To deploy a new site, first make sure you know:
- the hostname the chapter prefers
- the chapter's contact email address
- the group's name (e.g. "MIT ESP" or "Yale Splash")
- the chapter's preferred theme
Then ssh to diogenes, grab the latest version of
deploy/server_setup/new_site.sh, cd to /lu/sites, and
run sudo new_site.sh --all. If the directory already exists for the
chapter, you may wish to delete it to get a clean start. (You may instead
clone the repository yourself, cd into it, and run the script from there.)
Follow the instructions to set up the site. For the site directory name,
choose something short that's likely to stay unique and understandable as we
add more chapters. When it does the "create superuser", you should create
yourself an account; afterwards chapter admins can create their own accounts
and you can make them admins.
If something doesn't work, and you need to re-run a particular step, you can do
so by passing the appropriate flag to new_site.sh. Note that some steps
won't work if you run them twice, so if a step fails partway through you may
need to complete or undo it manually. The script will remember your settings;
you just need to tell it the same directory again.
It can also be helpful to run python manage.py migrate if the setup fails
during the database or settings phase.
Finally, email the chapter to let them know that you've set up their site, and with instructions to set up their accounts, whatever parts of their theme you didn't set up. You can also point them at the documentation in the repository and on the LU wiki and at websupport.
To deactivate a site, simply remove or comment out its lines in
/etc/apache2/sites-available/esp_sites.conf, /etc/crontab, and
/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf, and move its site directory to
/lu/sites/inactive.
TODO(benkraft): write a quick script for this.
TODO