Deployer - Automated Zero Downtime Deployments

More documentation and packaging to come.

Getting Started

which git
which setlock         # from acg/daemontools-encore
which setuidgid       # from acg/daemontools-encore
which trigger-listen  # from acg/trigger
which trigger-pull    # from acg/trigger
which fsq-run         # from endcrawl/fsq-run
which shellsafe       # from endcrawl/daemontools-extras
make                  # ensure tests pass

Usage Notes

Fear not; many of these manual steps will be automated.

• First, create a config file for deployer:

  • For user installs, this is ~/.deployer.conf.
  • For system installs, this is $PREFIX/etc/deployer.conf.
  • Provide an example conf file to start with.
  • Make this easier for user installs.

• Make sure the deployer binaries are on your path.

  • Provide binary packages that handle installation.

• Create the necessary filesystem structure.

  • deployer-init

• Set up a daemontools service which runs deployer-service.

  • Provide something to make this easier.

• Start managing your first deployment:

deployer-manage foo [email protected]:yourname/foo.git

• Push some new commits to the master branch of foo.

• Request your first automated deployment:

deploy foo master

• Watch it work:

tail -n 100 -f /var/service/deployer/log/main/current