PyPI In a box: Using a Raspberry Pi as a portable PyPI server

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A Raspberry Pi hosts a selective mirror of PyPI (over ~400,000 packages on record) so attendees can pip install from a local HTTP index; the setup uses mini-repo to download specific wheels, pypi-server to index them, and nginx as a reverse proxy/cache, with hostapd and dnsmasq providing a hotspot/DHCP/DNS. The device serves live meetups (roughly 30 devices tested), runs ~2 hours on a battery pack for the shown model, and is proven usable for workshops and offline installs.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:38Zimbabwe Python challenges
3. 5:25Raspberry Pi PyPI server
4. 7:59Why local PyPI mirror
5. 9:05Setup PyPI on Raspberry Pi
6. 12:34Offline package network
7. 14:21Install packages offline
8. 15:34Beyond Python packages
9. 16:59Q&A: Caching and mirror
10. 18:23Q&A: Network and DNS
11. 19:11Q&A: Local hosting and battery
12. 20:17Q&A: Social impact
13. 22:49Q&A: Productizing for events
14. 23:54Q&A: Alternative projects
15. 24:57Q&A: User-friendly setup

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