Mirror the freebsd-update server?

Chris Gordon chris at theory14.net
Tue Sep 12 21:45:23 UTC 2017


> On Sep 12, 2017, at 11:03 AM, rainer at ultra-secure.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> is it possible or even allowed to just mirror one of the freebsd-update servers locally?
> 
> I don't want to build the patches myself (I have no custom kernels, but best I can do is not completely f' it up - so why bother?).
> 
> I have between 100 und 200 servers that need updates - and on upgrades, it kind of pulls on my nerves.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to cache them via squid or so.

Take a look at https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/hubs/index.html.  This doc discusses setting up a mirror (found via quick Google search).

Chris  


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