Re: Evolution Express - the conclusion ...

[Ray Wang <raywang gnome org>]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 11:12:29AM -0500, Paul Cutler wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 14:44 +0100, Michael Meeks wrote:
>> >     * api.gnome.org is the right place to host this data
>
>> * We'll need the git repo set up (let's call it api-web for example)
>> * You get a checkout in .../git-wd/ then the hook runs a command,
>> typically ./autogen.sh ; make install
>> * Then a cron job executes bin/update_sites.py
>> * /usr/local/www/gnomeweb/etc/website-triggers is the configuration file
>> and can have api-web added
>
> As a guide for the new sysadmins:

Wow, Thanks so much for that!
It's very useful, and I can't imagine how to do it without this. :)

>
> First off: Git module has to be created by a sysadmin, due to existing
> content on api.gnome.org.
>
>
> Steps (minimal):
> * Download /usr/local/www/api.gnome.org @ window to ~/tmp/api-web.tar @ home
> @home:
> * mkdir ~/src/api-web; cd ~/src/api-web
> * tar xf ~/tmp/api-web.tar
> * cp ../library-web/library-web.doap api-web.doap
> * vim api-web.doap
> * git init
> * git add .
> * git commit
> As per http://live.gnome.org/Git/NewRepository:
> * ssh git.gnome.org create-repository api-web
> * git push --exec=import ssh://git.gnome.org/git/api-web refs/heads/* refs/tags/*
> * ssh git.gnome.org finish-import api-web
> then:
> * cd ..
> * rm -rf api-web
> * git clone gnome:api-web
> @git
> * cd /git/api-web.git
> * git config hooks.update-recipients gnomeweb www gnome org
> @window
> * sudo -s -u root -H
> * mkdir /usr/local/www/api-web
> * chown gnomeweb:gnomeweb /usr/local/www/api-web
> * vim ~gnomeweb/etc/website-triggers
>  Add the following:
>  [api-web]
>  url=http://api.gnome.org/
>  owner=gnome-web-list gnome org
>  order=A000
> * cp ~gnomeweb/hooks/art-web ~/gnomeweb/hooks/api-web
> * vim ~/gnomeweb/hooks/api-web
>  Change rsync line to read:
>  rsync --archive  --delete --exclude=api-web.doap --exclude=.git . /usr/local/www/api-web
>
>  Note: the website-triggers could also directly refer to
>  /usr/local/www/api-web, but that means publically exposing .git and
>  the api-web.doap file.
>
> If you paid close attention you'll notice that I changed
> /usr/local/www/api.gnome.org to /usr/local/www/api-web. If not in a
> repository, I prefer the site name, now we have a Git repository, I
> prefer the git repository name. I changed the Apache config to match and
> also fixed the config a bit (logged to foundation.gnome.org instead of
> api.gnome.org).
>
> There are explanations on the website trigger scripts somewhere. Not
> telling where, if it is too hard it is up to you to add better links to
> it.
>
> Lastly, I am not a Git expert, above works for me (the rm -rf + git
> clone bits:).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Olav
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