Description

Chief is a simple web interface to assist in the deployment of web applications.

Installation

1. git clone git://github.com/jbalogh/chief.git; cd chief
2. cp settings.py.dist settings.py
3. Fill in settings. The "script" will be run in 3 stages:
   1. /usr/bin/commander $script pre_update
   2. /usr/bin/commander $script update
   3. /usr/bin/commander $script deploy
4. Hook up chief.app to mod_wsgi, gunicorn, etc.

Requirements

• Commander

Making an RPM

1. Install fpm
2. Use fpm like the following example: sudo fpm -s dir -t rpm -n "chief" -v 0.1.2 --url "http://github.com/mozilla/chief/" --provides chief -a all --description "Chief is a simple web interface to assist in the deployment of web applications." --maintainer "infra-webops@mozilla.com" -d gunicorn -d python26-redis -d Flask -d python-werkzeug -d python-wtforms -d Jinja2 --prefix "/var/www/chief" --exclude ".git*" /path/to/chief/

Change Log

• v0.1.4 - fixes bug with history page and unicode characters in redis
• v0.1.3 - adds support for history pagination, support for arbitrary task runners, and some notification support. Thanks @oremj, @cturra, and @willkg
• v0.1.2.1 - fix for /chief/ not including a line break, fixes #5
• v0.1.2 - adds proper index page for /chief/, fixes #3
• v0.1.1 - adds a logs directory, fixes #2
• v0.1 - tagged to make an rpm for deployments, by @solarce, fixes #1