On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Gilles Sadowski <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote: > I'm now trying to figure how to "stage the site". [What does "stage" mean in > this context?]
"deploying" it to a place which is not the live site > <server> > <id>stagingSite</id> > <username>repouser</username> > <!-- other optional elements: > <password>my_login_password</password> > <privateKey>/path/to/identity</privateKey> (default is ~/.ssh/id_dsa) > <passphrase>my_key_passphrase</passphrase> > --> > </server> > ---CUT--- > > I wonder: > * Should I replace "repouser" with my login? your asf login name yes > * Is the password really optional? yes. I have multiple servers defined, one with password. Others with privateKey and passphrase. i think it prompts you for a password if you havent one in place > * Can the password be encrypted? yes: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-encryption.html#How_to_encrypt_server_passwords > * What should be done with the ssh key? <privateKey>/Users/christian/keys/myprivateasf.key</privateKey> Or so. Its good practice to leave your private key on a CD_Rom or on a usb stick, people say. > Then, what does "[...]" mean in the next excerpt from the document? I.e. > ---CUT--- > mvn site:stage-deploy -DstagingDirectory=src/site \ > -DstagingSiteURL=scp://[...]/people.apache.org/builds/commons/compress/1.1/RC1 > ---CUT--- I think you need to check this on peoples server. Log in and it should be something like /www/people.a.o/builds etc To my knowledge it is basically the full path of the location of your staged site. > > When I issue the command: > > $ mvn site:stage-deploy -DstagingDirectory=src/site > -DstagingSiteURL=scp://people.apache.org/builds/commons/math/3.0/RC1 I think this path is not correct. Please check it again... it sis the full path to your stage location > : Password: : > ---CUT--- > > Do I have to give the password interactively? Why is it specified in the > "settings.xml" then? [Moreover it is echoed on the console as I type it.] > It does not make any sense. If you use a ssh key, you have to enter the keys passphrase. If you have the phassphrase in place, it should disappear. Which elements did you define? > What is the purpose of the > Using private key: /home/eran/.ssh/id_rsa > statement? > Do I in fact need to set up no-password login to my account on > "people.apache.org"? It is preferred by infra to my knowledge - passwords are evil, people say > For when the above is going to work, I noticed that the file > src/site/site.xml > (in the working copy) contains theses lines > > <item name="Javadoc (3.0 release)" href="apidocs/index.html"/> > <item name="Javadoc (2.2 release)" > href="http://commons.apache.org/math/api-2.2/index.html"/> > > i.e. the new (3.0) docs links to a local file. Will that be automagically > changed at some point? By which command? if you do mvn site:site it should show you the actual output. My guess is you need to change it manually. Hope that helps you a bit! Feel free to improve the document Cheers > [I also note that I had to change that file manually (to remove the > "snapshot" string). This probably should also be mentioned in the > "ReleaseForNewbies" document...] > > > Regards, > Gilles > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
