Andre Anjos' Professional Website

This package contains the source and deployment instructions for my personal website. The latest version is available from my github website <http://github.com/anjos/website>.

Installation

Clone this package using the following command:

$ git clone git@github.com:anjos/website
$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update

After that, bootstrap the environment:

$ python bootstrap.py
$ MAX_CONCURRENCY=1 ./bin/buildout

Create the PDF for your CV:

$ cd anjos/website/static/cv
$ make

By default, the settings on the project are setup to work with a local db.sql3 that should be placed at the root of the package. You can also work against a MySQL server. In such a case, you will need to get hold of the MySQL connection string. You can copy the one on your private server, if you have the right to do so:

$ scp andreanjos@andreanjos.org:andreanjos.org/anjos.website/anjos/website/dbconfig.py anjos/website

Otherwise, here is a template (it should be placed on the same directory as settings.py is):

import os

DATABASES = {
    'local': {
      'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
      'NAME': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'local.sql3')
      },
    'server': {
      'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
      'NAME': '<database-name>',
      'USER': '<database-user>',
      'PASSWORD': '*********',
      'HOST': 'mysql.andreanjos.org',
      'PORT': '3306',
      },
    }

DATABASES['default'] = DATABASES['server']

Warning

Make sure you don't make the above file public, or checks it into the git repository. It contains sensitive data (username, password and the database server address).

Next, you will need to copy media only available remotely, to the current working directory and collect all apps static files:

$ ./bin/dj collectstatic --noinput
$ rsync -avz andreanjos@andreanjos.org:andreanjos.org/public/media media/

Maintenance

Here are some common tips for maintenance.

Running a Test Server

To start a test server:

$ ./bin/dj runserver

Removing Obsolete ContentTypes

This happens when you remove applications from your website:

$ ./bin/remove_app.py <appname>

Moving a MySQL database to SQLite3

To work locally, using an SQLite database for development, you can dump the current data on your server and load it again on a local sqlite3 database:

$ ./bin/dj dumpdata > data.json
$ vim anjos/website/dbconfig.py # change to the local database configuration
$ ./bin/dj syncdb --noinput
$ ./bin/dj reset auth --noinput
$ ./bin/dj reset contenttypes --noinput
$ ./bin/dj loaddata data.json
$ rm -f data.json

Installing on Dreamhost

Follow these steps:

1. Make sure that the database configuration is set right;

2. Make sure that the variable DREAMHOST is set to True at the top of the settings.py file. Do the same for DEBUG (setting it to False);

3. Link passenger_wsgi.py:: $ cd <website-directory> $ ln -s anjos.website/bin/dj.wsgi passenger_wsgi.py

4. Set up the backup cronjob to execute daily (e.g.: backup/do_it.sh). Here is an example:

   #!/bin/sh
   cd `dirname $0`
   mysqldump -h mysql.andreanjos.org -u aadjadmin -p******* --opt aa_professional_website > db.sql
   /usr/sbin/logrotate --state=logrotate.state logrotate.conf