provisioning_notes.md

Provisioning a new site

Required packages:

• nginx
• Python 3.6
• virtualenv + pip
• Git

eg, on Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
sudo apt-get install nginx git python36 python3.6-venv

Nginx Virtual Host config

• see nginx.template.conf
• replace SITENAME with, e.g., staging.my-domain.com

Systemd service

• see gunicorn-systemd.template.service
• replace SITENAME with, e.g., staging.my-domain.com
• replace SEKRIT with email password

Folder structure:

Assume we have a user account at /home/username

/home/username └── sites    └── SITENAME    ├── database    ├── source    ├── static    └── virtualenv