Stefan Seelmann

Static Website with Hyde

Preconditions: nginx, gitolite

Create /etc/nginx/sites-available/www-example-com and symlink to sites-enabled:

server {
  listen       80;
  server_name  www.example.com;
  server_name_in_redirect off;
  access_log   /var/log/nginx/www-example-com.access.log;
  root         /srv/www/www-example-com;
  index        index.html;
  try_files    $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html /index.html;
}

Create docroot:

# mkdir /srv/www/www-example-com
# chown git:git /srv/www/www-example-com
# chmod 755 /srv/www/www-example-com

Install Python and Hyde within an virtualenv:

# aptitude install python python-pip python-virtualenv
# umask 0022
# virtualenv /srv/www/hyde-virtualenv
# source /srv/www/hyde-virtualenv/bin/activate
# pip install --upgrade distribute
# pip install hyde

Create repository in gitolite-admin conf/gitolit.conf:

repo    www-example-com
        RW+     =   foobar

Add a post-receive hook /srv/gitolite/repositories/www-example-com.git/hooks/post-receive that generates and publishes the website on git push:

#!/bin/bash
GIT_REPO=$HOME/repositories/www-example-com.git
TMP_GIT_CLONE=/tmp/www-example-com
HYDE_VIRTUALENV_ACTIVATE=/srv/www/hyde-virtualenv/bin/activate
DOCROOT=/srv/www/www-example-com
echo
echo Cloning repo:
git clone $GIT_REPO $TMP_GIT_CLONE
echo
echo Generating site:
source $HYDE_VIRTUALENV_ACTIVATE
cd $TMP_GIT_CLONE
hyde gen
echo
echo Synchronizing generated site to $DOCROOT:
rsync -av --chmod=go=rX --delete deploy/ $DOCROOT
echo
echo Cleanup
cd ~
rm -rf $TMP_GIT_CLONE
echo

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