October 2009
3 posts
Deploying Django sites using RPM
Why?
Django is a great framework for developing websites but as with most projects there isn’t a particular focus on the system administration side of running a real site. There are great instructions describing the source-level changes you’ll want to make and what you’ll need to configure your webserver to do but … what about afterwards?
The process of deploying any site has...
Jetty/Solr password cheatsheet
Either Google is failing me or the docs for configuring Solr and Jetty could be improved. If you need to lock down Solr on a deadline, the process looks like this - and the process is applicable to any other Jetty-based embedded webserver:
Change into your Solr directory
Generate a password hash for the user(s) you intend to use:
chris@server:~/project/solr [git master] $ java -cp...
Tornado Presentation
A very fast presentation about Tornado for ZPUGDC:
September 2009
1 post
Git cheatsheet: How to publish a repository over...
I recently needed to publish a Git repository to an Apache server for simple sharing with a collaborator. There are a few guides out there, but there’s a key missing step required with the current Git releases for the simple publish-over-SSH-clone-over-HTTP model.
On the server, run the following commands in the directory which you want to contain the repository after changing PROJECT to...