fosscad-host

Generates a website that will update itself with the lastest from fosscad-repo.

Instructions

Requirements

• git
• sqlite3

Get The tools:

Currently the fastest way to do this is to open terminal and type the following:

:~$ cd ~/
:~$ git clone https://github.com/maduce/fosscad-host.git
:~$ cd fosscad-host
:~$ git clone https://github.com/maduce/fosscad-repo.git

Note: If you already have a fosscad-repo, you can copy or move it to ~/fosscad-host/ instead of cloning it again.

Configurations:

Next you can edit ~/fosscad-host/config.cfg if you desire. The default configs assume the fosscad-host folder is in ~/ so you can avoid changing the configs and move on to the next step if you followed the above instructions. There is a very simple php website inside of ~/fosscad-host/web/www/ which can recursively list the files inside of zippedlib to a webpage. If you want to use this for a website be sure to move the contents of ~/fosscad-host/web/www/ to your web directory and configure ~/fosscad-host/config.cfg to write zippedlib in that directory. You can edit the index.php if you would like to customize things or change the name of the folder containing all the zip files.

Generate, Update or Delete the Zip Files:

Now, to create the database and a zipped version of the repo (~/fosscad-host/web/www/zippedlib/):

:~$ sh hostlib.sh --generate 

To update the zippedlib and database:

:~$ sh hostlib.sh --update

See ~/fosscad-repo/hostpack.sh for more options. To delete the zippedlib and the database (i.e., starting from scratch, but not deleting the ~/fosscad-host/fosscad-repo/ folder), run:

:~$ sh hostlib.sh --delete

If you use --delete you will need to generate the zippedlib folder again before you update.

Setup Cron Update:

There is a separate update script cron.sh that can be used to check for updates instead of running sh hostlib.sh --update manually. YOU MUST CONFIGURE THIS SCRIPT BEFORE USING IT OR ELSE IT WILL NOT WORK. Be sure to make the cron script executable (i.e., chmod u+x cron.sh) and to add the cron as root (i.e., sudo crontab -e). The cron script will not work unless it is run with root. For example, after configuring cron.sh, you can add it to cron by:

:~$ sudo crontab -e

This might ask you to pick an editor and you can pick you favorite editor, i.e., nano. From then on it will open a text file where you can add the following to havecron.sh run every 24 hours:

0 */24 * * * /home/user/fosscad-host/testing/cron.sh

to add a log file, i.e., /path/to/logfile.log, you can add the following to your cron:

0 */24 * * * /home/user/fosscad-host/testing/cron.sh 2>&1 >> /path/to/logfile.log

Have fun...