StaticSync

A blox postbuild plugin to sync static files to your CDN.

StaticSync exposes two different plugins:

• 'staticsync' synchronizes your blox static_dir to the bucket you specify after blox completes a build.
• 'datasync' synchronizes your blox build_dir to the bucket you specify after blox completes a build.

Getting Started

StaticSync is written in Go. You'll need a local Go installation to use it, so follow the instructions at go.dev to install Go on your computer.

You'll also need an account at a CDN provider supported by the GoCloud SDK. See the documentation for specific information on how to choose the correct URL to export as an environment variable. See usage below for more details.

Prerequisites

The things you need before installing the software.

• Go version 1.17 or later.
• CDN provider supported by the GoCloud SDK.

Installation

A step by step guide that will tell you how to get the development environment up and running.

$ go get github.com/cueblox/staticsync

Usage

Add the plugins you want to use to your blox.cue configuration file as a postbuild plugin.

For staticsync, add the following to your blox.cue configuration file:

{
  data_dir: "data"
  schemata_dir: "data/schemata"
  build_dir: ".build"
  template_dir: "data/tpl"
  static_dir: "public/static"
  postbuild: [ {
    name: "staticsync"
    executable: "staticsync"
  }]
}

Or you can use both plugins:

{
  data_dir: "data"
  schemata_dir: "data/schemata"
  build_dir: ".build"
  template_dir: "data/tpl"
  static_dir: "public/static"
  prebuild: [ {
    name: "bloximages"
    executable: "bloximages"
  }]
  postbuild: [ {
    name: "staticsync"
    executable: "staticsync"
  },
  {
    name: "datasync"
    executable: "staticsync"
  }]
}

Configuration

In addition to the environment variables required by GoCloud, you'll need to export the following environment variables:

• DATA_BUCKET: The bucket to sync your built data to when using the datasync plugin
• STATIC_BUCKET: The bucket to sync your static files to when using the staticsync plugin

An example .envrc file:

export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=yourstorageaccount
export AZURE_STORAGE_KEY=SomeBigLongKeyInBase64==
export STATIC_BUCKET=azblob://images
export DATA_BUCKET=azblob://data

Deployment

StaticSync uploads your static content at the end of your blox build. If you run blox build locally, it will synchronize to your CDN.

Contributing

See contributing guide for more information.