A debian package for Vault

Overview

This project can be used to create a debian package for any tag in the Vault git repository on github (https://github.com/hashicorp/vault). A simple

$ make

will package the latest tag, but any other version tag can be specified using the VERSION variable, e.g.

$ make VERSION=0.3.0

Ubuntu packages built regularly with this Makefile are available at this Launchpad PPA. To install the latest Consul packages on your Ubuntu system you just need to add the repository and update the local sources:

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:buzer/vault
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install vault

Usage

The simplest usage of the Makefile is, of course,

$ make

It has the (perhaps obvious) effect of cloning the vault git repo locally, checking out the latest version tag, and building a binary .deb package out of it.

The available targets are:

• build: The default target. Builds binary and source packages.
• build_src: Builds a source debian package that can be used for uploads to Launchpad.
• upload: Uploads the source package to Launchpad. Requires setting the PPA variable on the command line (e.g. make upload PPA=myuser/myppa).
• clean: Removes everything under pkg.

As already mentioned, the VERSION variable is the easiest way to go back in time and produce a package for a different tag:

$ make VERSION=0.3.0

Several other variables are available: for instance,

$ make CHANGE="No-change build for Trusty." DISTRO=trusty

can be used to change the target distribution (which defaults to the one installed on the build machine), using a custom changelog message. Here is the complete list:

• DISTRO: Select the target codename for the build (e.g. precise, natty). Defaults to the codename of the build machine.
• VERSION: Select which release tag to use as a base for the upstream tarball. If not specified, the latest tag will be used.
• MODIFIER: An optional modifier to append to the selected upstream version (e.g. "~beta1"). Not needed in most circumstances.
• REVISION: The debian revision to append to the upstream version. Defaults to 1~$(DISTRO)1~ppa1.
• CHANGE: The message to use in the debian/changelog file for this package. Defaults to "New upstream release".
• PBUILDER: Allows to select an executable different from cowbuilder to produce the binary package.
• PBUILDER_BASE: Allows to specify a custom path for the cowbuilder/pbuilder base image. Defaults to $HOME/pbuilder/$(DISTRO)-base.cow.
• PPA: Variable needed when uploading the package to Launchpad. Example: make upload PPA=myuser/myppa.

Building for multiple distros

Uploads to Launchpad only include the upstream tarball once. This means that, when building the package for multiple distros, you should never run make clean between make commands. That would delete and recreate the upstream tarball, making subsequent Launchpad uploads fail.

For example, the following sequence might be used to build the latest version for precise, trusty and utopic:

make clean
make DISTRO=precise
make DISTRO=trusty CHANGE="No-change build for Trusty."
make DISTRO=utopic CHANGE="No-change build for Utopic."
make upload DISTRO=precise PPA=myuser/myppa
make upload DISTRO=trusty PPA=myuser/myppa
make upload DISTRO=utopic PPA=myuser/myppa

Prerequisites

The build machine must meet a set of requirements to be able to run the Makefile. In particular it needs:

• a suitable environment for building debian packages (pbuilder/cowbuilder) with Go 1.4+