How do you configure a client to update from the server

I found the information on how to point clients to a software update server but the problem I have is the URL.
The example is http://su.example.com:8088/index.sucatalog
I don't have a URL as far as I know and if I did, is the default port 8088 or where can I change or check that?
And where is a list of the catalog file for the specific versions of OS X?
Basically I have 8 Macs all running Yosemite except for one running 10.8.5. Instead of all the machines hitting the internet for updates, I'd like just my server to down the updates and then all clients update from the server.
If there is better instructions on how to do this, please point the way.
TIA
Chris

John Lockwood wrote:
This does mean you need to buy a DNS load balancer to do this. The Mac itself cannot.
FWIW, OS X Server is capable of performing round-robin access with the inbound traffic using multiple IP addresses for a single host name. The addresses are each of the software update servers in your server pool.
This'll toss errors for some translations when one of the servers is down — you can tweak the definition if one of the servers is going to be offline for a while — but some of the updates will get through.
Set the DNS TTL fairly short — probably somewhere between a few minutes and an hour — to allow the DNS translations to be changed fairly quickly, if your software update servers are prone to outages.

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- Select "Show Package Contents"
- Look for a folder named _MASReceipt
- Remove it or better, rename it or copy it to some plce to have a backup copy
(Instructions courtesy of leandrofgj)

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