Poudriere (Local > Internet repo)

[Factor]

Wanting to try poudriere. I have read a bunch of howto's. I get the basic concept. I have some general questions. Maybe its out there but I couldn't find it.
I am sure there are several ways to do this.

I want the repo to be reachable from the internet. I don't want to compile on the server that is on the internet. Can I run poudriere on a local machine (at home) then sftp the finished Repo/packages to the Internet server?

I also I assume I could open a port on my home fw however not really wanting to do that. So in general.

Server A at home install, maintain and build pkgs.
Server B at www Just the repo part for all other server to connect to.

Is this even doable?

 

[SirDice]

Can I run poudriere on a local machine (at home) then sftp the finished Repo/packages to the Internet server?

Yes. There are a couple of hooks you can use to automate this. But it's really nothing more than just copying a directory from one host to another.

 

[Factor]

But it's really nothing more than just copying a directory from one host to another.

Awesome.

So do I need poudriere installed on Server B for this process. OR do I just copy the Directory in question to any web server location?

 

[SirDice]

So do I need poudriere installed on Server B for this process

If you just want to host the packages, no. Just copy the package directory (by default something like /usr/local/poudriere/data/packages/<jailname>-<porttree>/) to Server B and share it with Apache, nginx or some other web server.

I do recommend enabling the web interface of poudriere, it's a nice interface to keep track of the build status, read the build logs, look at failures, etc. But you can keep that local.

 

[astyle]

Repo reachable from Internet is one thing. Any kind of decent security for the repo - that's a totally different beast. Setting something up that follows even a few Best Practices - I'd say that needs to be done BEFORE OP does any publishing of the packages he compiles.