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# Mirror in a Can
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## What is this?
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This is a package meant to allow one to summon a package mirror for any supported
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Linux distro, on command, without having to think about the implementation needs
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like what software to use and how to configure it. Mirrors are minimally configurable
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but otherwise try to assume sane and rational defaults for all settings.
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## Why would I want this?
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Having your own local package mirror is handy if you have a lot of sub-machines on
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your workspace (virtual machines, Docker containers, etc) that need to pull packages
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and updates. Having the packages be local to your host (or to another host on your
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network, as appropriate) also helps with the following:
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* Prevents you from getting banned from upstream package mirrors by the automatic
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scripts. These bans are temporary, but annoying by design, and these files help
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set up the correct response.
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* Runs the update packages step of your Docker image builds, Vagrant environments,
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and everything else locally, which makes your disk speed the bottleneck instead
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of your network speed (usually this is faster, especially in parallel)
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* Can be left running long term as part of your infrastructure or started/stopped
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as needed, depending on what works best for you.
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