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Is there any online service that I could use in order to have a private Debian repository? (libranet.de)

submitted 7 months ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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Or maybe a way to use existing cloud services like Google Drive or OneDrive or Dropbox for this purpose?

I just have a bunch of .deb files and I think this could be really useful. Plus I will be offloading some of my storage 😁

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[–] dbx12@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Use a standard Webserver like nginx and enable access protection with username + password. For that you can use your favorite web hoster.

You can specify the credentials like this in sources.list format: deb https://user:password@your-server.tld

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

@petrescatraian@libranet.de to add on to this, you can also use apt_auth.conf (man doc) to define the passwords for accessing your stuff. The repo has to be behind HTTP basic auth.

So, the steps are:

Follow @vimium@programming.dev's post to setup a repo
Put the repo behind HTTP basic auth (NGINX has a guide on how to set that up)
Setup HTTPS for the server (https://letsencrypt.org/docs/)
Create apt_auth.conf with the username and password

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I was looking into self hosting as well. Do I need to also own a domain for this or can I point my system to the IP address only?

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As long as it's the only (or primary) site in the IP, IP address will work just fine.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 7 months ago

@Emma_Gold_Man Thanks!