On Wednesday 24 November 2004 20:08, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > A sound alternative is to configure an Apache virtual host to proxy the > > repo or mirror and then install/update from that. > > What exactly does this mean? > What commands do you give? I installed FC 2.90 from this server [summer@thylacine ~]$ links -dump http://fedora/ Index of / [1] [2]Name [3]Last modified [4]Size [5]Description ----------------------------------------------------------- [6][DIR] [7]Parent Directory 26-Aug-2004 11:17 - [8][ ] [9]fc2.90.ks 27-Aug-2004 17:17 2k ----------------------------------------------------------- Apache/1.3.31 Server at fedora.demo.room Port 80 References Visible links 2. http://fedora/?N=D 3. http://fedora/?M=A 4. http://fedora/?S=A 5. http://fedora/?D=A 7. http://fedora/ 9. http://fedora/fc2.90.ks [summer@thylacine ~]$ That's my kickstart file which starts of thus: [summer@thylacine ~]$ links -dump -source http://fedora/fc2.90.ks | head -20 lang en_US langsupport --default en_AU en_US en_AU keyboard us #Probe for Mouse mouse timezone Australia/Perth rootpw bFWg=lf34 reboot bootloader --location=mbr --append='vga=791 ' clearpart --all install #nfs --server 192.168.1.1 --dir /var/ftp/pub/linux/RedHat/7.3/ISO url --url http://Fedora.demo.room/redhat/fedora/test/2.90/i386/os/ Fedora tho doesn't hve the archive. It gets the bits I want as I want them. Or did: [summer@thylacine ~]$ links -dump http://Fedora.demo.room/redhat/fedora/test/2.90/i386/os/ Not Found The requested URL /linux/redhat/fedora/test/2.90/i386/os/ was not found on this server. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache/2.0.52 (Debian GNU/Linux) Server at mirror.pacific.net.au Port 80 [summer@thylacine ~]$ Here's the vhost definition: <VirtualHost 192.168.9.4> ServerAdmin webmaster@xxxxxxxxx DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ ServerName fedora.demo.room ServerAlias fedora.demo.lan ServerAlias fedora ErrorLog /var/log/apache/fedora-error_log CustomLog /var/log/apache/fedora-access_log common <IfModule mod_proxy.c> # # Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following lines to # enable the proxy server: # ProxyRequests On # <Directory proxy:*> Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 192.168.8.0/255.255.255.0 Allow from 192.168.9.0/255.255.255.0 </Directory> # Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers. # ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via: # headers) Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block ProxyVia On ProxyPass /redhat/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/redhat/ ProxyPassReverse /redhat/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/redhat/ ProxyPass /linux/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ ProxyPassReverse /linux/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/ CacheRoot "/var/cache/apache" CacheSize 500000 CacheGcInterval 24 CacheMaxExpire 744 CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1 CacheDefaultExpire 180 #NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com </IfModule> # End of proxy directives. </VirtualHost> You, of course, would get your updates someplace else. Unless you're in Oz and have nowhere better. -- Cheers John
