Setting up a PyPI "simple" index

Overview

This buildout configuration provides a mirror for the PyPI simple interface, http://cheeseshop.python.org/simple/ using z3c.pypimirror module.

Prerequisites

For the installation is recommended that you install certain dependencies on the operating system as shown below:

# aptitude install build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-pip mercurial

User guide

Just execute the following commands:

$ virtualenv .
$ source ./bin/activate
$ python bootstrap.py
$ ./bin/buildout -vvvN
$ deactivate

The first time you should be initialize your mirror, executing the following commands:

$ ./bin/pypimirror --initial-fetch --follow-external-links --follow-external-index-pages --log-console ./pypimirror.cfg

Later a crontab task does synchronization packages, you can see the crontab task defined, with the follow command:

$ crontab -l

LICENSE

GPL 2 version (GPL 2)

Authors

pypimirror.buildout the first configuration of these scripts took place at the Cenditel fundation since 2010 and involved the following persons:

• Dhionel Diaz <ddiaz AT cenditel DOT gob.ve>
• Leonardo J. Caballero G. <leonardocaballero AT gmail DOT com>