Official deployment: checklist

[neteler]

In order to launch our new Website numerous tasks have to be done (incomplete):

• Remove hardcoded paths in (remove staging.):

  • grass-website/config.toml

    Line 1 in a8c3e8d

    baseURL = "https://staging.grass.osgeo.org/"

  • grass-website/config.toml

    Line 234 in a8c3e8d

    link = "https://staging.grass.osgeo.org/index.xml"

  • responsible: @neteler
  • done in e6dfabd
• Switch DNS:
  • grass.osgeo.org --> old.grass.osgeo.org
  • staging.grass.osgeo.org --> grass.osgeo.org
  • see https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2485
  • responsible: @neteler, OSGeo-SAC (Regina)
• Move CMSMS to different domain:
  • http://old.grass.osgeo.org/
  • clear cache
  • change urls in
    • /var/www/grass/grass-cms/config.php
    • /var/www/grass/grass-cms/.htaccess
    • elsewhere: neteler@osgeo6:/var/www/grass/grass-cms$ sudo find . -type f | xargs grep grass.osgeo.org | grep -v 'tmp\|manuals\|announces\|binary\|source\|newsletter\|programming\|uploads\|grass[3-7]'
  • clear cache again
  • double check config.php for path/url
  • hope we never used absolute url's in templates/style sheets...
  • check the cms mailer and/or other mailing modules
  • responsible: @neteler
• disable cronjob on osgeo6:
  • responsible: @neteler
• transfer Apache redirects from osgeo6 to osgeo7:
  • neteler@osgeo6:~$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/includes/grass.osgeo.org.inc
  • carefully copy over and update redirects as needed
  • responsible: @neteler
• Test new and old website:
  • all functional after the DNS switch: both hugo and CMSMS site?
    • https://old.grass.osgeo.org/
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/
  • responsible: tbd
• Check if links in the Wiki still point correctly
  • add redirects as needed in apache config, or, update Wiki
  • around 60 redirects added
  • responsible: @neteler
• write press release: see Write press release about this new website #198
  • short "sightseeing" tour in the new website
  • Mention Nicolas Bozon nicolas.bozon@gmail.com as the main designer (@nbozon)
  • also advertise: mailing lists, wiki, github repos
  • responsible: @veroandreo
• publish press release: see Write press release about this new website #198
  • on 29 July 2020, the GRASS GIS birthday!
  • responsible: @neteler
• Notify the mirror server operators about new URL:
  • see Add list of mirror sites #181
  • responsible: @neteler
• Mention mirror list on main page
  • see add page with mirrors sites and link on home page #207
  • see add info on how to mirror website #209 for howto mirror
  • responsible: @mlennert
• Check if backup of grasslxd is running:
  • LXD container on osgeo7, via OSGeo-SAC: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Backups
  • responsible: @neteler, OSGeo-SAC (Regina)
• update RSS feed on https://planet.osgeo.org:
  • old: https://grass.osgeo.org/feeds/Mainpage.rss
  • new: https://grass.osgeo.org/index.xml
  • https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2486
  • responsible: @neteler -> jsanz (?)
• Check if snapshot compilation is running:
  • src, binary snapshots, manuals, progman, addons
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/manuals/ | https://grass.osgeo.org/grass79/manuals/
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/grass78/binary/linux/snapshot/ | https://grass.osgeo.org/grass79/binary/linux/snapshot/
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/ (check date)
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/programming7/ (check date)
  • responsible: @neteler, @landam
• Check if i18N translation statistics are generated:
  • i18N translation statistics (currently https://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/#statistics)
    • https://grass.osgeo.org/uploads/grass/
  • generated via cronjob at https://grass.osgeo.org/grass79/binary/linux/snapshot/
  • also used in the wxGUI
  • responsible: @neteler
• Remove from cronjob to package for old osgeo6 server
  • edit: https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-addons/blob/b1d3144e2f597b3dff7f6fba0b831ea6d24eb7d9/tools/cronjobs_osgeo_lxd/cron_job_list_grass#L32
  • responsible: @neteler
• Check if all is ok in the search engines, after the DNS change:
  • Google indexing: https://search.google.com/search-console?resource_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgrass.osgeo.org%2F
  • Bing indexing: https://www.bing.com/webmasters?siteUrl=https://grass.osgeo.org/
  • responsible: @neteler

(edit this list for more TODOs)

[neteler]

Planned date for DNS switch: 27 July 2020 - @neteler + Regina Obe

[neteler]

We are in good shape :-)

[neteler]

All done, happily closing.

Special thanks to Regina Obe from SAC for her continuous support with grasslxd, DNS and SSL certificates. And also to all initial release contributors!