Docker debian package repository

works for debian bullseye(11)

Setup the repository

To build the docker image:

inside the project folder

docker build -t debian_repo .

To run the container:

docker run -it -p 80:80 -v /srv/packages:/packages --name my-repo debian_repo

Each time you want to add a package to the repository:

in one terminal window, reconnect in interactive mode to the repo container if you closed it.

docker attach my-repo

in another terminal window, copy your package to the repo.

cp package_example.deb /srv/packages/.

in the first terminal window, enter the gpg key passphrase (by default "repo4u5er").

Import the repository

repository_host_ip is the ip of the host where we have setup the repository.

To retrieve the gpg public key:

wget -O - http://repository_host_ip/repos/apt/debian/my_repo_public.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/my_repo-archive-keyring.gpg

To add the repository in the sources list:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/my_repo-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repository_host_ip/repos/apt/debian/ bullseye main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/my_repo.list > /dev/null

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• to access the repository in a web browser, type the url: "repository_host_ip/repos/apt/debian".
• /var/log/repo.log is a simple log file that allow you to keep track of the imported packages.