node-distribute v0.7.1

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 or node-distribute -c.

  • this will log two files, repos and user.

• run node-distribute --start or node-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!