Elsware - Scripted Project Deployment

Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Requirements
• 3. How it works
  • 3.1. Configuration
  • 3.2. Server information
  • 3.3. Deployment Instructions
  • 3.4. Action Lists
  • 3.5. Action Parameters
  • 3.6. Supplying Passwords
• 4. Writing Your Own Actions
  • 4.1. The BaseAction class
  • 4.2. The __init__ method
    • 4.2.1. The deployment parameter
    • 4.2.2. The action_info parameter
  • 4.3. The setup() method
  • 4.4. The validate() method
  • 4.5. The run() method
  • 4.6. The revert() method
  • 4.7. The finalize() method
  • 4.8. The teardown() method
  • 4.9. Registering your action with elsware
  • 4.10. Keeping Actions Re-usable
  • 4.11. Advanced topics
    • 4.11.1. Helpers on base action class
• 5. Saving state with client objects
  • 5.1. The Clients object
• 6. Acessing messages, exceptions, and tracebacks
• 7. Pre-built Actions
  • 7.1. SSH login action
    • 7.1.1. Action class name
    • 7.1.2. Action parameters
    • 7.1.3. Transaction rollback
  • 7.2. SSH logout action
    • 7.2.1. Action class name
    • 7.2.2. Action parameters
    • 7.2.3. Transaction rollback
  • 7.3. Apache Actions
    • 7.3.1. Running Apachectl as Sudo
    • 7.3.2. Password Searching
    • 7.3.3. Action parameters
    • 7.3.4. Apache restart action
      • 7.3.4.1. Action class name
      • 7.3.4.2. Transaction rollback
    • 7.3.5. Apache stop action
      • 7.3.5.1. Action class name
      • 7.3.5.2. Transaction rollback
    • 7.3.6. Apache start action
      • 7.3.6.1. Action class name
      • 7.3.6.2. Transaction rollback
  • 7.4. Git update action
    • 7.4.1. Action class name
    • 7.4.2. Action parameters
    • 7.4.3. Transaction rollback
  • 7.5. SVN update action
    • 7.5.1. Action class name
    • 7.5.2. Action parameters
    • 7.5.3. Force checkouts
  • 7.6. SCP push action
    • 7.6.1. Action class name
    • 7.6.2. Action parameters
    • 7.6.3. Transaction rollback
  • 7.7. SCP push zipped action
  • 7.8. FTP push action
  • 7.9. Email django admins
    • 7.9.1. Action class name
    • 7.9.2. Action parameters
  • 7.10. Print to stdout action
    • 7.10.1. Action class name
  • 7.11. Raise test exception action
    • 7.11.1. Action class name
  • 7.12. HTTP request action
    • 7.12.1. Action class name
    • 7.12.2. Action parameters
• 8. Pre-built Django Management Command
  • 8.1. Custom elsware actions for apps