Deploy a private Github repository with whiskey_disk

http://object.io/site/2011/whiskey_disk-private-github/

by Superfud • 15 years ago

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simondlr2• 15 years ago

I've been looking at similar solutions. I've tried using fluxflex.com, but it only seems to work for public projects. The main purpose of my site is not to have full-scale operations: just a place online to test it.

Anyone know of similar solutions?

jsavimbi• 15 years ago

I'm not a fan of fluxflex and I've discontinued using them. Too much middle-man for my liking. Last Friday I worked through http://cuppster.com/2011/05/12/diy-node-js-server-on-amazon-... , better than http://blog.carbonfive.com/2011/09/01/deploying-node-js-on-a..., in the afternoon and save for a couple of idiot glitches on my part, it works fine. EC2 is a real bitch, for me at least, so I'll stick with Linode for now. With a little elbow grease you'll be able to get it to work with Github as well, but I'm looking forward to using whiskey_disk today.

simondlr2• 15 years ago

Thanks! I will check these out.

damncabbage• 15 years ago

Sorry if I've not understood correctly, but what is the benefit of this over, say, Capistrano? I'm a little confused.

Superfud2• 15 years ago

Good question! The main benefit is you deploy directly from your git-server to your production server, instead of uploading from your own computer. This means a lot faster deploys, especially when your deployments are large or your internet connection is really poor (being able to make deployments quickly while on a 3G connection is awesome). whiskey_disk uses one ssh connection to your server for all work (so less time for spawning ssh connections), and the heavy traffic is not to/from your local machine.

Other benefits of the tool include putting all config files into version control, and a lot less less magic in your deployments.

lobster_johnson• 15 years ago

Capistrano does pulls directly from the Git repo by default. It will use a single SSH connection between client and host if you have the SSH control master socket enabled.

MostAwesomeDude• 15 years ago

I've gotten into the habit of just having git installed on my web server, and pulling directly from there. Is there some reason why whiskey_disk is better?

sjs• 15 years ago

Since this came up, my take on deploying from Github looks like this: https://github.com/samsonjs/ThePusher ... deploy by pushing.

circuitbreaker• 15 years ago

+1 for the name. LOL!

Deploy a private Github repository with whiskey_disk

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