Setup repository server

This page describe how to configure a server running Ubuntu 20.04 Server to serve a custom apt repository using aptly. This can be the same server as the one used for netboot or another one.

Quick way

  1. Install Ubuntu 20.04 Server.

  2. Define server’s host it the Ansible inventory:

    [servers]
tp-server

  3. Adjust the content of the playbook server-repository.yml to your need:

    - name: Setup custom repository server
  hosts: tp-server
  gather_facts: yes

  collections:
    - ufrmath.computer_labs

  roles:

  - role: server_repository
    ntp_server: ntp.example.com
    repository_name: "focal-tp"

  - role: add_deb
    packages:
      codium: latest
      rstudio: latest
      freefem: latest
      veyon: latest
      deaduction: latest
      command-configure: '4.8.0'
    files:
      - /tmp/packages/mathematica_13.2.0_amd64.deb
      - /tmp/packages/maple_2022.2_amd64.deb
      - /tmp/packages/matlab_2022b3_amd64.deb

  vars:
    ansible_ssh_pass: test
    ansible_become_pass: test
    allowed_ips: [10.0.2.0/24, 10.0.3.0/24]

  4. Run the playbook:

    ansible-playbook -i hosts server-repository.yml

In case additional proprietary scientific software (Mathematica, MATLAB, or Maple) are needed to be included in the repository, they should be added manually as described in Adding proprietary scientific software.

Documentation

The playbook server-repository.yml uses two roles:

Details

The role ufrmath.computer_labs.server_repository setup an aptly repository and serve it using nginx.

The role ufrmath.computer_labs.add_deb adds software to the repository either from internet or from local Debian packages.

The main steps done automatically by the Ansible roles are detailed in a “manual” way:

Last updated on 1 May 2023