My Straightforward Guide For Setting Up Poudriere On FreeBSD
• Donovan
Poudriere is by far my favorite FreeBSD tool and one I use almost daily for stable, customized package management. Here’s the step-by-step guide I made (for myself) to set it up.
People asked for this so I’m posting it (plus it’s a great reference for me in case I forget!).
Let me know if I’ve missed anything.
The nginx part is optional but I’ll leave that in here.
1. Install poudriere (obviously) and nginx (if you want to)
doas pkg install poudriere nginx
2. Edit config
doas vim /usr/local/etc/poudriere.conf
ZPOOL=zroot
ZROOTFS=/poudriere
FREEBSD_HOST=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org
POUDRIERE_DATA=${BASEFS}/data
CHECK_CHANGED_OPTIONS=verbose
CHECK_CHANGED_DEPS=yes
URL_BASE=http://localhost/
3. Create jail
doas poudriere jail -c -j freebsd_12-0x64 -v 12.0-RELEASE
doas poudriere jail -l
4. Retrieve ports
doas poudriere ports -c -p PORTS
doas poudriere ports -l
5. Create port-list
doas vim /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/port-list
audio/lame
multimedia/ffmpeg
6. Build the ports
doas poudriere options -c -j freebsd_12-0x64 -p HEAD -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/port-list
doas poudriere bulk -j freebsd_12-0x64 -p PORTS -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/port-list
7. Nginx server block
doas vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
server {
listen 8000;
server_name localhost;
root /usr/local/share/poudriere/html;
location /data {
alias /usr/local/poudriere/data/logs/bulk;
autoindex on;
}
location /packages {
root /usr/local/poudriere/data;
autoindex on;
}
}
8. Nginx log mime type
doas vim /usr/local/etc/nginx/mime.types
text/plain txt log;
9. Restart nginx
doas service nginx restart
10. Configure repos
doas vim /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/poudriere.conf
poudriere: {
url: "file:///usr/local/poudriere/data/packages/freebsd_11-2x64-PORTS",
mirror_type: "srv",
signature_type: NONE,
enabled: yes,
priority: 1
}
doas vim /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/freebsd.conf
FreeBSD: {
enabled: no
}
doas pkg update
11. Installing custom packages
doas pkg install -package-
If package is already installed, reinstall with:
doas pkg install -r poudriere -f -package-
12. Updating
doas poudriere jail -u -j freebsd_12-0x64
doas poudriere ports -u -p PORTS
13. Upgrading packages
Basically rinse and repeat Steps 5 and 6.
Done.
Some of the steps will depend on your situation (e.g. FreeBSD version, packages, enabling/disabling FreeBSD repo, nginx). Customize accordingly.
