Re: Minicpan mirror on lan, not working with cpanplus client

Ok! I have it working!!! The key suggestion came from hippo. This might help someone else, so even though its not strictly Perl, I'll detail the steps I took to get my minicpan online.

I first edited the Apache config-file: `sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf' to introduce a new Alias:


# Alias definition
Alias /minicpan "/var/mirrors/minicpan"

Then a new Directory entry goes next into apache2.conf:


# Directory permissions
<Directory "/var/mirrors/minicpan">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Warning: I don't actually understand all the lines in the Directory permissions block. I'm guilty of cargo-cult coding here; I just copied what Google AI answered with. Sorry ;-)

Finally, one needs to remember to restart apache so that it will read the edited apache2.conf; my server is running on Debian and a good way for Debian users to get a restart is `sudo systemctl restart apache2'

So once again PerlMonks came through for me, and I really appreciate it.

Soren

Jul 01, 2025 at 17:05 UTC

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Re^2: Minicpan mirror on lan, not working with cpanplus client by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 01, 2025 at 17:37 UTC
Warning: I don't actually understand all the lines in the Directory permissions block. I'm guilty of cargo-cult coding here; I just copied what Google AI answered with. Sorry ;-) Don't blindly follow suggestions from an LLM AI. That's even worse than blindly following code in some random blog you've never read before. In this case the `Options` line is probably unnecessary and really should not have `FollowSymLinks`. `AllowOverride None` is good, but should really be at the top level, not just in this dir. `Require all granted` allows public access to all methods - fine for a fully internal server but bear it in mind if you are opening it up to clients on the wider web. a good way for Debian users to get a restart is `sudo systemctl restart apache2' You don't need a restart just to pick up a change in config like this. If you are stuck with using systemd then `sudo systemctl reload apache2` will do. If you are free from systemd (or just don't want to give it the satisfaction of using its own commands) then a simple `sudo apachectl graceful` is the way. Glad you have it working now. Enjoy your minicpan! 🦛	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Minicpan mirror on lan, not working with cpanplus client by Intrepid (Curate) on Jul 05, 2025 at 15:41 UTC
Thank you for the good information hippo. I am glad I have it working. It's really quite cool having many perl packages available through connection on my local LAN. Jul 05, 2025 at 15:41 UTC	[reply]