Hi There, Just had a look at that option, "Mandrake Update Robot" looks complicated... Hmm With My method, configure a cron job on the workstations to do "urpmi --auto-select --auto --update", and that would just use the cache anyway..
Things like completely mirroring the update site seems to be a bit of waste, for instance one may only have a small install, on the workstations, and updating them via the cache, only what they need with be cached.. Another thought comes to mind, Updating a Cooker via the cache, may also work well (I haven't tried this).. as if you have a few PCs using cooker, all the RPMs would be cached.. Cheers Mark On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 18:37, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > There is also a 3rd option > http://www.cyest.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5 > Mandrakeupdate robot. > > Tony. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent Danen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 5:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Making a Mandrake update cache > > > > On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 06:47 AM, Mark Williamson wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Something frustrated me, that is every time I updated my Mandrake PCs > > on > > my network here, I found myself downloading the same updates for each > > system off the update sites. The problem with that, it was just a > > waste > > of bandwidth, plus speed of the updates downloading each time > > etc..etc.. > > O.K. I found a solution that I thought that I would share with > > everyone, > > I found that I could build a update cache using Apache and using it's > > ProxyPass module.. to build the cache.. here's my config, and if > > anyone > > could suggest improvements please do.. > > Another option is to use rsync to mirror whatever updates directories > you are interested in and make a local FTP server just to serve up the > updates to the other machines, then point each machine to the FTP site, > using rpmdrake or urpmi. > > This is what I do here, although I have two FTP repositories. One for > the intranet, and one for my DMZ (I don't want to allow in traffic to > my local LAN from the DMZ until I can use urpmi in rsync-over-ssh mode). > > This way, you considerably reduce your bandwidth if you have a few > hundred MB somewhere to spare. > > -- > MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ > "lynx - source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" > {FE6F2AFD: 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD} > > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- > > This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have > received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or > disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes > or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > immediately. > > The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not > necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless > specifically stated. > > Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their > attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) > to verify the integrity of such emails. > > > Business Computer Projects Ltd > BCP House > 151 Charles Street > Stockport > Cheshire > SK1 3JY > > Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 > Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 > Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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