Have any self-hosters set up a local cache/mirror of system packages, python packages, container images, and whatever else you might download?

[gooser3000@mastodon.social]

Have any self-hosters set up a local cache/mirror of system packages, python packages, container images, and whatever else you might download?

#selfhosting

[rozie@mastodon.online]

@gooser3000 I had apt-cacher-ng, but only because internet access was slow and expensive (metered). Otherwise no sense IMVHO.

[surfhosting@mastodon.pirateparty.be]

@gooser3000 I use 'approx' for .deb packages. the setup is weird, but the easier & more frequently blogged-about alternative 'apt-cacher-ng' has a bunch of bugs and isn't really maintained.

[h3artbl33d@exquisite.social]

@gooser3000

Yes!

[gideonstar@mastodon.gideonstar.de]

@gooser3000 Most of the gamers can use their Steam library as a "mirror" for other hosts in the same LAN. So kind of…

[ams@infosec.exchange]

@gooser3000 I mean I have been mirroring my gentoo distfiles and portage tree since before "self-hosting" was coined.

[chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net]

@gooser3000 No, but I wish I had - some of my old VMs now can't install any extra packages because the original repos have gone