I want to setup a new virtual machine with some specified packages (name and version), that are provided.
For example, apache2 in version 2.2.20-1ubuntu1
with all dependencies. Even if there is a new version of this package on the servers this one should be installed.
The solution has to work/scale with multiple (n) "setups". Another virtual machine might need an older version of apache2.
I currently know of some possibilities that install the exact packages, but do not scale that good:
- Copy all required
*.deb
to every virtual machine manually and enter:dpkg -i
... -> Could work, but it is very error-prone. (Manual scripts etc.) - Create and use a new Ubuntu repository for each setup. -> Does not work because I would need n repositories.
- Setup the machine once and copy the VM / create a snapshot. -> Does not work because I would need to store n VMs.
My problem could be labeled as patch management, but I do not want to update my packages to the current version. My goal is to install old packages.