Packaging python into rpms (like a boss)

Fri, Dec 16, 2016 2-minute read

What do you do when you need to package an rpm on an Ubuntu box? You use Vagrant and FPM ofcourse!

Tools needed:

Vagrantfile:

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.box = "centos/6"

  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
    # Clean up everything
    yum clean all
    # Install Software Collections
    yum install centos-release-scl -y
    # Install ruby193 + needed dependencies for fpm and some tooling
    yum install ruby193 ruby193-ruby-devel python-setuptools git -y
    yum groupinstall 'Development tools' -y
    # Set ruby193 to be default one
    echo "source /opt/rh/ruby193/enable" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile.d/ruby193.sh
    source /opt/rh/ruby193/enable
    # Install fpm (finally)
    gem install fpm
    # now it's up to you to git clone and package stuff!
  SHELL
end

Getting the environment up and packaging the file:

$ vagrant up
... output removed because it's a long one!
$ vagrant ssh
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo su -
[root@localhost ~]# git clone https://github.com/rfarley3/Kibana
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/Kibana/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 171, done.
remote: Total 171 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 171
Receiving objects: 100% (171/171), 40.53 KiB, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (100/100), done.
[root@localhost ~]# fpm -s python -t rpm Kibana/setup.py
Created package {:path=>"python-kibana-0.7-1.noarch.rpm"}
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qip python-kibana-0.7-1.noarch.rpm 
Name        : python-kibana                Relocations: / 
Version     : 0.7                               Vendor: none
Release     : 1                             Build Date: Thu 22 Dec 2016 03:03:55 PM UTC
Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: localhost
Group       : default                       Source RPM: python-kibana-0.7-1.src.rpm
Size        : 70802                            License: UNKNOWN
Signature   : (none)
Packager    : <root@localhost.localdomain>
URL         : https://github.com/rfarley3/Kibana
Summary     : Kibana configuration index (.kibana) command line interface and python API (visualization import/export and mappings refresh)
Description :
Kibana configuration index (.kibana) command line interface and python API (visualization import/export and mappings refresh)

Have fun packaging with your new reusable packaging environment!