debpacker

DebPacker

Creates a Debian package and a systemd configuration

prerequisite

• You must have a sane instance of go
• You must be in a debian environment (needs dpkg)

Usage

The program needs a configuration file to work. This configuration file describes how to build the package

package-name

Type: string

Name of the debian package

architecture

Type: string

Architecture of the system. For instance armhf, all

binary-file

Type: string

local path to the binary file to execute

command

Type: string

Command

configuration-files

Type: string[]

List of configuration files

copy-files

Type: string[]

List of files to copy. Syntax: path[:dest]

For instance:

./foo/*.txt copy all files that match the pattern ./foo/*.txt:data copy all files that match the pattern in /var/lib/{package name}/data ./foo/*.conf:/etc/foo copy all files that match the pattern in /etc/foo

mkdirs

Type: string[]

List of folders to create

For instance:

foo/mickey creates the folder /var/lib/{package name}/foo/mickey /etc/foo creates the folder /etc/foo

version

Type: string

Package version

description

Type: string

Package description

maintainer

Type: string

Email of the maintener

dependencies

Type: string[]

List of dependencies

systemd-configuration

Configure service

after

Type: string

After

user

Type: string

User that launch the binary

args

Type: string[]

Arguments to pass to the binary

stop-command

Type: string

Stop command

restart

Type: string

Restart policy. For instance always

wanted-by

Type: string

Wanted by

environments

Type: dictionary

Environment variables

working-directory

Type: string

Directory in which the binary is launched

post-install-cmd

Type: string

Post install command

auto-start

Type: boolean

If true, start the service during package installation

Examples

Executable

package-name: "my-executable"
architecture: "all"
binary-file: "./my-exec"
copy-files:
  - "./data/*.txt:data"
version: "0.0.1"
description: "Executable example"
maintainer: "mickey@mouse.com"
systemd-configuration:
  user: "root"
  after: network.target
  stop-command: /bin/kill $MAINPID
  restart: always
  wanted-by: multi-user.target
  working-directory: "/var/lib/foo"

html client

package-name: "my-website"
architecture: "all"
binary-file: "./my-exec"
copy-files:
  - "./data/*:/var/www"
version: "0.0.1"
description: "Executable example"
maintainer: "mickey@mouse.com"
systemd-configuration:
  user: "root"
  after: network.target
  wanted-by: multi-user.target
  post-install-cmd: "systemctl restart nginx"