Jhernandez has uploaded a new change for review. ( https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/374975 )
Change subject: Docs: Add periodic updates to staging server guide ...................................................................... Docs: Add periodic updates to staging server guide Add notes about periodically updating the server via cron jobs, and a caveats section to explain the issues with the current implementation. Change-Id: I61a82e8e5629fb8da898eca527899b9a6296c493 --- M docs/setting-a-staging-server.md 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) git pull ssh://gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/marvin refs/changes/75/374975/1 diff --git a/docs/setting-a-staging-server.md b/docs/setting-a-staging-server.md index 9822f96..b85612f 100644 --- a/docs/setting-a-staging-server.md +++ b/docs/setting-a-staging-server.md @@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ echo "Running post-merge hook" echo "Installing and building server bundle" -npm install -npm run build +# Use our newer install of npm: +/usr/local/bin/npm install +/usr/local/bin/npm run build echo "Removing previously started server processes" killall node || true @@ -190,4 +191,48 @@ Server started on http://localhost:8080/ ``` -Then you should be able to access your site from the browser! \ No newline at end of file +Then you should be able to access your site from the browser! + +## 5. Auto updating the repository + +Let's set up a cron job to auto-update the repository every 5 minutes. For that, +as the **marvin** user, run `crontab -e`, and add this line at the end: + +``` +*/5 * * * * cd /home/marvin/sources && git pull >> /home/marvin/cron.log 2>&1 +``` + +Every five minutes, a git pull will be done in the repo, and the log will be +written in `/home/marvin/cron.log`. + +After you save, wait for 5 minutes and check the log file, you should see a log +of the cron run, like this: + +``` +Already up-to-date. +``` + +Everything should be ready to go. + +## Notes and caveats + +This is a raw setup, so if any exceptions rise from your node server, the +process will die, and the service won't be available. Same will happen if the +server is rebooted. + +Right now we're not saving the logs anywhere so it may be difficult to debug if +a problem comes up. + +We may improve this setup later by using some process runner like pm2 or +forever, and when we do so we will update this guide. + +If you have to restart the process, you can use the git hook to restart it: + +``` +$ sudo su marvin +marvin@marvin-staging:~$ cd ~/sources +marvin@marvin-staging:~/sources$ ./.git/hooks/post-merge +``` + +That will trigger a full re-install, re-build, and launch the process back up +again. \ No newline at end of file -- To view, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/374975 To unsubscribe, visit https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/settings Gerrit-MessageType: newchange Gerrit-Change-Id: I61a82e8e5629fb8da898eca527899b9a6296c493 Gerrit-PatchSet: 1 Gerrit-Project: marvin Gerrit-Branch: master Gerrit-Owner: Jhernandez <jhernan...@wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-commits mailing list MediaWiki-commits@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-commits
