cache-approxcachedirectory
Specifies the location of the approx cache directory (default: /var/cache/approx). It and all its
subdirectories must be owned by the approx server (see also the $user and $group parameters, below.)
Optional.Typeuniline.
upstream_default value :
/var/cache/approx
interval-filecacheexpirationinminutes
Specifies the time in minutes after which a cached file will be considered too old to deliver without
first checking with the remote repository for a newer version. Optional.Typeinteger.
upstream_default value :
720
max_rate-maximumdownloadratefromremoterepositories
Specifies the maximum download rate from remote repositories, in bytes per second (default: unlimited).
The value may be suffixed with "K", "M", or "G" to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes per
second, respectively. Optional.Typeuniline.max_redirects-maximumnumberofHTTPredirections
Specifies the maximum number of HTTP redirections that will be followed when downloading a remote file.
Optional.Typeinteger.
upstream_default value :
5
user-userthatownsthefilesintheapproxcacheOptional.Typeuniline.
upstream_default value :
approx
group-groupthatownsthefilesintheapproxcacheOptional.Typeuniline.
upstream_default value :
approx
syslog-syslog(3)facilitytousewhenloggingOptional.Typeuniline.
upstream_default value :
daemon
pdiffs-supportIndexFilediffsOptional.Typeboolean.
upstream_default value :
1
offline-usecachedfileswhenoffline
Specifies whether to deliver (possibly out-of-date) cached files when they cannot be downloaded from
remote repositories. Optional.Typeboolean.
upstream_default value :
0
max_wait-maxwaitforconcurrentfiledownload
Specifies how many seconds an approx(8) process will wait for a concurrent download of a file to
complete, before attempting to download the file itself. Optional.Typeinteger.
upstream_default value :
10
verbose
Specifies whether informational messages should be printed in the log. Optional.Typeboolean.
upstream_default value :
0
debug
Specifies whether debug messages should be printed in the log. Optional.Typeboolean.
upstream_default value :
0
distributions-remoterepositories
The other name/value pairs are used to map distribution names to remote repositories. For example,
debian => http://ftp.debian.org/debian
security => http://security.debian.org/debian-security
Use the distribution name as the key of the hash element and the URL as the value . Optional.Typehashofuniline.