aput

aput is a package upload tool for debian repository managed by aptly.

dput support? Yes! Please see dput2aptly.

howto

This howto assumes that you are starting from scratch.

If you are an experienced user, just pick what you need.

• Install Aptly

  Follow the instructions here.

• Install nginx package

  $ sudo apt-get install nginx
  

• Add login shell for www-data (the user nginx runs as)

  $ sudo chsh -s /bin/bash www-data
  

  Then you are able to switch to www-data with bash shell.

  $ sudo su - www-data
  

• Configure GPG for www-data

  Follow the manual of GnuPG here.

• Create your aptly repo

  $ aptly repo create myrepo  # change "myrepo" to your own repo name
  

• Create your config file for aput

  $ cat ~/.aput.cfg
  
  APUT_HOST=deb.yourdomain.com
  APUT_SSH_USER=username
  APUT_SSH_PORT=22
  APUT_REPO_OWNER=www-data
  APUT_REPO_NAME=myrepo
  APUT_REPO_DIST=trusty
  APUT_REPO_ARCH=i386,amd64,all,source
  

• Add a new nginx config file for the repo

  $ cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/repo.conf
  
  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name deb.yourdomain.com;
  
    root /var/www/.aptly/public;
    autoindex on;
  
    location = /robots.txt {
        return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n";
    }
  }
  

  Remember to reload your nginx server.

• Symlink aput to your PATH

  $ git clone https://github.com/freeyoung/aput
  $ cd aput
  $ sudo ln -sf aput /usr/local/bin/aput
  

• Add your pubkey to trustedkeys.gpg

  $ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring trustedkeys.gpg --recv-keys YOUR_KEY_ID
  

• Build and upload your package

  $ dpkg-buidpackage -us -uc -sa -rfakeroot
  ...
  ...
  $ aput your_package_0.0.1_version_arch.changes
  

  Enjoy!

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dput2aptly

dput2aptly is a script for dput as the post_upload_command, to upload your own packages to an aptly-managed debian repo.

howto

• Copy dput2aptly to your aptly server, as it is going to be run remotely via SSH.

  • dput2aptly needs to be executable and in $PATH.

• Add a new section in your dput.cf. For example:

  [myrepo]
  fqdn = deb.yourdomain.com
  method = rsync
  login = *
  incoming = /tmp/deb/incoming
  pre_upload_command = ssh %(fqdn)s mkdir -p %(incoming)s
  post_upload_command = ssh %(fqdn)s sudo dput2aptly repo_owner repo_name %(myrepo)s %(incoming)s
  

  • rsync is not mandatory. You can use scp if you like.
  • incoming should be a directory that can be written by your ssh user.

• Use dput as you were used to before. Enjoy!

  dput myrepo:trusty your_package_0.0.1_version_arch.changes
  dput myrepo:trusty,xenial your_package_0.0.1_version_arch.changes