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| -rw-r--r-- | man/blogc-git-receiver.1.ronn | 24 |
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diff --git a/man/blogc-git-receiver.1.ronn b/man/blogc-git-receiver.1.ronn index f29e1cd..3aac9f2 100644 --- a/man/blogc-git-receiver.1.ronn +++ b/man/blogc-git-receiver.1.ronn @@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ blogc-git-receiver(1): Now add ssh keys to `/home/blogc/.ssh/authorized_keys`. Every key in `authorized_keys` will be allowed to push to the git repositories, and even -create new ones. +create new ones. It is also possible to add `blogc-git-receiver` as a command in +the `authorized_keys` file for each key, but this setup is slightly more tricky, +as you may leak shell access to an user by mystake, if you forget to add the command +to a key that should not have shell access. Only use this method if you don't have +another option (e.g. in shared hosting environments that only provide one shell +account), or if you know exactly what you are doing. Also, make sure to install all the dependencies required by the websites, including a web server. `blogc-git-receiver` can't handle web server virtual hosts. @@ -43,7 +48,16 @@ To deploy a website (e.g. blogc example repository): This will deploy the example to the server, creating a symlink to the built content in `/home/blogc/repos/blogs/blogc-example.git/htdocs`. This symlink should be used -as the document root for the web server virtual host. +as the document root for the web server virtual host. If this symlink can't be +readed by your webserver for some reason, you can create it in some other directory +by adding the full symlink path to the ~/blogc-git-receiver.ini configuration file: + + $ $EDITOR ~/blogc-git-receiver.ini + [repo:blogs/blogc-example.git] + symlink=/path/to/my/symlink + +Do not duplicate the section if it already exists, just append the symlink path to +it. ### Rebuild last successful build @@ -97,13 +111,13 @@ in the server, or creating a configuration file (~/blogc-git-receiver.ini), that a simple INI-style file where each repository is represented by a section and the value of the `mirror` variable is the URL that should be used to push. -To create the configuration file (recommended): +Edit configuration file (recommended, do not duplicate the section if it already +exists, just append the mirror to it): # su -s /bin/sh - blogc - $ cat > ~/blogc-git-receiver.ini <<EOF + $ $EDITOR ~/blogc-git-receiver.ini [repo:myblog.git] mirror=$YOUR_GIT_MIRROR_URL - EOF Or to add the `mirror` remote: |