Setup

Requirements:

• aptly
• apache2
• certbot
• python3-certbot-apache

Jumpstart (only for the main host):

git clone https://github.com/pacstall/chaotic-PPR.git
cd chaotic-PPR

# set up the user for hosting
mkdir -p ~/.aptly/public
sed -i "s/\${USER}/${USER}/g" server/systemd/aptly-api.service server/apache2/aptly.conf
chmod -R o+r ~/.aptly/public
chmod o+x ~/
chmod o+x ~/.aptly
cp server/ppr-public-key.asc ~/.aptly/public

# enable and start aptly api
APTLY_PORT=1234
sed -i "s/\${APTLY_PORT}/${APTLY_PORT}/g" server/systemd/aptly-api.service
sudo cp server/systemd/aptly-api.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable --now aptly-api

# set up aptly repos
./scripts/creator.sh "${APTLY_PORT}"

# enable and start apache forwarding
sudo cp server/apache2/aptly.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/aptly.conf
sudo a2ensite aptly.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2 --now
sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 443/tcp
sudo certbot --apache -d ppr.pacstall.dev

Then, set the following repository secrets for GitHub Actions:

• Set the chosen APTLY_PORT from above
• Generate an ssh keygen pair and set SSH_USER, SSH_IP, and SSH_KEY:
  • SSH_USER - the host user
  • SSH_IP - the IP of the server
  • SSH_KEY - the contents of the generated ppr_ssh_key file:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "github-actions@ppr" -f ppr_ssh_key < /dev/null
cat ppr_ssh_key.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

• Get the keyid from ppr-public-key.asc and set it to GPG_KEY:

gpg --list-packets server/ppr-public-key.asc | awk '/keyid: / {print $2}'

• On the server, import the private GPG key (get from maintainers):

gpg --import ppr-private-key.asc

If the GPG key ever needs to be regenerated:

echo "%echo Generating PPR PGP key
Key-Type: RSA
Key-Length: 4096
Name-Real: PPR
Name-Email: [email protected]
Expire-Date: 0
%no-ask-passphrase
%no-protection
%commit" > /tmp/pgp-key.batch
gpg --no-tty --batch --gen-key /tmp/pgp-key.batch
gpg --armor --export "PPR" > ppr-public-key.asc
gpg --armor --export-secret-keys "PPR" > ppr-private-key.asc

The main server is now set up and ready to accept and publish packages.

To set up the landing page:

git clone https://github.com/pacstall/chaotic-ppr-landing.git
# Install npm
sudo apt install npm
# Install pnpm (Optional, but preferred):
sudo npm install -g pnpm

pnpm i && pnpm build
# OR
npm i && npm run build

cp -r out/* ~/.aptly/public

Jumpstart (for mirrors):

WIP

Management

Currently using manager.py. Type python3 manager.py {command} -h for usage tips.

positional arguments:
  {add,remove,list,generate}
    add                 Add or edit a package
    remove              Remove a package
    list                List all packages
    generate            Generate workflows for all packages

Examples:

python3 manager.py list

python3 manager.py add ${package} -d ubuntu-latest,debian-stable -a amd64,arm64

python3 manager.py remove ${package}

python3 manager.py generate