[elbe-devel] Howto add a local apt-cacher to initvm?

ew.foe at nassur.net ew.foe at nassur.net
Fri May 20 13:49:15 CEST 2022


Hi John,

Quoting John Ogness <john.ogness at linutronix.de>:

> Hi Erich,
>
> On 2022-05-20, ew.foe at nassur.net wrote:
>> I would like to advise initvm in such a way, that it would be using a
>> locally available apt-cacher-ng for downloads.
>
> I do these 2 things to achieve this:
>
> 1. Before doing any elbe commands, I export the "http_proxy" environment
> variable:
>
> export http_proxy="http://192.168.42.42:8888"
>
> 2. In the XML file for the target image I add the "primary_proxy"
> element (right after "primary_proto"):
>
>        ...
>        <primary_proto>http</primary_proto>
> +      <primary_proxy>http://192.168.42.42:8888</primary_proxy>
>        <url-list>
>        ...
>
> John Ogness

Now, that sound's a lot simpler, I shall try this.

Thank you, have a nice weekend,
Erich




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