RESTdeb

RESTdeb is a RESTful interface to debian repositories. You can use it to automate debian package publication. The code is written in PHP. It depends on Silex framework and on debian system commands (dpkg-deb and dpkg-scanpackages).

Installation

apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 dpkg dpkg-dev php-pear reprepro dpkg-sig
echo 'suhosin.executor.include.whitelist="phar"' > /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/restdeb.ini
wget http://silex-project.org/get/silex.phar -O /var/www/silex.phar
pear channel-discover pear.respear.net
pear install respear/atomwriter
cd /var/www
git init
git remote add origin git://github.com/kerphi/RESTdeb.git
git pull origin master

You also have to generate a gpg key thati RESTdeb will use to sign packages and repository: https://wiki.debian.org/SettingUpSignedAptRepositoryWithReprepro

Configuration

/var/www/config.php example:

<?php
$GLOBALS['title']     = "My debian repository";
$GLOBALS['reppath']   = "/var/www/debian";
$GLOBALS['osrelease'] = "stable";

/etc/sudoers.d/restdeb example:

www-data    ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dpkg-sig
www-data    ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/reprepro

/var/www/debian/conf/distributions example:

Origin: debian.mydomain.com
Label: apt mydomain repository
Codename: stable
Architectures: i386 amd64
Components: main
Description: Apt repository for mydomain
DebOverride: override.stable
DscOverride: override.stable
SignWith: 71E3BE51

And for example just create a empty /var/www/debian/conf/override.stable file

Usage

This example assumes that your HTTP server where is located your debian repository is http://myserver/debian/ and that this server is protected with login and password. mypackage.deb is the package you wish to deploy on this repository.

cat mypackage.deb | curl -u login:password -X POST --data-binary @- http://myserver/debian/