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

In reply to Re: Minicpan mirror on lan, not working with cpanplus client by Intrepid
in thread Minicpan mirror on lan, not working with cpanplus client by Intrepid

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