====== apt-mirror - your local Debian mirror ======

Having your local Debian mirror can be handy. Especially if you do 
install Debian via netboot. Thanks to ''apt-mirror'' it's an easy 
task to do.

First of all, you need ''apt-mirror'':

<code>
# apt-get install apt-mirror
</code>

Then, you have to edit ''/etc/apt/mirror.list'' and set:
  * what
  * which mirror to use as a source
  * where to store mirrored data or you can use default ''/var/spool/apt-mirror/''
  * adjust number of threads based on power of your hardware

<code>
set nthreads 10
set _tilde 0

deb http://debian.ignum.cz/debian/ wheezy main
deb http://debian.ignum.cz/debian/ wheezy-updates main
deb-amd64 http://debian.ignum.cz/debian/ wheezy main
# in case you're going to use your local mirror for preseeding ;;; ugly, but works
deb http://debian.ignum.cz/debian/ dists/wheezy/main/debian-installer/binary-amd64
</code>

Also, make sure you have enough space available, eg. Wheezy in this configuration takes approximately 41GB.

After you're set, run ''# apt-mirror ;''. It will take some time and you should see 
similar output as shown below. Sadly, my mirror is up-to-date. It will take some time, 
so I recommend you to use ''screen''.

<code>
# su apt-mirror -c 'apt-mirror'
Downloading 18 index files using 10 threads...
Begin time: Sun Jun 23 08:10:58 2013
[10]... [9]... [8]... [7]... [6]... [5]... [4]... [3]... [2]... [1]... [0]... 
End time: Sun Jun 23 08:11:00 2013

Proceed indexes: [PPPP]

0.0 bytes will be downloaded into archive.
Downloading 0 archive files using 0 threads...
Begin time: Sun Jun 23 08:13:44 2013
[0]... 
End time: Sun Jun 23 08:13:44 2013

0.0 bytes in 0 files and 0 directories can be freed.
Run /var/spool/apt-mirror/var/clean.sh for this purpose.

Running the Post Mirror script ...
(/var/spool/apt-mirror/var/postmirror.sh)

Post Mirror script has completed. See above output for any possible errors.
</code>

Congratulations, you have your own local Debian mirror. The very last thing 
is to keep your local mirror up-to-date automatically. Copy-pasted below is 
an cron example from documentation which is sufficient.

<code>
0 4     * * *   apt-mirror      /usr/bin/apt-mirror > /var/spool/apt-mirror/var/cron.log
</code>