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@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ opted for a method that uses ssh.
The steps for creating a new mirror are:
* Add etch-backports to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
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deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free
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* Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/preferences file:
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Package: ikiwiki
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
@@ -25,22 +28,35 @@ The steps for creating a new mirror are:
Package: git-core
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 999
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* Install git-core and ikiwiki
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aptitude update; aptitutde install git-core ikiwiki
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* Create a new user. Change the new users shell to git-shell:
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adduser -s /usr/bin/git-shell <username>
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* Add webmaster@george's public key to this user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file
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* Add web site configuration that the user has write access to. If you are using Apache, include the following rewrite:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(YOURHOSTNAME|web)\.monkeysphere\.info$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://web.monkeysphere.info/$1 [L,R]
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* Upload and edit ikiwiki.setup.sample from the docs directory
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* As the new user, create two new git repos
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mkdir monkeysphere.git; cd monkeysphere.git; git init --bare; cd ../
git clone monkeysphere.git # this will create a second git repo called monkeysphere
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* Change the mode of monkeysphere.git/hooks/post-receive to 755
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chmod 755 monkesphere.git/hooks/post-receive
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* Edit the file so that it executes the post-receive hook ikiwiki
generates (as you specified in the ikiwiki.setup file)
@@ -48,12 +64,17 @@ The steps to be taken on the mirror site should now be complete. The
following steps should be taken by a Monkeysphere admin user:
* Add a new dns record for SERVERNAME.monkeysphere.info.
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* Test the ssh connection by logging in as webmaster@george.riseup.net
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* Add the new server as a remote on
- webmaster@george.riseup.net:monkeysphere.git
+ webmaster@george.riseup.net:monkeysphere.git
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cd ~/monkeysphere.git
git add remote SERVERNAME USER@SERVERNAME.monkeysphere.info:/path/to/repo
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* Test:
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git push SERVERNAME