kellner - fast ad hoc serving of packages

kellner scans a given directory for software packages and creates an index. It then acts as an ad hoc httpd which serves the packages to opkg or other package managers.

Usage

$> kellner -root dir_full_of_packages/

-bind=":8080": address to bind to
-cache="cache": directory containing cached meta-files (eg. control)
-dump=false: just dump the package list and exit
-gzip=true: use 'gzip' to compress the package index. if false: use golang
-idmap="": directory containing the client-mappings
-log="": log to given filename
-md5=true: calculate md5 of scanned packages
-print-client-cert-id="": print client-id for given .cert and exit
-prep-cache=false: scan all packages and prepare the cache folder, do not serve anything
-require-client-cert=false: require a client-cert
-root="": directory containing the packages
-sha1=false: calculate sha1 of scanned packages
-tls-cert="": PEM encoded ssl-cert
-tls-client-ca-file="": file with PEM encoded list of ssl-certs containing the CAs
-tls-key="": PEM encoded ssl-key
-version=false: show version and exit
-workers=4: number of workers

Building

Since kellner is written in go, you need a go compiler. Consult your OS how to get one or go to http://golang.org/dl.

Once you have a working go compiler:

$> cd kellner
$> export GOPATH=`pwd`:`pwd`/vendor
$> go build -v

You should now have the kellner binary in your working directory.

Feature: Identity mapping (serve content for specific clients)

If you need to provide different packages to different parties you might use the 'identity mapping' feature of kellner. The mapping works by requiring the clients to connect to kellner with a [client certificate][1]. The certificate contains a "Subject":

$> openssl x509 -noout -subject < client.crt
subject= O=SolSys/OU=Earth/CN=sample

kellner uses the subject of the client certificate to look up which packages should be served to that specific client:

$> kellner -idmap identities -root packages -require-client-cert \
    -tls-key s.key -tls-cert s.crt

Assume you have the following folders in your -root:

$> ls -1 packages/
all
core2-64
vmware
secret

To map requests you need to create the identities directory. To get the correct client-id from a given certificate, you could use mentioned openssl command (and replace / with ,) or you can use kellner directly:

$> kellner -print-client-cert-id client.crt
O=SolSys,OU=Earth,CN=sample

Next, create the mapping hierarchy:

$> mkdir -p identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth,CN=sample
$> mkdir    identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth
$> mkdir    identities/O=SolSys

This is how to map requests:

Serve packages/core2-64 as it is, for all certificates where the subject starts with O=SolSys,OU=Earth:

$> touch identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth/core2-64

Serve packages/secret when requesting /subset/Packages:

$> echo "secret" > identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth,CN=sample/subset

Serve packages/all for all certificates where the subject starts with O=SolSys:

$> touch identities/O=SolSys/all

Disallow O=SolSys,OU=Mars from accessing packages/all:

$> echo "deny" > identities/O=SolSys,OU=Mars/all

TL;DR:

packages/all/*.ipk
packages/core2-64/*.ipk
packages/vmware/*.ipk
packages/secret/*.ipk

identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth,CN=sample/subset  "secret" => packages/secret
identities/O=SolSys,OU=Earth/core2-64          ""       => packages/core2-64
identities/O=SolSys/all                        ""       => packages/all
identities/O=SolSys,OU=Mars/all                "deny"   => 404

Limitations

Right now kellner:

• supports only .ipk packages

Authors

• Mathias Gumz - Maintainer
• Helge Sychla - Contributor

Name

'Kellner' is the german term for 'waiter'. As such, a 'Kellner' serves / delivers things listed on a menu. kellner delivers packages, based upon a created index (the menu).