notes.txt

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TODOS
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 - https://github.com/typesafehub/play-plugins/tree/master/mailer

 - ??? new library for json: https://github.com/jrudolph/json-lenses/


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required settings
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INSERT INTO setting VALUES ('jenkinsUsername', 'jenkinsbuilder');
INSERT INTO setting VALUES ('jenkinsPassword', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
INSERT INTO setting VALUES ('enablePollings', 'true');



ALLOWED USERS

INSERT INTO login (email) VALUES ('odersky@gmail.com');
.....




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postgresql
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INSTALL

- brew install postgresql

- edit /usr/local/var/postgres/postgresql.conf
  ==> max_connections = 50

- according to http://willbryant.net/software/mac_os_x/postgres_initdb_fatal_shared_memory_error_on_leopard

  sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=65536
  sudo sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216

- make these settings stick: edit (create) "sudo emacs /etc/sysctl.conf"

  kern.sysv.shmall=65536
  kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216


START & STOP

 start:    pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
 stop:     pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast


CREATE DUMP

/usr/local/bin/pg_dump -h localhost -U scalabuilds --insert scalabuilds > dump.sql




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heroku
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- create app:
    heroku create --stack cedar
  (adds a git remote)

- publish
    git push heroku heroku:master

- view logs
    heroku logs

- sql console
    https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-sql-console

- dump / backup database (https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/pgbackups)
    heroku addons:add pgbackups
    heroku pgbackups (list existing)
    heroku pgbackups:capture (new backup)
    heroku pgbackups:url b004 (get download url)
    heroku pgbackups:destroy b003




http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/import-data-heroku-postgres
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-numeric.html




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http / rest api tricks
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issue post requests programmatically: open javascript console in chrome on the page,
paste the following (deltes builds in jenkins)

    http = new XMLHttpRequest();
    http.open("POST", "https://scala-webapps.epfl.ch/jenkins/job/scala-checkin/6444/doDelete", false);
    http.send("");
    
    http = new XMLHttpRequest();
    http.open("POST", "https://scala-webapps.epfl.ch/jenkins/job/scala-checkin/6443/doDelete", false);
    http.send("");