apt proxy (such as apt-cacher-ng). To identify that

location apt-proxy-setup probes a configured URL each time your network

connection changes. For the setup to work you need to add a small text file

somewhere in your local network. It can be an existing file or a new, dedicated

file, just for apt-proxy-setup. Keep in mind that apt-proxy-setup will try to

download that file so make sure that the URL is not reachable from the public

network. When the network location is determined a pre-configured APT proxy

will be set in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00apt-proxy-setup. That's it.

Configuration

=============

Start with the example configuration file, apt-proxy-setup.example, tweak it to

your liking and copy it to /etc/default/apt-proxy-setup. That's it, you're

done. Whenever you change that configuration (or remove it) apt-proxy-setup

will update the proxy configuration automatically.

Installation

============

Installation requires you to copy two upstart jobs to /etc/init, this is

facilitated by the embedded makefile.

$ sudo make install