{"id":810,"date":"2012-09-13T22:28:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T22:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomp.ch\/?p=810"},"modified":"2012-09-13T22:28:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T22:28:03","slug":"a-quick-performance-boost-tip-for-foreman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/icclab\/a-quick-performance-boost-tip-for-foreman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Performance Boost Tip for Foreman"},"content":{"rendered":"

It doesn’t make sense to continually download the same operating system packages when you can cache them along side your Foreman installation. Assuming you use a debian based OS, in order to do this and have a cached copy of all packages you use within your infrastructure simply install apt-cacher or apt-cacher-ng. Our preference is for apt-cacher-ng but we’ll show you how to install both.<\/p>\n

# Installing apt-cacher-ng<\/p>\n

[gist id=3720930]<\/p>\n

You shouldn’t have to adjust the configuration of apt-cacher-ng for the basic functionality it offers, however if you need to adjust settings in `\/etc\/apt-cacher-ng\/acng.conf`.<\/p>\n

# Installing apt-cacher<\/p>\n

[gist id=3718168]<\/p>\n

Then set the contents of `apt-cacher-conf` to:<\/p>\n

[gist id=3718171]<\/p>\n

***Note:*** you might want to change the hostname of the ubuntu mirror and interface (eth1 is specific to previous articles on Foreman)<\/p>\n

Reports are created every 24 hours, which can be accessed at `http:\/\/$FOREMAN:3241\/report`. To force the creation run:<\/p>\n

[gist id=3718175]<\/p>\n

# Configuring Foreman
\nOnce you have setup apt-cacher you can then create a new Foreman “Installation Media Source”. Simply supply a sensible name and importantly set the URL of that installation media source to `http:\/\/$FOREMAN:3241\/ubuntu`, where $FOREMAN is either the IP or FQDN of your Foreman host.<\/p>\n

Schlagw\u00f6rter: apt-cacher<\/a>, apt-cacher-ng<\/a>, automation<\/a>, cache<\/a>, foreman<\/a>, infrastructure<\/a>, packages<\/a>
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