Hi and thanks for writing! And thanks for being clear and comprehensive about what you are looking for.
I'm sorry you didn't come across https://warehouse.readthedocs.io/application/#usage-assumptions-and-concepts -- maybe we need to flag that better. As it mentions: > Warehouse is specifically the codebase for the official Python Package Index, > and thus focuses on architecture and features for PyPI and Test PyPI. People > and groups who want to run their own package indexes usually use other tools, > like devpi https://pypi.org/project/devpi-server/ . You might also consider https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver or one of the other similar projects: https://github.com/pypiserver/pypiserver#similar-projects I hope this helps! (Sorry, I originally (yesterday) sent this off-list by mistake.) -- Sumana Harihareswara Changeset Consulting https://changeset.nyc On 12/20/18 9:23 AM, Christoph Bischko wrote: > Hi all, > > currently, the only official warehouse documentation at > https://warehouse.readthedocs.io seems to be quite sparse. Also it seems to > be aimed at developers, not end users. A lot about features and the hows of > setting up a warehouse instance is left in the dark. > > For instance, there is the environment file > (https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/blob/master/dev/environment) that > contains some very necessary settings. I did not find out about it in the > documentation but by a painful reading of the Makefile. > Warehouse ships with "example data". I.e. on installation there are >40k > users and >30k dummy packages in the database by default - no instructions > on how to remove them. Again, I read the Makefile and altered the > example.sql database as a result. > HTTPS seems to be disabled by default, with no documentation on how to set > it up properly and securely. > Account verification Mails, do not work out of the box - again no docs on > setting that up. > Pip installation of packages on a client via the index on my local > Warehouse failed, because the links pointed to local host instead of the > actual fileserver. Again, the responsible setting FILES_BACKEND in the > environment is nowhere to be read about. > There is no information on whether it is possible and how, to set up > caching of the index at pypi.org with a local warehouse. > > As you can see, I was able to resolve some of these issues with some > digging, reading of the code, trial and error and a bit pain. But my > questions are: > > - Am I missing something here? Is warehouse not meant to be used in > setting up your own local package index, i.e. for a company or educational > facility? > - Is there additional documentation I'm not aware of, something aimed at > system administrators and end-users that want to setup their own pypi, > because searching the web gives precious little and nothing usable? > - Are there (maybe 3rd-party) example configurations and guides for > warehouse? > > The goal for a local instance of warehouse would be: > - Isolation of the local network from the internet (i.e. caching of pypi) > - Speedup of package installation via local network > - Having private packages locally that are not uploaded to pypi > > I hope you can help me, and maybe documenting warehouse for end users will > get a higher priority as a result. > Thanks, > Christoph > > >
