redirect apt to local repository

[Matt Price]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 07:35:31PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> Matt Price wrote:

> >fine.  The computers in the network, though, will at some point be
> >removed from the network and taken into people's homes.  So I would
> >like to LEAVE sources.list POINTING TO http://archive.ubuntu.com , and
> >somehow use the router to fool the ocmputers into thinking that they
> >are connecting to ubuntu when in fact they're accessing my local
> >repository.
> >
> >
> >sooo... how would one do this?  first guess:
> >
> >in /etc/hosts on the router add a line like:
> >
> >127.0.0.1    archive.ubuntu.com 
> >
> >in /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
> >
> ><VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
> >    ServerName archive.ubuntu.com
> >    DocumentRoot /path/to/archive/mirror
> ></VirtualHost>
> >
> >does that sound about right?  I guess maybe the individual machines
> >have to be set to use the router as a DNS server... which means
> >probably the bit about /etc/hosts is far too simplistic...  
> >
> >anyway any ideas anyone has are vvvveeeeerrry welcome.
> >
> 
> Well, here are some ideas...
> 
> First, if you arn't connected to the Net, you can do whatever you want 
> with a name server and gateway - they don't have to play right like they 
> would if they were connected to the net - and even if they were, you can 
> still play games, it just gets extra confusing.
> 
> Anyway, I am guessing your "dhcp/web/DNS/whatever server" will be the 
> one "big box" that sits at the front of the class and all the boxes are 
> hooked to it - hub, whatever.

yeah, that's what I'm thinking.  there's a 24-port ethernet hub
between this "hub" or "router" and the rest of the class but I guess
you alread knew that.  
> 
> The student boxes will do dhcp - you don't even need a gateway, but I 
> think the installer gets cranky if dhcp doesn't supply one.

ok, I'll set up dhcp to do a gateway -- is that what you mean?  I
haven't even looked into dhcp yet so I don't really know what I need
to do there...

> 
> Your DNS server just has to serve up one name:
> archive.ubuntu.com  192.168.1.1 - so setup bind to do that (I'll leave 
> that one for your, cuz I don't know how.)  You might even want to config 
>  the boxes for a mirror: like us.archive.ubuntu.com - that can be 
> 192.168.1.1 too. I know some DNS's that will return a single IP for any 
> request.
> 
Is it really this simple?  that'd be great.  I'll try to work it out.
bind looks a little wierd to figure out, anyone who wants to tell me
how to do it is welcome...

> That is all you need.
> 
> heh - I didn't think it was going to be this easy.
> 
> So.. lets make it fun:  Skip burning a stack of CD's and do 
> https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalNetInstall
> 
> Of course that doesn't give the students the same experience.
> 

hey, supercool!  unfortunately (well, fortunately, actually!) they've
already installed warty.  I want them to dist-upgrade to hoary to see
how it's done.  

thanks,
matt


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