deb-s3

deb-s3 is a simple utility to make creating and managing APT repositories on S3.

Most existing existing guides on using S3 to host an APT repository have you using something like reprepro to generate the repository file structure, and then s3cmd to sync the files to S3.

The annoying thing about this process is it requires you to maintain a local copy of the file tree for regenerating and syncing the next time. Personally, my process is to use one-off virtual machines with Vagrant, script out the build process, and then would prefer to just upload the final .deb from my Mac.

With deb-s3, there is no need for this. deb-s3 features:

• Downloads the existing package manifest and parses it.
• Updates it with the new package, replacing the existing entry if already there or adding a new one if not.
• Uploads the package itself, the Packages manifest, and the Packages.gz manifest.
• Updates the Release file with the new hashes and file sizes.

Getting Started

You can simply install it from rubygems:

$ gem install deb-s3

Or to run the code directly, just check out the repo and run Bundler to ensure all dependencies are installed:

$ git clone https://github.com/krobertson/deb-s3.git
$ cd deb-s3
$ bundle install

Now to upload a package, simply use:

$ deb-s3 upload my-deb-package-1.0.0_amd64.deb --bucket my-bucket
>> Examining package file my-deb-package-1.0.0_amd64.deb
>> Retrieving existing package manifest
>> Uploading package and new manifests to S3
   -- Transferring pool/m/my/my-deb-package-1.0.0_amd64.deb
   -- Transferring dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages
   -- Transferring dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
   -- Transferring dists/stable/Release
>> Update complete.

Usage:
  deb-s3 upload FILE -b, --bucket=BUCKET

Options:
  -b, --bucket=BUCKET            # The name of the S3 bucket to upload to.
  -c, [--codename=CODENAME]      # The codename of the APT repository.
                                 # Default: stable
  -s, [--section=SECTION]        # The section of the APT repository.
                                 # Default: main
  -a, [--arch=ARCH]              # The architecture of the package in the APT repository.
  -v, [--visibility=VISIBILITY]  # The access policy for the uploaded files. Can be public, private, or authenticated.
                                 # Default: public
      [--access-key=ACCESS_KEY]  # The access key for connecting to S3.
                                 # Default: $AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY_ID
      [--secret-key=SECRET_KEY]  # The secret key for connecting to S3.
                                 # Default: $AMAZON_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
      [--endpoint=AWS_ENDPOINT]  # The aws region endpoint for connecting to S3.
      [--sign=SIGN]              # Sign the Release file. Use --sign with your key ID to use a specific key.
  -p, [--preserve-versions]      # Whether to preserve other versions of a package in the repository when uploading one.

Uploads the given FILE to a S3 bucket as an APT repository.

TODO

This is still experimental. These are several things to be done:

• Don't re-upload a package if it already exists and has the same hashes.