Scripts voor server management

To make working - building, testing, using - with web applications easier, I have set up what was once called "virtual servers" in Apache terms. Maintaining the configuration files and putting them in the right places became an attractive target to tackle with a bit of scripting and at the time there was a library called fabric that made it easy. I figured I could do it with other settings files too.

In addition, there were server programs that had to be stopped and restarted for testing. Building something for this that you can control using parameters (like a server name and a function to perform) was also a nice excercise.

Available tasks:

Nginx

nginx.editconf <name>: edit a file related to the server configuration
nginx.addconf <name(s)>: enable Nginx configuration for one or more (file) names
nginx.modconf <name(s)>: deploy modifications for Nginx configuration file(s); replace version
nginx.modconfa <name(s)>: modconf: backup & append version
nginx.modconfb <name(s)>: modconf: backup & replace version
nginx.newconf <name(s)>: shortcut to define and enable a new Nginx config in one go
nginx.rmconf <name(s)>: disable Nginx configuration for one or more file names
nginx.diffconf [<name(s)>]: compare named (or all) configuration files
nginx.diffconfg [<name(s)>]: compare named (or all) configuration files + show results in gui
nginx.list: list available configs
nginx.list-domains: list of virtual domains per Nginx configuration
nginx.restart: restart nginx
nginx.start: start nginx
nginx.stop: stop nginx

Apache

apache.editconf <name>: edit a file related to the server configuration
apache.addconf <name(s)>: enable Apache configuration for one or more (file) names
apache.modconf <name(s)>: deploy modifications for Apache configuration file(s), replace version
apache.modconfa <name(s)>: modconf with append (and backup)
apache.modconfb <name(s)>: modconf with backup
apache.diffconf [<name(s)>]: compare named (or all) all Apache configurations
apache.diffconfg [<name(s)>]: compare names (or all) all Apache configurations, in gui
apache.rmconf <name(s)>: disable Apache configuration for one or more file names
apache.restart: restart apache
apache.start: start apache
apache.stop: stop apache

PHP

php.restart: restart php
php.start: start php
php.stop: stop php

FTP

ftp.restart: restart vsftpd
ftp.start: start vsftpd
ftp.stop: stop vsftpd

Generieke commando's

usable for any server type. The following scripts are not for the web server itself, but for programs that manage the communication with webapplications. These reside as it were behind the web server, that functions as a kind of pass-through interface, and are also called "server programs".

server.check-all [<name(s)>]: check for server being up assuming server is started when there is a pid file. No name == all registered local servers
server.restart: restart local server
server.start: start local server
server.stop: stop local server

Specifieke (per servertype) commando's

worden door de voorgaande gebruikt maar los aanroepen is ook mogelijk

Cherrypy

cherrypy.list-servers: list of cherrypy server names
cherrypy.restart [<name(s)>]: restart cherrypy site (arg:project)
cherrypy.start [<name(s)>]: start indicated cherrypy server(s) (through cherryd)
cherrypy.stop [<name(s)>]: stop indicated cherrypy server(s)

Django

django.list-servers: list of django server names
django.restart [<name(s)>]: restart django indicated server(s)
django.start [<name(s)>]: start indicated Django server(s) using manage.py
django.stop [<name(s)>]: stop indicated Django server(s)
django.link-admin-css [<name(s)>] [--force]:: add symlink to admin CSS for Django project
django.check-admin-links: After a Python or Django upgrade, check if symlinks to admin css need to be upgraded also

Hgweb

hgweb.restart: restart local Mercurial web server
hgweb.start: start local Mercurial web server using hgweb.fcgi
hgweb.stop: stop local Mercurial web server

Plone

plone.buildout: run buildout on Plone instance (obsolete?)
plone.restart: restart Plone default instance
plone.start: start Plone default instance
plone.stop: stop Plone default instance

Trac

trac.editconf: alias for (fabsrv) editconf trac
trac.modconf: alias for (fabsrv) modconf trac
trac.restart: restart local trac server
trac.start: start local trac server
trac.stop: stop local trac server

Overig

sites.check-all: check if selected pages on all local sites are working
sites.check-all-pages: full check if all local sites are working
sites.check-pages <servername(s)>: full check if the named local sites are working
sites.check-project <projectname(s)>: check if pages for specific projects are up
sites.check-project-up <projectname(s)>: check if (frontpages for) specific projects are up
sites.check-up <servername(s)>: quick (frontpage only) check if all local sites are working
sites.list-domains: list all domains that can be checked with these routines

Andere commando's

bedoeld voor het managen van andere configuraties (bv. trac, php)

addstartup: add an init file to the system startup sequence. This is written for Ubuntu/Mint (uses update-rc.d)
editconf <name(s)>: edit a file related to a configuration
listconf: list "other" configuration files
modconf <name(s)>: deploy modifications for configuration file(s); replace version
modconfa <name(s)>: modconf: backup & append version
modconfb <name(s)>: modconf: backup & replace version
diffconf: compare all or named configuration files that can be changed from here
diffconfg: compare all or named configuration files that can be changed from here, in gui