Vell is a lightweight repository management tool for RPM repositories. Every operation is done via Vell's HTTP API.

Vell is available pre-packaged from a bintray rpm repository:

[bintraybintray-rkcpi-vell]
name=bintray-rkcpi-vell
baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/rkcpi/vell
gpgcheck=0
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

• VELL_REPOS_PATH: Base path where all repositories managed by Vell are located, defaults to /var/lib/vell/repositories. Make sure the user under which Vell runs has permission to read and modify this directory.
• VELL_HTTP_ADDRESS: Address on which Vell listens, e.g. localhost or 127.0.0.1, if not given Vell will listen on all interfaces
• VELL_HTTP_PORT: Port on which Vell listens, default is 8080

Vell is managed entirely through its HTTP API. The following endpoints are available:

Fetches a list of all repositories in VELL_REPOS_PATH.

Example request:

$ curl http://localhost:8080/repositories

Response with status code 200 OK:

[
  {
    "name":"foo"
  },
  {
    "name":"bar"
  }
]

Creates a new repository.

Example request:

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"baz"}' http://localhost:8080/repositories

Response will have status code 201 CREATED.

Adds a new package to the repository with name name.

Suppose you have a package called myapp-1.5.3-1.x86_64.rpm. Example to add this to your foo repository:

$ curl -X POST -F file=@path/to/myapp-1.5.3-1.x86_64.rpm http://localhost:8080/repositories/foo/packages

Response will have status code 201 CREATED.

Lists all packages in the repository with name name.

Example request:

$ curl http://localhost:8080/repositories/baz/packages

Response with status code 200 OK:

[
  {
    "name":"myapp-1.5.3-1.x86_64.rpm",
    "lastUpdated":"2017-03-07T13:02:58+01:00",
    "size":415661
  },
  ...
]

Get metadata for the package packagename with version version in repository name.

Example request:

$ curl http://localhost:8080/repositories/baz/packages/myapp/version/1.5.3-1

Response with status code 200 OK:

{
  "name":"myapp",
  "lastUpdated":"",
  "size":0,
  "version":"1.5.3-1",
  "arch":"x86_64"
}

If a package with the specified parameters does not exist, return code will be 404.