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linux-update-cds

Pulp-based Linux package mirror accelerator for Azure Commercial and Azure Government — for regulated, air-gapped, and disconnected fleets.

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What this is

A solution accelerator that stands up a governed, auditable Ubuntu apt mirror on Azure — built on Pulp 3 and deployable to both Azure Commercial and Azure Government with a single parameter flip. You run it when you need your isolated, regulated, or partially-connected Linux fleet to install packages from a snapshot you control instead of from archive.ubuntu.com. The repo ships infrastructure-as-code (Bicep), a derived runtime image, an end-to-end bootstrap script, and operational runbooks. The result is an immutable, snapshot-pinned package distribution path your operators, auditors, and downstream nodes can all trust.

Who this is for

  • Federal and DoD teams running fleets in Azure Government (IL4–IL6).
  • Regulated industries (CJIS, FedRAMP High, ITAR) needing auditable apt mirrors with reproducible snapshots.
  • Operators of disconnected or partially-connected Linux fleets who need a low-side ingest plane separate from their high-side enclave.
  • Anyone who wants immutable, snapshot-pinned package distribution instead of pointing nodes directly at archive.ubuntu.com.

Where to next

Page What you'll find
Quickstart — Azure Deploy in ~20 minutes on Azure Commercial or Government
Quickstart — local Stand up the full stack on your workstation in ~5 minutes
Architecture Components, identity model, network topology, data flow
Compliance FedRAMP / IL4-IL6 posture mapping
Costs Monthly run-rate for dev/prod and Azure Government uplift
Comparison How this compares to apt-mirror, aptly, Artifactory