Creating a source package of everything installed.

Hsingh · 05-02-2018, 12:01 PM

Server - EC2 Instances
OS - Ubuntu 16.04
Primary App. - Cassandra DB

How do I create a tarball of all packages currently installed on my cassandra nodes? Google God's pointed me here. However, I was advised to use that as a last option.

Purpose of this is to host all the installed packages in a central repository(Artifactory), from which all the Cassandra nodes can get their updates. I can provide more specific information if needed.

Hsingh · 05-02-2018, 02:50 PM

This gets me the list of everything installed 'apt list --installed'. However, that is only part of the equation.

hydrurga · 05-06-2018, 07:50 PM

Have you looked at using aptly (https://www.aptly.info/) to create a local package repository?

Hsingh · 05-06-2018, 08:04 PM

I found out about it just this past Friday. I intend to read the documentation and test it very soon. Thanks.

Habitual · 05-07-2018, 11:33 AM

https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/