APTLY(1)

NAME
aptly - Debian repository management tool

SYNOPSIS
Common command format:

aptly [global options...] command subcommand [options...] arguments

aptly has integrated help that matches contents of this manual page, to get help, prepend help to command name:

aptly help mirror create

DESCRIPTION
aptly is a tool to create partial and full mirrors of remote repositories, manage local repositories, filter them, merge, upgrade individual packages, take snapshots and publish them back as Debian repositories.

aptly’s goal is to establish repeatability and controlled changes in a package-centric environment. aptly allows one to fix a set of packages in a repository, so that package installation and upgrade becomes deterministic. At the same time aptly allows one to perform controlled, fine-grained changes in repository contents to transition your package environment to new version.

CONFIGURATION
aptly looks for configuration file first in ~/.aptly.conf then in /etc/aptly.conf and, if no config file found, new one is created in home directory. If -config= flag is specified, aptly would use config file at specified location. Also aptly needs root directory for database, package and published repository storage. If not specified, directory defaults to ~/.aptly, it will be created if missing.

Configuration file is stored in JSON format (default values shown below):

    {
      "rootDir": "$HOME/.aptly",
      "downloadConcurrency": 4,
      "downloadSpeedLimit": 0,
      "architectures": [],
      "dependencyFollowSuggests": false,
      "dependencyFollowRecommends": false,
      "dependencyFollowAllVariants": false,
      "dependencyFollowSource": false,
      "dependencyVerboseResolve": false,
      "gpgDisableSign": false,
      "gpgDisableVerify": false,
      "gpgProvider": "gpg",
      "downloadSourcePackages": false,
      "skipLegacyPool": true,
      "ppaDistributorID": "ubuntu",
      "ppaCodename": "",
      "skipContentsPublishing": false,
      "FileSystemPublishEndpoints": {
        "test1": {
          "rootDir": "/opt/srv1/aptly_public",
          "linkMethod": "symlink"
        },
        "test2": {
          "rootDir": "/opt/srv2/aptly_public",
          "linkMethod": "copy",
          "verifyMethod": "md5"
        },
        "test3": {
          "rootDir": "/opt/srv3/aptly_public",
          "linkMethod": "hardlink"
        }
      },
      "S3PublishEndpoints": {
        "test": {
          "region": "us-east-1",
          "bucket": "repo",
          "endpoint": "",
          "awsAccessKeyID": "",
          "awsSecretAccessKey": "",
          "prefix": "",
          "acl": "public-read",
          "storageClass": "",
          "encryptionMethod": "",
          "plusWorkaround": false,
          "disableMultiDel": false,
          "forceSigV2": false,
          "debug": false
        }
      },
      "SwiftPublishEndpoints": {
        "test": {
          "container": "repo",
          "osname": "",
          "password": "",
          "prefix": "",
          "authurl": "",
          "tenant": "",
          "tenantid": ""
        }
      }
    }

Options:

rootDir
    is root of directory storage to store database (rootDir/db), downloaded packages (rootDir/pool) and the default for published repositories (rootDir/public)

downloadConcurrency
    is a number of parallel download threads to use when downloading packages

downloadSpeedLimit
    limit in kbytes/sec on download speed while mirroring remote repositieis

architectures
    is a list of architectures to process; if left empty defaults to all available architectures; could be overridden with option -architectures

dependencyFollowSuggests
    follow contents of Suggests: field when processing dependencies for the package

dependencyFollowRecommends
    follow contents of Recommends: field when processing dependencies for the package

dependencyFollowAllVariants
    when dependency looks like package-a | package-b, follow both variants always

dependencyFollowSource
    follow dependency from binary package to source package

dependencyVerboseResolve
    print additional details while resolving dependencies (useful for debugging)

gpgDisableSign
    don’t sign published repositories with gpg(1), also can be disabled on per-repo basis using -skip-signing flag when publishing

gpgDisableVerify
    don’t verify remote mirrors with gpg(1), also can be disabled on per-mirror basis using -ignore-signatures flag when creating and updating mirrors

gpgProvider
    implementation of PGP signing/validation - gpg for external gpg utility or internal to use Go internal implementation

downloadSourcePackages
    if enabled, all mirrors created would have flag set to download source packages; this setting could be controlled on per-mirror basis with -with-sources flag

skipLegacyPool
    in aptly up to version 1.0.0, package files were stored in internal package pool with MD5-dervied path, since 1.1.0 package pool layout was changed; if option is enabled, aptly stops checking for legacy paths; by default option is enabled for new aptly installations and disabled when upgrading from older versions

ppaDistributorID, ppaCodename
    specifies paramaters for short PPA url expansion, if left blank they default to output of lsb_release command

FileSystemPublishEndpoints
    configuration of local filesystem publishing endpoints (see below)

S3PublishEndpoints
    configuration of Amazon S3 publishing endpoints (see below)

SwiftPublishEndpoints
    configuration of OpenStack Swift publishing endpoints (see below)

FILESYSTEM PUBLISHING ENDPOINTS
aptly defaults to publish to a single publish directory under rootDir/public. For a more advanced publishing strategy, you can define one or more filesystem endpoints in the FileSystemPublishEndpoints list of the aptly configuration file. Each endpoint has a name and the following associated settings:

rootDir
    The publish directory, e.g., /opt/srv/aptly_public.

linkMethod
    This is one of hardlink, symlink or copy. It specifies how aptly links the files from the internal pool to the published directory. If not specified, empty or wrong, this defaults to hardlink.

verifyMethod
    This is used only when setting the linkMethod to copy. Possible values are md5 and size. It specifies how aptly compares existing links from the internal pool to the published directory. The size method compares only the file sizes, whereas the md5 method calculates the md5 checksum of the found file and compares it to the desired one. If not specified, empty or wrong, this defaults to md5.

In order to publish to such an endpoint, specify the endpoint as filesystem:endpoint-name with endpoint-name as the name given in the aptly configuration file. For example:

aptly publish snapshot wheezy-main filesystem:test1:wheezy/daily

S3 PUBLISHING ENDPOINTS
aptly could be configured to publish repository directly to Amazon S3 (or S3-compatible cloud storage). First, publishing endpoints should be described in aptly configuration file. Each endpoint has name and associated settings:

region
    Amazon region for S3 bucket (e.g. us-east-1)

bucket
    bucket name

endpoint
    (optional) when using S3-compatible cloud storage, specify hostname of service endpoint here, region is ignored if endpoint is set (set region to some human-readable name) (should be left blank for real Amazon S3)

prefix
    (optional) do publishing under specified prefix in the bucket, defaults to no prefix (bucket root)

acl (optional) assign ACL to published files (one of the canned ACLs in Amazon terminology). Useful values: private (default) or public-read (public repository). Public repositories could be consumed by apt using HTTP endpoint (Amazon bucket should be configured for "website hosting"), for private repositories special apt S3 transport is required.

awsAccessKeyID, awsSecretAccessKey
    (optional) Amazon credentials to access S3 bucket. If not supplied, environment variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY are used.

storageClass
    (optional) Amazon S3 storage class, defaults to STANDARD. Other values available: REDUCED_REDUNDANCY (lower price, lower redundancy)

encryptionMethod
    (optional) server-side encryption method, defaults to none. Currently the only available encryption method is AES256

plusWorkaround
    (optional) workaround misbehavior in apt and Amazon S3 for files with + in filename by creating two copies of package files with + in filename: one original and another one with spaces instead of plus signs With plusWorkaround enabled, package files with plus sign would be stored twice. aptly might not cleanup files with spaces when published repository is dropped or updated (switched) to new version of repository (snapshot)

disableMultiDel
    (optional) for S3-compatible cloud storages which do not support MultiDel S3 API, enable this setting (file deletion would be slower with this setting enabled)

forceSigV2
    (optional) disable Signature V4 support, useful with non-AWS S3-compatible object stores which do not support SigV4, shouldn’t be enabled for AWS

debug
    (optional) enables detailed request/response dump for each S3 operation

In order to publish to S3, specify endpoint as s3:endpoint-name: before publishing prefix on the command line, e.g.:

aptly publish snapshot wheezy-main s3:test:

OPENSTACK SWIFT PUBLISHING ENDPOINTS
aptly could be configured to publish repository directly to OpenStack Swift. First, publishing endpoints should be described in aptly configuration file. Each endpoint has name and associated settings:

container
    container name

prefix
    (optional) do publishing under specified prefix in the container, defaults to no prefix (container root)

osname, password
    (optional) OpenStack credentials to access Keystone. If not supplied, environment variables OS_USERNAME and OS_PASSWORD are used.

tenant, tenantid
    (optional) OpenStack tenant name and id (in order to use v2 authentication).

authurl
    (optional) the full url of Keystone server (including port, and version). example http://identity.example.com:5000/v2.0

In order to publish to Swift, specify endpoint as swift:endpoint-name: before publishing prefix on the command line, e.g.:

aptly publish snapshot jessie-main swift:test:

PACKAGE QUERY
Some commands accept package queries to identify list of packages to process. Package query syntax almost matches reprepro query language. Query consists of the following simple terms:

direct package reference
    reference to exaclty one package. Format is identical to the way aptly lists packages in show commands with -with-packages flag: name_version_arch, e.g.: libmysqlclient18_5.5.35-rel33.0-611.squeeze_amd64

dependency condition
    syntax follows Debian dependency specification: package_name followed by optional version specification and architecture limit, e.g: mysql-client (>= 3.6).

query against package fields
    syntax is the same as for dependency conditions, but instead of package name field name is used, e.g: Priority (optional).

Supported fields:

○   all field names from Debian package control files are supported except for Filename, MD5sum, SHA1, SHA256, Size, Files, Checksums-SHA1, Checksums-SHA256.

○   $Source is a name of source package (for binary packages)

○   $SourceVersion is a version of source package

○   $Architecture is Architecture for binary packages and source for source packages, when matching with equal (=) operator, package with any architecture matches all architectures but source.

○   $Version has the same value as Version, but comparison operators use Debian version precedence rules

○   $PackageType is deb for binary packages and source for source packages

Operators:

=   strict match, default operator is no operator is given

>=, <=, =, >> (strictly greater), << (strictly less)
    lexicographical comparison for all fields and special rules when comparing package versions

%   pattern matching, like shell patterns, supported special symbols are: [^]?*, e.g.: $Version (% 3.5-*)

~   regular expression matching, e.g.: Name (~ .*-dev)

Simple terms could be combined into more complex queries using operators , (and), | (or) and ! (not), parentheses () are used to change operator precedence. Match value could be enclosed in single (’) or double (") quotes if required to resolve ambiguity, quotes inside quoted string should escaped with slash (\).

Examples:

mysql-client
    matches package mysql-client of any version and architecture (including source), also matches packages that Provide: mysql-client.

mysql-client (>= 3.6)
    matches package mysql-client with version greater or equal to 3.6. Valid operators for version are: >=, <=, =, >> (strictly greater), << (strictly less).

mysql-client {i386}
    matches package mysql-client on architecture i386, architecture all matches all architectures but source.

mysql-client (>= 3.6) {i386}
    version and architecture conditions combined.

libmysqlclient18_5.5.35-rel33.0-611.squeeze_amd64
    direct package reference.

$Source (nginx)
    all binary packages with nginx as source package.

!Name (~ .*-dev), mail-transport, $Version (>= 3.5)
    matches all packages that provide mail-transport with name that has no suffix -dev and with version greater or equal to 3.5.

When specified on command line, query may have to be quoted according to shell rules, so that it stays single argument:

aptly repo import percona stable ’mysql-client (>= 3.6)’

PACKAGE DISPLAY FORMAT
Some aptly commands (aptly mirror search, aptly package search, ...) support -format flag which allows to customize how search results are printed. Golang templates are used to specify display format, with all package stanza fields available to template. In addition to package stanza fields aptly provides:

Key internal aptly package ID, unique for all packages in aptly (combination of ShortKey and FilesHash).

FilesHash
    hash that includes MD5 of all packages files.

ShortKey
    package ID, which is unique in single list (mirror, repo, snapshot, ...), but not unique in whole aptly package collection.

For example, default aptly display format could be presented with the following template: {{.Package}}_{{.Version}}_{{.Architecture}}. To display package name with dependencies: {{.Package}} | {{.Depends}}. More information on Golang template syntax: http://godoc.org/text/template

GLOBAL OPTIONS

-architectures=
    list of architectures to consider during (comma-separated), default to all available

-config=
    location of configuration file (default locations are /etc/aptly.conf, ~/.aptly.conf)

-db-open-attempts=10
    number of attempts to open DB if it’s locked by other instance

-dep-follow-all-variants=false
    when processing dependencies, follow a & b if dependency is ’a|b’

-dep-follow-recommends=false
    when processing dependencies, follow Recommends

-dep-follow-source=false
    when processing dependencies, follow from binary to Source packages

-dep-follow-suggests=false
    when processing dependencies, follow Suggests

-dep-verbose-resolve=false
    when processing dependencies, print detailed logs

-gpg-provider=
    PGP implementation ("gpg" for external gpg or "internal" for Go internal implementation)

CREATE NEW MIRROR
aptly mirror create name archive url distribution [component1 ...]

Creates mirror name of remote repository, aptly supports both regular and flat Debian repositories exported via HTTP and FTP. aptly would try download Release file from remote repository and verify its’ signature. Command line format resembles apt utlitily sources.list(5).

PPA urls could specified in short format:

$ aptly mirror create name ppa:user/project

Example:

$ aptly mirror create wheezy-main http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ wheezy main

Options:

-filter=
    filter packages in mirror

-filter-with-deps=false
    when filtering, include dependencies of matching packages as well

-force-architectures=false
    (only with architecture list) skip check that requested architectures are listed in Release file

-force-components=false
    (only with component list) skip check that requested components are listed in Release file

-ignore-signatures=false
    disable verification of Release file signatures

-keyring=
    gpg keyring to use when verifying Release file (could be specified multiple times)

-with-sources=false
    download source packages in addition to binary packages

-with-udebs=false
    download .udeb packages (Debian installer support)

LIST MIRRORS
aptly mirror list

List shows full list of remote repository mirrors.

Example:

$ aptly mirror list

Options:

-raw=false
    display list in machine-readable format

SHOW DETAILS ABOUT MIRROR
aptly mirror show name

Shows detailed information about the mirror.

Example:

$ aptly mirror show wheezy-main

Options:

-with-packages=false
    show detailed list of packages and versions stored in the mirror

DELETE MIRROR
aptly mirror drop name

Drop deletes information about remote repository mirror name. Package data is not deleted (since it could still be used by other mirrors or snapshots). If mirror is used as source to create a snapshot, aptly would refuse to delete such mirror, use flag -force to override.

Example:

$ aptly mirror drop wheezy-main

Options:

-force=false
    force mirror deletion even if used by snapshots

UPDATE MIRROR
aptly mirror update name

Updates remote mirror (downloads package files and meta information). When mirror is created, this command should be run for the first time to fetch mirror contents. This command can be run multiple times to get updated repository contents. If interrupted, command can be safely restarted.

Example:

$ aptly mirror update wheezy-main

Options:

-download-limit=0
    limit download speed (kbytes/sec)

-force=false
    force update mirror even if it is locked by another process

-ignore-checksums=false
    ignore checksum mismatches while downloading package files and metadata

-ignore-signatures=false
    disable verification of Release file signatures

-keyring=
    gpg keyring to use when verifying Release file (could be specified multiple times)

-max-tries=1
    max download tries till process fails with download error

-skip-existing-packages=false
    do not check file existence for packages listed in the internal database of the mirror

RENAMES MIRROR
aptly mirror rename old-name new-name

Command changes name of the mirror.Mirror name should be unique.

Example:

$ aptly mirror rename wheezy-min wheezy-main

EDIT MIRROR SETTINGS
aptly mirror edit name

Command edit allows one to change settings of mirror: filters, list of architectures.

Example:

$ aptly mirror edit -filter=nginx -filter-with-deps some-mirror

Options:

-filter=
    filter packages in mirror

-filter-with-deps=false
    when filtering, include dependencies of matching packages as well

-with-sources=false
    download source packages in addition to binary packages

-with-udebs=false
    download .udeb packages (Debian installer support)

SEARCH MIRROR FOR PACKAGES MATCHING QUERY
aptly mirror search name [package-query]

Command search displays list of packages in mirror that match package query

If query is not specified, all the packages are displayed.

Example:

    $ aptly mirror search wheezy-main ’$Architecture (i386), Name (% *-dev)’

Options:

-format=
    custom format for result printing

-with-deps=false
    include dependencies into search results

ADD PACKAGES TO LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo add name

Command adds packages to local repository from .deb, .udeb (binary packages) and .dsc (source packages) files. When importing from directory aptly would do recursive scan looking for all files matching .[u]deb or.dsc patterns. Every file discovered would be analyzed to extract metadata, package would then be created and added to the database. Files would be imported to internal package pool. For source packages, all required files are added automatically as well. Extra files for source package should be in the same directory as *.dsc file.

Example:

$ aptly repo add testing myapp-0.1.2.deb incoming/

Options:

-force-replace=false
    when adding package that conflicts with existing package, remove existing package

-remove-files=false
    remove files that have been imported successfully into repository

COPY PACKAGES BETWEEN LOCAL REPOSITORIES
aptly repo copy src-name dst-name package-query ...

Command copy copies packages matching package-query from local repo src-name to local repo dst-name.

Example:

$ aptly repo copy testing stable ’myapp (=0.1.12)’

Options:

-dry-run=false
    don’t copy, just show what would be copied

-with-deps=false
    follow dependencies when processing package-spec

CREATE LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo create name [ from snapshot snapshot ]

Create local package repository. Repository would be empty when created, packages could be added from files, copied or moved from another local repository or imported from the mirror.

If local package repository is created from snapshot, repo initial contents are copied from snapsot contents.

Example:

$ aptly repo create testing

$ aptly repo create mysql35 from snapshot mysql-35-2017

Options:

-comment=
    any text that would be used to described local repository

-component=main
    default component when publishing

-distribution=
    default distribution when publishing

-uploaders-file=
    uploaders.json to be used when including .changes into this repository

DELETE LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo drop name

Drop information about deletions from local repo. Package data is not deleted (since it could be still used by other mirrors or snapshots).

Example:

$ aptly repo drop local-repo

Options:

-force=false
    force local repo deletion even if used by snapshots

EDIT PROPERTIES OF LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo edit name

Command edit allows one to change metadata of local repository: comment, default distribution and component.

Example:

$ aptly repo edit -distribution=wheezy testing

Options:

-comment=
    any text that would be used to described local repository

-component=
    default component when publishing

-distribution=
    default distribution when publishing

-uploaders-file=
    uploaders.json to be used when including .changes into this repository

IMPORT PACKAGES FROM MIRROR TO LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo import src-mirror dst-repo package-query ...

Command import looks up packages matching package-query in mirror src-mirror and copies them to local repo dst-repo.

Example:

$ aptly repo import wheezy-main testing nginx

Options:

-dry-run=false
    don’t import, just show what would be imported

-with-deps=false
    follow dependencies when processing package-spec

LIST LOCAL REPOSITORIES
aptly repo list

List command shows full list of local package repositories.

Example:

$ aptly repo list

Options:

-raw=false
    display list in machine-readable format

MOVE PACKAGES BETWEEN LOCAL REPOSITORIES
aptly repo move src-name dst-name package-query ...

Command move moves packages matching package-query from local repo src-name to local repo dst-name.

Example:

$ aptly repo move testing stable ’myapp (=0.1.12)’

Options:

-dry-run=false
    don’t move, just show what would be moved

-with-deps=false
    follow dependencies when processing package-spec

REMOVE PACKAGES FROM LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo remove name package-query ...

Commands removes packages matching package-query from local repository name. If removed packages are not referenced by other repos or snapshots, they can be removed completely (including files) by running ’aptly db cleanup’.

Example:

$ aptly repo remove testing ’myapp (=0.1.12)’

Options:

-dry-run=false
    don’t remove, just show what would be removed

SHOW DETAILS ABOUT LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo show name

Show command shows full information about local package repository.

ex: $ aptly repo show testing

Options:

-with-packages=false
    show list of packages

RENAMES LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly repo rename old-name new-name

Command changes name of the local repo. Local repo name should be unique.

Example:

$ aptly repo rename wheezy-min wheezy-main

SEARCH REPO FOR PACKAGES MATCHING QUERY
aptly repo search name [package-query]

Command search displays list of packages in local repository that match package query

If query is not specified, all the packages are displayed.

Example:

    $ aptly repo search my-software ’$Architecture (i386), Name (% *-dev)’

Options:

-format=
    custom format for result printing

-with-deps=false
    include dependencies into search results

ADD PACKAGES TO LOCAL REPOSITORIES BASED ON .CHANGES FILES
aptly repo include <file.changes>|directory ...

Command include looks for .changes files in list of arguments or specified directories. Each .changes file is verified, parsed, referenced files are put into separate temporary directory and added into local repository. Successfully imported files are removed by default.

Additionally uploads could be restricted with <uploaders.json> file. Rules in this file control uploads based on GPG key ID of .changes file signature and queries on .changes file fields.

Example:

$ aptly repo include -repo=foo-release incoming/

Options:

-accept-unsigned=false
    accept unsigned .changes files

-force-replace=false
    when adding package that conflicts with existing package, remove existing package

-ignore-signatures=false
    disable verification of .changes file signature

-keyring=
    gpg keyring to use when verifying Release file (could be specified multiple times)

-no-remove-files=false
    don’t remove files that have been imported successfully into repository

-repo={{.Distribution}}
    which repo should files go to, defaults to Distribution field of .changes file

-uploaders-file=
    path to uploaders.json file

CREATES SNAPSHOT OF MIRROR (LOCAL REPOSITORY) CONTENTS
aptly snapshot create name from mirror mirror-name | from repo repo-name | empty

Command create name from mirror makes persistent immutable snapshot of remote repository mirror. Snapshot could be published or further modified using merge, pull and other aptly features.

Command create name from repo makes persistent immutable snapshot of local repository. Snapshot could be processed as mirror snapshots, and mixed with snapshots of remote mirrors.

Command create name empty creates empty snapshot that could be used as a basis for snapshot pull operations, for example. As snapshots are immutable, creating one empty snapshot should be enough.

Example:

$ aptly snapshot create wheezy-main-today from mirror wheezy-main

LIST SNAPSHOTS
aptly snapshot list

Command list shows full list of snapshots created.

Example:

$ aptly snapshot list

Options:

-raw=false
    display list in machine-readable format

-sort=name
    display list in ’name’ or creation ’time’ order

SHOWS DETAILS ABOUT SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot show name

Command show displays full information about a snapshot.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot show wheezy-main

Options:

-with-packages=false
    show list of packages

VERIFY DEPENDENCIES IN SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot verify name [source ...]

Verify does dependency resolution in snapshot name, possibly using additional snapshots source as dependency sources. All unsatisfied dependencies are printed.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot verify wheezy-main wheezy-contrib wheezy-non-free

PULL PACKAGES FROM ANOTHER SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot pull name source destination package-query ...

Command pull pulls new packages along with its’ dependencies to snapshot name from snapshot source. Pull can upgrade package version in name with versions from source following dependencies. New snapshot destination is created as a result of this process. Packages could be specified simply as ’package-name’ or as package queries.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot pull wheezy-main wheezy-backports wheezy-new-xorg xorg-server-server

Options:

-all-matches=false
    pull all the packages that satisfy the dependency version requirements

-dry-run=false
    don’t create destination snapshot, just show what would be pulled

-no-deps=false
    don’t process dependencies, just pull listed packages

-no-remove=false
    don’t remove other package versions when pulling package

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO SNAPSHOTS
aptly snapshot diff name-a name-b

Displays difference in packages between two snapshots. Snapshot is a list of packages, so difference between snapshots is a difference between package lists. Package could be either completely missing in one snapshot, or package is present in both snapshots with different versions.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot diff -only-matching wheezy-main wheezy-backports

Options:

-only-matching=false
    display diff only for matching packages (don’t display missing packages)

MERGES SNAPSHOTS
aptly snapshot merge destination source [source...]

Merge command merges several source snapshots into one destination snapshot. Merge happens from left to right. By default, packages with the same name-architecture pair are replaced during merge (package from latest snapshot on the list wins). If run with only one source snapshot, merge copies source into destination.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot merge wheezy-w-backports wheezy-main wheezy-backports

Options:

-latest=false
    use only the latest version of each package

-no-remove=false
    don’t remove duplicate arch/name packages

DELETE SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot drop name

Drop removes information about a snapshot. If snapshot is published, it can’t be dropped.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot drop wheezy-main

Options:

-force=false
    remove snapshot even if it was used as source for other snapshots

RENAMES SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot rename old-name new-name

Command changes name of the snapshot. Snapshot name should be unique.

Example:

$ aptly snapshot rename wheezy-min wheezy-main

SEARCH SNAPSHOT FOR PACKAGES MATCHING QUERY
aptly snapshot search name [package-query]

Command search displays list of packages in snapshot that match package query

If query is not specified, all the packages are displayed.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot search wheezy-main ’$Architecture (i386), Name (% *-dev)’

Options:

-format=
    custom format for result printing

-with-deps=false
    include dependencies into search results

FILTER PACKAGES IN SNAPSHOT PRODUCING ANOTHER SNAPSHOT
aptly snapshot filter source destination package-query ...

Command filter does filtering in snapshot source, producing another snapshot destination. Packages could be specified simply as ’package-name’ or as package queries.

Example:

    $ aptly snapshot filter wheezy-main wheezy-required ’Priorioty (required)’

Options:

-with-deps=false
    include dependent packages as well

REMOVE PUBLISHED REPOSITORY
aptly publish drop distribution [[endpoint:]prefix]

Command removes whatever has been published under specified prefix, publishing endpoint and distribution name.

Example:

    $ aptly publish drop wheezy

Options:

-force-drop=false
    remove published repository even if some files could not be cleaned up

LIST OF PUBLISHED REPOSITORIES
aptly publish list

Display list of currently published snapshots.

Example:

    $ aptly publish list

Options:

-raw=false
    display list in machine-readable format

PUBLISH LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly publish repo name [[endpoint:]prefix]

Command publishes current state of local repository ready to be consumed by apt tools. Published repostiories appear under rootDir/public directory. Valid GPG key is required for publishing.

Multiple component repository could be published by specifying several components split by commas via -component flag and multiple local repositories as the arguments:

    aptly publish repo -component=main,contrib repo-main repo-contrib

It is not recommended to publish local repositories directly unless the repository is for testing purposes and changes happen frequently. For production usage please take snapshot of repository and publish it using publish snapshot command.

Example:

    $ aptly publish repo testing

Options:

-batch=false
    run GPG with detached tty

-butautomaticupgrades=
    set value for ButAutomaticUpgrades field

-component=
    component name to publish (for multi-component publishing, separate components with commas)

-distribution=
    distribution name to publish

-force-overwrite=false
    overwrite files in package pool in case of mismatch

-gpg-key=
    GPG key ID to use when signing the release

-keyring=
    GPG keyring to use (instead of default)

-label=
    label to publish

-notautomatic=
    set value for NotAutomatic field

-origin=
    origin name to publish

-passphrase=
    GPG passhprase for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-passphrase-file=
    GPG passhprase-file for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-secret-keyring=
    GPG secret keyring to use (instead of default)

-skip-contents=false
    don’t generate Contents indexes

-skip-signing=false
    don’t sign Release files with GPG

PUBLISH SNAPSHOT
aptly publish snapshot name [[endpoint:]prefix]

Command publishes snapshot as Debian repository ready to be consumed by apt tools. Published repostiories appear under rootDir/public directory. Valid GPG key is required for publishing.

Multiple component repository could be published by specifying several components split by commas via -component flag and multiple snapshots as the arguments:

    aptly publish snapshot -component=main,contrib snap-main snap-contrib

Example:

    $ aptly publish snapshot wheezy-main

Options:

-batch=false
    run GPG with detached tty

-butautomaticupgrades=
    overwrite value for ButAutomaticUpgrades field

-component=
    component name to publish (for multi-component publishing, separate components with commas)

-distribution=
    distribution name to publish

-force-overwrite=false
    overwrite files in package pool in case of mismatch

-gpg-key=
    GPG key ID to use when signing the release

-keyring=
    GPG keyring to use (instead of default)

-label=
    label to publish

-notautomatic=
    overwrite value for NotAutomatic field

-origin=
    overwrite origin name to publish

-passphrase=
    GPG passhprase for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-passphrase-file=
    GPG passhprase-file for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-secret-keyring=
    GPG secret keyring to use (instead of default)

-skip-contents=false
    don’t generate Contents indexes

-skip-signing=false
    don’t sign Release files with GPG

UPDATE PUBLISHED REPOSITORY BY SWITCHING TO NEW SNAPSHOT
aptly publish switch distribution [[endpoint:]prefix] new-snapshot

Command switches in-place published snapshots with new snapshot contents. All publishing parameters are preserved (architecture list, distribution, component).

For multiple component repositories, flag -component should be given with list of components to update. Corresponding snapshots should be given in the same order, e.g.:

    aptly publish switch -component=main,contrib wheezy wh-main wh-contrib

Example:

    $ aptly publish switch wheezy ppa wheezy-7.5

This command would switch published repository (with one component) named ppa/wheezy (prefix ppa, dsitribution wheezy to new snapshot wheezy-7.5).

Options:

-batch=false
    run GPG with detached tty

-component=
    component names to update (for multi-component publishing, separate components with commas)

-force-overwrite=false
    overwrite files in package pool in case of mismatch

-gpg-key=
    GPG key ID to use when signing the release

-keyring=
    GPG keyring to use (instead of default)

-passphrase=
    GPG passhprase for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-passphrase-file=
    GPG passhprase-file for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-secret-keyring=
    GPG secret keyring to use (instead of default)

-skip-contents=false
    don’t generate Contents indexes

-skip-signing=false
    don’t sign Release files with GPG

UPDATE PUBLISHED LOCAL REPOSITORY
aptly publish update distribution [[endpoint:]prefix]

Command re-publishes (updates) published local repository. distribution and prefix should be occupied with local repository published using command aptly publish repo. Update happens in-place with minimum possible downtime for published repository.

For multiple component published repositories, all local repositories are updated.

Example:

    $ aptly publish update wheezy ppa

Options:

-batch=false
    run GPG with detached tty

-force-overwrite=false
    overwrite files in package pool in case of mismatch

-gpg-key=
    GPG key ID to use when signing the release

-keyring=
    GPG keyring to use (instead of default)

-passphrase=
    GPG passhprase for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-passphrase-file=
    GPG passhprase-file for the key (warning: could be insecure)

-secret-keyring=
    GPG secret keyring to use (instead of default)

-skip-contents=false
    don’t generate Contents indexes

-skip-signing=false
    don’t sign Release files with GPG

SHOWS DETAILS OF PUBLISHED REPOSITORY
aptly publish show distribution [[endpoint:]prefix]

Command show displays full information of a published repository.

Example:

    $ aptly publish show wheezy

SEARCH FOR PACKAGES MATCHING QUERY
aptly package search [package-query]

Command search displays list of packages in whole DB that match package query.

If query is not specified, all the packages are displayed.

Example:

    $ aptly package search ’$Architecture (i386), Name (% *-dev)’

Options:

-format=
    custom format for result printing

SHOW DETAILS ABOUT PACKAGES MATCHING QUERY
aptly package show package-query

Command shows displays detailed meta-information about packages matching query. Information from Debian control file is displayed. Optionally information about package files and inclusion into mirrors/snapshots/local repos is shown.

Example:

    $ aptly package show ’nginx-light_1.2.1-2.2+wheezy2_i386’

Options:

-with-files=false
    display information about files from package pool

-with-references=false
    display information about mirrors, snapshots and local repos referencing this package

CLEANUP DB AND PACKAGE POOL
aptly db cleanup

Database cleanup removes information about unreferenced packages and removes files in the package pool that aren’t used by packages anymore

Example:

$ aptly db cleanup

Options:

-dry-run=false
    don’t delete anything

-verbose=false
    be verbose when loading objects/removing them

RECOVER DB AFTER CRASH
aptly db recover

Database recover does its’ best to recover the database after a crash. It is recommended to backup the DB before running recover.

Example:

$ aptly db recover

HTTP SERVE PUBLISHED REPOSITORIES
aptly serve

Command serve starts embedded HTTP server (not suitable for real production usage) to serve contents of public/ subdirectory of aptly’s root that contains published repositories.

Example:

$ aptly serve -listen=:8080

Options:

-listen=:8080
    host:port for HTTP listening

START API HTTP SERVICE
aptly api serve

Start HTTP server with aptly REST API. The server can listen to either a port or Unix domain socket. When using a socket, Aptly will fully manage the socket file. This command also supports taking over from a systemd file descriptors to enable systemd socket activation.

Example:

$ aptly api serve -listen=:8080 $ aptly api serve -listen=unix:///tmp/aptly.sock

Options:

-listen=:8080
    host:port for HTTP listening or unix://path to listen on a Unix domain socket

-no-lock=false
    don’t lock the database

RENDER GRAPH OF RELATIONSHIPS
aptly graph

Command graph displays relationship between mirrors, local repositories, snapshots and published repositories using graphviz package to render graph as an image.

Example:

$ aptly graph

Options:

-format=png
    render graph to specified format (png, svg, pdf, etc.)

-layout=horizontal
    create a more ’vertical’ or a more ’horizontal’ graph layout

-output=
    specify output filename, default is to open result in viewer

SHOW CURRENT APTLY’S CONFIG
aptly config show

Command show displays the current aptly configuration.

Example:

$ aptly config show

RUN APTLY TASKS
aptly task run -filename=filename | command1, command2, ...

Command helps organise multiple aptly commands in one single aptly task, running as single thread.

Example:

      $ aptly task run
      > repo create local
      > repo add local pkg1
      > publish repo local
      > serve
      >

Options:

-filename=
    specifies the filename that contains the commands to run

SHOW CURRENT APTLY’S CONFIG
aptly config show

Command show displays the current aptly configuration.

Example:

$ aptly config show

ENVIRONMENT
If environment variable HTTP_PROXY is set aptly would use its value to proxy all HTTP requests.

RETURN VALUES
aptly exists with:

0   success

1   general failure

2   command parse failure

AUTHORS
List of contributors, in chronological order:

○   Andrey Smirnov (https://github.com/smira)

○   Sebastien Binet (https://github.com/sbinet)

○   Ryan Uber (https://github.com/ryanuber)

○   Simon Aquino (https://github.com/queeno)

○   Vincent Batoufflet (https://github.com/vbatoufflet)

○   Ivan Kurnosov (https://github.com/zerkms)

○   Dmitrii Kashin (https://github.com/freehck)

○   Chris Read (https://github.com/cread)

○   Rohan Garg (https://github.com/shadeslayer)

○   Russ Allbery (https://github.com/rra)

○   Sylvain Baubeau (https://github.com/lebauce)

○   Andrea Bernardo Ciddio (https://github.com/bcandrea)

○   Michael Koval (https://github.com/mkoval)

○   Alexander Guy (https://github.com/alexanderguy)

○   Sebastien Badia (https://github.com/sbadia)

○   Szymon Sobik (https://github.com/sobczyk)

○   Paul Krohn (https://github.com/paul-krohn)

○   Vincent Bernat (https://github.com/vincentbernat)

○   x539 (https://github.com/x539)

○   Phil Frost (https://github.com/bitglue)

○   Benoit Foucher (https://github.com/bentoi)

○   Geoffrey Thomas (https://github.com/geofft)

○   Oliver Sauder (https://github.com/sliverc)

○   Harald Sitter (https://github.com/apachelogger)

○   Johannes Layher (https://github.com/jola5)

○   Charles Hsu (https://github.com/charz)

○   Clemens Rabe (https://github.com/seeraven)

○   TJ Merritt (https://github.com/tjmerritt)