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 +====== Create an Apt Repository Mirror with apt-mirror ======
  
 +The goal of this guide is to set up a local Debian package mirror using the ''%%apt-mirror%%'' tool and Apache to serve the files.
 +
 +===== Install apt-mirror =====
 +
 +The version of ''%%apt-mirror%%'' that is included in the Debian repositories is old and broken, so we need to use a forked version that is not broken. [[https://github.com/Stifler6996/apt-mirror|Stifler6996 on GitHub provides a non-broken version]] that we will use today.
 +
 +So first we will install Git to clone the repository:
 +
 +<code>apt install -y git</code>
 +
 +Then we will find a suitable spot to install apt-mirror, clone the repository, and then symlink it to ''%%/usr/local/bin%%'' so it's easy to call:
 +
 +<code>
 +cd /usr/local/src
 +git clone https://github.com/Stifler6996/apt-mirror
 +ln -s /usr/local/src/apt-mirror/apt-mirror /usr/local/bin
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Configuring apt-mirror =====
 +
 +Now we need to set up apt-mirror to download our repositories. Before continuing, make sure you have a sizeable disk mounted somewhere on this system to store the downloaded repositories. For the sake of this demo I'm assuming you have a disk mounted at ''%%/srv/repos%%'', but if you want them stored elsewhere then just change that path to match your config.
 +
 +Thankfully apt-mirror is easy to configure. It's basically just creating ''%%/etc/apt/mirror.list%%'' with the sources entries you want and some options telling apt-mirror how to behave. Below is an example that will copy the major Debian repositories:
 +
 +<code>
 +############# config ##################
 +#
 +set base_path    /var/spool/apt-mirror
 +#
 +set mirror_path  /opt/repos/ubuntu
 +# set skel_path    $base_path/skel
 +# set var_path     $base_path/var
 +# set cleanscript $var_path/clean.sh
 +set defaultarch  amd64
 +# set postmirror_script $var_path/postmirror.sh
 +# set run_postmirror 0
 +set nthreads     20
 +set _tilde 0
 +#
 +############# end config ##############
 +
 +# Debian 11 (Bullseye)
 +... repos ...
 +
 +clean ...
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Install Apache =====
 +
 +Install Apache:
 +
 +<code>apt install -y apache2</code>