node-distribute
continuous deployment of node services, make your own vpn ☁️
setup
requires
redis-cli
to be installed locally
npm install node-distribute -g
node-distribute start
// server will now be running
if you want to run this on port 80 use iptables to do the routing
sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 1337
Configuration
how to configure node-distribute two services are started with node-distribute a git server and a http server to host the admin page (admin:1337) and (git server:7000)
-
run
node-distribute --configure
ornode-distribute -c
.- this will log two files, repos and user.
-
run
node-distribute --start
ornode-distribute -s
to start the server.
repos.json
"subdomain": "..." // test.location:1337 "name": "..." // the name of the repository "type": String NODE STATIC // the type of application "anonRead": false // allow anonymous access "options": // optional "directory": "..." // used for static applications "users": // array of users that are allowed to push to this repository // The default user will be whatever is in user.json with read and write permissions "user": "username": "..." "password": "..." "permissions": "R" "W"
How do I get an app to deploy with no subdomain?
to deploy an app to the root level just simply use the
*
character in the subdomain field
"subdomain": "*" // location:1337 ...
to push to this repository simply run
git push http://{user}:{password}@localhost:7000/test.git master
user.json
admin account / default repo user
"username": "..." "password": "..."
additional information
setting a wildcard domain up on localhost (mac)
http://asciithoughts.com/posts/2014/02/23/setting-up-a-wildcard-dns-domain-on-mac-os-x/
updating docs
If you update the docs, please also copy changes to /test/fixtures/main-app
Thank you!