Forrestbot for Cocoon

[Ross Gardler <ro...@gardler.org>]

I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
Shall I just go ahead and do it?

The reason I ask is that David mentioned there are still a few scripts 
to be brought across from his home directory. I don't expect adding a 
new site will cause problems, but don't want to start on this task until 
I am sure.

Ross

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> Ross Gardler wrote:
> > 
> > I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
> > first , done now.
> 
> Please follow the instructions at
> http://forrest.apache.org/zone.html
> 
> In particular, see the note that you must
> set your umask properly.
> 
> At the moment, only you can update the files.
> In fact now i cannot do 'svn update'. Please do
> cd /var/apache2/htdocs; chmod -R g+w

I did that part as root.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Ross Gardler wrote:
> 
> I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
> first , done now.

Please follow the instructions at
http://forrest.apache.org/zone.html

In particular, see the note that you must
set your umask properly.

At the moment, only you can update the files.
In fact now i cannot do 'svn update'. Please do
cd /var/apache2/htdocs; chmod -R g+w

Looking at my setup might help. Not to say that
mine is fully correct, but might help.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Ross Gardler wrote:
> 
> If you have the time and desire then you could do a test run in the zone 
> (check my config first).

Okay it is happening automatically now.

I made a few changes. See my svn commit log messages.
Basically i removed the sources from the server and
made forrestbot get them from SVN. This keeps things
much cleaner on the server.

> The src files for the site are in the same 
> location as the forrestbot config file. I figured this was OK because it 
> is only a locationmap really.

And the configuration forrest.properties skinconf.xml

> If Cocoon want to continue to use Forrest 
> then we can move the site config later.

Yes, good idea.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> 
>>Ross Gardler wrote:
>>
>>>I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
>>>first , done now. (OT do you have write access to /etc/passwds? I want 
>>>to set my default shell to bash)
>>
>>Yes, i can. However you need to logout before i can
>>use 'usermod'.
> 
> 
> Done now.

Thanks David, I accidentally left a terminal open overnight - not very 
good for security!

Ross

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> Ross Gardler wrote:
> > 
> > I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
> > first , done now. (OT do you have write access to /etc/passwds? I want 
> > to set my default shell to bash)
> 
> Yes, i can. However you need to logout before i can
> use 'usermod'.

Done now.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Ross Gardler wrote:
> 
> I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
> first , done now. (OT do you have write access to /etc/passwds? I want 
> to set my default shell to bash)

Yes, i can. However you need to logout before i can
use 'usermod'.

Sorry, i should have done that on setup and have done
so for the newer accounts. If anyone else needs such
changes, please ask.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
>>>>Ross Gardler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
> 
> 
> What can i do to help move this along?

I've built the config and tested locally. I know there are errors in the 
build so I have set the nag mails to come to me for now.

I've updated SVN and done svn up in the zone. I just need to do a test 
run there.

I've stumbled a little because I needed to configure my zone account 
first , done now. (OT do you have write access to /etc/passwds? I want 
to set my default shell to bash)

I'm going to bed now.

If you have the time and desire then you could do a test run in the zone 
(check my config first). The src files for the site are in the same 
location as the forrestbot config file. I figured this was OK because it 
is only a locationmap really. If Cocoon want to continue to use Forrest 
then we can move the site config later.

Thanks
Ross

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> > >>Ross Gardler wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
> 
> What can i do to help move this along?

Ah, i hadn't read last night's svn log mailing list,
and thought that you were stalled.

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

> >>Ross Gardler wrote:
> >>
> >>>I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 

What can i do to help move this along?

-David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> 
>>Ross Gardler wrote:
>>
>>>I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
>>>Shall I just go ahead and do it?
>>>
>>>The reason I ask is that David mentioned there are still a few scripts 
>>>to be brought across from his home directory. I don't expect adding a 
>>>new site will cause problems, but don't want to start on this task until 
>>>I am sure.
>>
>>It is just my crontab to be added now. You could
>>run it from your crontab to get you started.
>>Look at ~crossley/my-crontab.txt
>>
>>Just be aware that any changes you make on the server
>>will get blown away when i replace it with the content
>>of the new "zones" SVN. So make sure that you add any
>>changes to SVN too.
> 
> 
> All under SVN now. So you are safe to go ahead.
> I will be here tomorrow morning our time if you
> need help. After that i am away for the weekend.
> 
> -David
> 
> 
>>Basically you need to copy htdocs/ft/forrest-seed.xml
>>and add a crontab entry for it.
>>
>>I hope (have not tested) that any standard site will
>>just run. If it needs special processing (like forrest-seed)
>>then add it to config/forrestbot-trunk/forrestbot.sh
>>

That's brilliant David, thanks loads.

Ross

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> Ross Gardler wrote:
> > I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
> > Shall I just go ahead and do it?
> > 
> > The reason I ask is that David mentioned there are still a few scripts 
> > to be brought across from his home directory. I don't expect adding a 
> > new site will cause problems, but don't want to start on this task until 
> > I am sure.
> 
> It is just my crontab to be added now. You could
> run it from your crontab to get you started.
> Look at ~crossley/my-crontab.txt
> 
> Just be aware that any changes you make on the server
> will get blown away when i replace it with the content
> of the new "zones" SVN. So make sure that you add any
> changes to SVN too.

All under SVN now. So you are safe to go ahead.
I will be here tomorrow morning our time if you
need help. After that i am away for the weekend.

-David

> Basically you need to copy htdocs/ft/forrest-seed.xml
> and add a crontab entry for it.
> 
> I hope (have not tested) that any standard site will
> just run. If it needs special processing (like forrest-seed)
> then add it to config/forrestbot-trunk/forrestbot.sh
> 
> -David

Re: Forrestbot for Cocoon

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Ross Gardler wrote:
> I want to set up a forrestbot for the Cocoon docs coming from Daisy. 
> Shall I just go ahead and do it?
> 
> The reason I ask is that David mentioned there are still a few scripts 
> to be brought across from his home directory. I don't expect adding a 
> new site will cause problems, but don't want to start on this task until 
> I am sure.

It is just my crontab to be added now. You could
run it from your crontab to get you started.
Look at ~crossley/my-crontab.txt

Just be aware that any changes you make on the server
will get blown away when i replace it with the content
of the new "zones" SVN. So make sure that you add any
changes to SVN too.

Basically you need to copy htdocs/ft/forrest-seed.xml
and add a crontab entry for it.

I hope (have not tested) that any standard site will
just run. If it needs special processing (like forrest-seed)
then add it to config/forrestbot-trunk/forrestbot.sh

-David