How do I set up a local CPAN mirror?

Question

What do I need to set up and maintain a local CPAN mirror? What scripts and best practices should I be aware of?

Answer 1

Besides the other answers, check out Leon's CPAN::Mini::Webserver, which gives you a CPAN Search interface to your local CPAN copy.

If you want to do more fancy things, see my "MyCPAN" talk. You can inject your own private modules into your private CPAN with CPAN::Mini::Inject, for instance.