Saturday, March 30, 2013

Keeping linux boxes updated with lesser bandwidth usage

Having several linux boxes and maintaining them for updates and frequently used applications can be bandwidth intensive activity. The solution is simple. Use caching.

1. get apt-cacher
2. setup apache
3. run as service


for details check here:
http://www.packtpub.com/article/create-local-ubuntu-repository-using-apt-mirror-apt-cacher

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