A local apt cache for the desktop and server installations and security updates, combine the debian, ubuntu, the medibuntu and a custom repo.

newvserver --vsroot /VSERVERS --hostname apt --domain cipar.net --ip 192.168.1.12/24 --dist etch --mirror http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ --interface dummy0

# nano /etc/shorewall/rules

Add the following line

HTTP/ACCEPT     dmz:192.168.1.12  net
DNS/ACCEPT      dmz:192.168.1.12        net

# /etc/init.d/shorewall restart

vserver apt start
vserver apt enter
passwd

Then enter the passwd RED-ENVELOPE

http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man1/apt-cacher.1.html

# apt-get install apache2

# nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

And we make sure that apache binds to its IP address by adding this line

Listen 192.168.1.12:8080

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

# apt-get install apt-cacher

# nano /etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf

# optional setting, binds the listening daemon to one specified IP. Use IP
# ranges for more advanced configuration, see below.
daemon_addr=192.168.1.12 

# nano /etc/default/apt-cacher

and set

AUTOSTART=1

/etc/init.d/apt-cacher start

All that is left to do now is to edit the sources on every machine

# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

and change it to look like this

deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

So when setting up new Vservers we use –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian

For the ubuntu desktops we change it to this

deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe
deb-src http://192.168.1.12:3142/security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe
deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://192.168.1.12:3142/packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free