Haiti

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Release Management

We have 3 running instances:

• Production: ​http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org
• Dev/UAT: ​http://haiti-orgsdev.sahanafoundation.org
• UAT: ​http://haiti-test.sahanafoundation.org ToDo
• Development: ​http://haiti-dev.sahanafoundation.org ToDo

We have several Code branches:

• Haiti Portal: ​https://launchpad.net/sahana/haiti-quake-2010
• Haiti Offline: tbc
• Trunk: ​https://launchpad.net/sahana/sahanapy
• OR: ​https://code.launchpad.net/~michael-howden/sahana/haiti-quake-2010 to change to being trunk-derived?
• RMS: ​https://code.launchpad.net/~uwthw/sahana/rms
• VITA: ​https://code.launchpad.net/~nursix.org/sahana/vita

Release Process

Overall responsible Person: Fran

1. Where generic, new code is merged 1st into Trunk by Fran
2. Code is then merged into the Haiti branch by Fran
   • RMS is currently Haiti-specific so is merged directly to Haiti branch
3. Code is pulled from the Haiti branch to Dev by lifeeth or chamindra
   • Data is 1st synced from Prod
   • A 1st draft of a data migration plan is made
4. Code is pulled from the Haiti branch to UAT by lifeeth or chamindra
   • Testers to be informed before this via the group: tbc
   • Data is 1st synced from Prod
   • A more detailed data migration plan is made
5. Code is pulled from the Haiti branch to Prod by Fran (Volunteers welcomed to take over!)
   • Sign-off for this to come from the group: tbc
   • A careful data migration plan is made

• Backup
  • Disable system crontab
    • vim /etc/crontab
  • Website put into Maintenance Mode
    • cd /home/haiti ; ./maintenance.on
  • cd /home/haiti/web2py ; python web2py.py -S prod -M -N

    db.export_to_csv_file(open('db.csv','wb'))
    Ctrl+D
    

• DataMigration
  • models/00_db.py
    • migrate = True
  • cd /home/haiti/web2py ; python web2py.py -S prod -M -N

    Ctrl+D
    

• Restore Service
  • Re-enable Website
    • cd /home/haiti ; ./maintenance.off
  • Re-enable system crontab
    • vim /etc/crontab

• BluePrintSynchronisation

Technical Details

Production

• haiti.sahanapy.org VM: 212.23.5.4
• /home/haiti/web2py/applications/prod
• /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/prod
• Sqlite
• Web2Py r1544
• Sahana Haiti r547
• Customisations:
  • models/00_db.py
    • migrate = False
  • models/00_settings.py
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_verification = True
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_approval = True

UAT

• logistics.sahanapy.org VM: 212.23.5.5
• /home/haiti-test/web2py/applications/test
• /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/haiti-test
• MySQL hopefully
• Web2Py r1544
• Sahana Haiti r547
• Customisations:
  • models/00_db.py
    • migrate = False
    • db = DAL('mysql://haititest:password@localhost/haititest', pool_size=10)
  • models/00_settings.py
    • S3_PUBLIC_URL = '​http://haiti-test.sahanafoundation.org'
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_verification = True
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_approval = True

Dev

• logistics.sahanapy.org VM: 212.23.5.5
• /home/haiti-dev/web2py/applications/dev
• /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/haiti-dev
• [MySQL] hopefully
• Web2Py r1544
• Sahana Haiti r547
• Customisations:
  • models/00_db.py
    • migrate = False
    • db = DAL('mysql://haitidev:password@localhost/haitidev', pool_size=10)
  • models/00_settings.py
    • S3_PUBLIC_URL = '​http://haiti-dev.sahanafoundation.org'
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_verification = True
    • auth.settings.registration_requires_approval = True

Note that UAT & Dev have different Web2Py instances so that:

• We can trial different Web2Py versions on Dev
• Crontab can be separately enabled/disabled
• Sessions are not common between instances

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