wild-central/dist/README.md

Packaging Wild Central

Installation

APT Repository (recommended)

# Import the signing key
curl -fsSL https://aptly.cloud2.payne.io/wild-central.gpg \
    | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/wild-central.gpg > /dev/null

# Add the repository
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wild-central.sources <<EOF
Types: deb
URIs: https://aptly.cloud2.payne.io
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/wild-central.gpg
EOF

sudo apt update && sudo apt install wild-central

Use Suites: edge for rolling builds from HEAD.

Manual .deb install

sudo dpkg -i wild-central_*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Quick Start

1. Start the service:

   sudo systemctl enable --now wild-central
   

2. Access the web interface: open http://your-server-ip in your browser

3. Configure (optional):

   sudo cp /etc/wild-central/config.yaml.example /etc/wild-central/config.yaml
   sudo nano /etc/wild-central/config.yaml
   sudo systemctl restart wild-central
   

Release Artifacts

Each release includes:

• wild-central_{VERSION}_{arch}.deb — full install (daemon + web UI)
• wild-central-{arch} — standalone daemon binary
• SHA256SUMS — checksums for all artifacts

Developer Tooling

make help          # Show all targets and current version info
make package-all   # Build all .deb packages
make release       # Stable release: tag + Gitea + APT stable
make release-edge  # Edge release: force-tag + Gitea + APT edge
make deploy-repo   # Deploy packages to APT repository only

Directory structure:

build/           Intermediate build artifacts
dist/bin/        Standalone binaries
dist/packages/   .deb packages

Environment variables (see .envrc):

• GITEA_TOKEN — required for make release / make release-edge
• APTLY_URL / APTLY_PASS — required for APT deployment