Setup ubuntu's apt repository mirror server

Download all the deb package and depenant data using apt-mirror, and provide download service by apache.

1, install apt-mirror and apache2

#apt-get install apt-mirror apache2

2, config apt-mirror

#vim /etc/apt/mirror.list

Be sure the base_path you set has enough space to store the package data. In general, the size of the package data should greater than 30G. Ubuntu 910 is 32G, while Ubuntu 11.10 is 90G, for example.

############# 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  <running host architecture>
# set postmirror_script $var_path/postmirror.sh
# set run_postmirror 0
set nthreads     20
set _tilde 0
#
############# end config ##############

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse

deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main universe restricted multiverse
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.163.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe main multiverse restricted

clean http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

3, download the package data

#su - apt-mirror -c apt-mirror

This will be a long time depends on your download spead. Wait patient.

4, Link the data directory to apache root

By default, the apache root directory is /var/www. So you can change apache configure file to change its root as the apt-mirror data directory, or you can just link the apt-mirror data directory to apache root directory.

#ln -s /var/www /var/spool/apt-mirror/***

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