Re: how to use squid as a Debian package proxy / cache (instead of approx, apt-cacher, etc)

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:06:29AM -0500, CSights wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 	Somewhere I got the idea of using Squid as a package cache instead of approx, 
> apt-cacher, apt-proxy, etc. (E.g. [1]) That thread had some of the details 
> needed, but it is missing some details.  E.g. The settings that will allow 
> the hard drive to spin down.

This is right one :-)
... 
> 	One also needs to change apt's configuration file so that apt will use the 
> Squid computer as a proxy.  On each computer add to /etc/apt/apt.conf the 
> line:
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://SQUID_COMPUTER_IPORNAME:3128/";;
> 
> 	If anyone has improvements please add to this thread.  Maybe we can add this 
> to the Debian wiki? :)
> 	C.
> 
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/05/msg01761.html

have you looked /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz

  // HTTP method configuration
  http
  {
    Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";;
    Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT";  // Specific per-host setting
    Timeout "120";
    Pipeline-Depth "5";

    // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
    No-Cache "false";
    Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
    No-Store "false";    // Prevent the cache from storing archives
    Dl-Limit "7";        // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
  };

I did not elaborate much at http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#proxyserverforapt

Wiki will be nice.

Osamu


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