setting up apt-cacher-ng

install

debian

apt install apt-cacher-ng

slackware

look for latest and build it

wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt-cacher-ng/apt-cacher-ng_3.2.orig.tar.xz
tar xJf apt-cacher-ng_3.2.orig.tar.xz
cd apt-cacher-ng-3.2/
#grep -i wrap CMakeLists.txt
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j5
make install

mkdir -p /var/log/apt-cacher-ng/
mkdir -p /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/

setup

systemctl stop apt-cacher-ng.service
mv /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/ /data/apt-cacher-ng/
ln -s /data/apt-cacher-ng /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng

cd /etc/apt-cacher-ng/
#cd /usr/local/etc/apt-cacher-ng/

mv -i acng.conf acng.conf.dist
sed -r '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' acng.conf.dist > acng.conf.clean
sed -r '/^[[:space:]]*(#|$)/d' acng.conf.dist > acng.conf

vi acng.conf

#BindAddress: 0.0.0.0
BindAddress: 192.168.122.1

CacheDir: /data/apt-cacher-ng
LogDir: /var/log/apt-cacher-ng

ls -lF /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng
ls -ldF /data/apt-cacher-ng/
ls -ldF /var/log/apt-cacher-ng/

casual tunnel

listen only locally – and eventually use an ssh tunnel

BindAddress: localhost

let the https links pass through

PassThroughPattern: .*

–or– only one specific https repo to pass through

PassThroughPattern: repo\.protonvpn\.com:443$

or multiple domains

PassThroughPattern: (download\.docker\.com|packages\.fluentbit\.io):443$

more options

fix empty Sourceforge mirror list

#Remap-sfnet:  file:sfnet_mirrors

slackware w/ v3.2.orig w/o libwrap

UseWrap: 0

acceptance

netstat -lntup | grep 3142

service is reachable –either– remotely

http://CACHER-ADDRESS:3142

–or– through some tunnel

ssh -L 3142:localhost:3142 CACHER-SERVER

http://localhost:3142

ready to go

tail -F /var/log/apt-cacher-ng/apt-cacher.{err,log}

debian/ubuntu

systemctl restart apt-cacher-ng
systemctl status apt-cacher-ng
systemctl enable apt-cacher-ng

slackware

start & enable at boot time

vi /etc/rc.local

echo -n starting apt-cacher-ng...
/usr/local/sbin/apt-cacher-ng -c /usr/local/etc/apt-cacher-ng && echo done || echo FAILED

status

pgrep -a apt-cacher-ng
ps auxfww | grep cacher | grep -v grep
netstat -lntup --inet --inet6 | grep cacher

stop

pkill apt-cacher-ng

shared

after a while

find /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/
du -sh /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/

client setup

see acng-usage

resources

https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/

https://www.tecmint.com/apt-cache-server-in-ubuntu/

https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/3573