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author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-07-10 16:56:52 +0100 |
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committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-07-10 16:56:52 +0100 |
commit | 95616048a07b1f34c25eb9c27875f18406a72743 (patch) | |
tree | a75fe64914466f613f5c699ed81962fd8e132424 /docs/installing/deploy.md | |
parent | 94abbed71e60f78beb5e195d00275a70ce2efc38 (diff) | |
parent | 2def92faf3b07ffb33a1fe89dac7e4208889e54a (diff) |
Merge branch 'gh-pages' of ssh://git.mysociety.org/data/git/public/alaveteli into gh-pages
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diff --git a/docs/installing/deploy.md b/docs/installing/deploy.md index e51adda31..c71c987bb 100644 --- a/docs/installing/deploy.md +++ b/docs/installing/deploy.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ title: Deploying <p class="lead"> Although you can install Alaveteli and just change it when you need it, we recommend you adopt a way of <strong>deploying</strong> it automatically, - especially on your <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#production">production server</a>. + especially on your + <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary__link">production server</a>. Alaveteli provides a deployment mechanism using Capistrano. </p> @@ -27,13 +28,13 @@ changes or copying files by hand, so your site will be down for the shortest possible time. We **strongly recommend** you use the deployment mechanism for your -<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#production">production server</a> and, if -you're running one, your -<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#staging">staging server</a> too. +<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary__link">production server</a> +and, if you're running one, your +<a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/glossary/#staging" class="glossary__link">staging server</a> too. ## Capistrano -<a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#capistrano" class="glossary">Capistrano</a> +<a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#capistrano" class="glossary__link">Capistrano</a> is included as part of Alaveteli as a standard deployment system. The basic principle of Capistrano is that you execute `cap [do-something]` @@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Next, on your local machine: Back on the server: * copy the following config files from the temporary copy of Alaveteli you made at - the begining (perhaps in your home directory) to the `shared` directory that + the beginning (perhaps in your home directory) to the `shared` directory that Capistrano just created on the server: * `general.yml` * `database.yml` @@ -110,14 +111,15 @@ Back on the server: * `cache/` * `files/` * `lib/acts_as_xapian/xapiandbs` (copy this to straight into `shared` so it becomes `shared/xapiandbs`) + * `log/` Now, back on your local machine: * make sure you're still in the Alaveteli repo (if not, `cd` back into it) * run `cap -S stage=staging deploy:update_code` to get a code checkout on the server. * create a deployment directory on the server by running *one* of these commands: - * `cap deploy` if you're deploying a <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#staging" class="glossary">staging site</a>, or... - * `cap -S stage=production deploy` for <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary">production</a> + * `cap deploy` if you're deploying a <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#staging" class="glossary__link">staging site</a>, or... + * `cap -S stage=production deploy` for <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/glossary/#production" class="glossary__link">production</a> * update the webserver config (either apache or nginx) to add the `current` element to the path where it is serving Alaveteli from. If you installed using the installation script, this will be replacing `/var/www/alaveteli/alaveteli/` with |