install pypi server on an ubuntu 12.04 LTS server

install-pypi.sh

#!/bin/bash

PYPI_USER=pypi
PYPI_HOME=/home/$PYPI_USER
PYPI_VENV=/home/pypi/env
PYPI_REPO=/data/pypi/repo
PYPI_PASSWORD=/data/pypi/repo.htaccess

adduser pypi --disabled-password --gecos PYPI --home $PYPI_HOME

apt-get update
apt-get install apache2-utils

# temporary install of dev tools
apt-get install -y python-virtualenv python-dev gcc 

cd /
sudo -u $PYPI_USER bash -c "virtualenv $PYPI_VENV; . $PYPI_VENV/bin/activate; pip install pypiserver passlib twisted"

# make repo directory
mkdir -p $PYPI_REPO
chown $PYPI_USER $PYPI_REPO

# make password file for uploads
touch $PYPI_PASSWORD
chmod 700 $PYPI_PASSWORD
chown $PYPI_USER $PYPI_PASSWORD

# remove dev env
apt-get remove --purge python-virtualenv python-dev gcc
apt-get autoremove --purge

# init script
cat > /etc/init/pypi.conf <<-EOF
# /etc/init/pypi.conf
description "pypi"

setuid ${PYPI_USER}
setgid ${PYPI_USER}

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn

# no reverse proxy - public access on 8080, XXX should be restricted to localhost when proxying
exec ${PYPI_VENV}/bin/pypi-server --interface 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --server twisted --disable-fallback --passwords $PYPI_PASSWORD ${PYPI_REPO}
EOF

initctl start pypi

uninstall-pypi.sh

#!/bin/bash

initctl stop pypi
rm -f /etc/init/pypi.conf
deluser pypi --remove-home
apt-get remove --purge python-virtualenv python-dev gcc apache2-utils
apt-get autoremove --purge