Alain.xyz Daemon

A Continuous Delivery service that automatically updates the server from github push events.

How It Works

Github sends a push event to an endpoint on https://alain.xyz/api/v1/github, which is mapped to the daemon on nginx.

location /api/v1/github {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3030;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

The daemon in turn:

1. Does an HMAC SHA1 check to verify that this was indeed github.
2. git pull the repo.
3. npm start if the push event included files in the portfolio (by checking commits).
4. pkill node && npm start if the push event included files in the backend.
5. npm start if the push event included files in the frontend.