Roadmap for Lazy Syncing / Remote-only Repositories for Debian/Ubuntu

[hilariosantos91]

I am currently managing a large number of Ubuntu repositories in Uyuni, and the local storage requirements are becoming unsustainable. As we know, Debian-based repos tend to consume massive amounts of disk space because Uyuni mirrors every .deb file locally.

Is there any roadmap to implement Lazy Syncing (downloading packages only when requested by a client)?

Specifically, is there a way to configure a repository as 'Remote-only', where Uyuni would only parse the metadata (e.g., the Packages.gz or Release files) and proxy the actual package download from the upstream source on demand?

Any tips on how to optimize storage for Ubuntu without performing a full sync would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!"

[rjmateus]

We did some research on that area and we have some ideas, but the implementation would be complex with a lot of corner cases. You should not expect any change in the near future (in a few months).
If you are using custom repositories you can use some expressions to exclude packages, if you know you will not need them.