Switch to buildout for deployment
pip has proven to be too unreliable and makes reproducibility too hard, causing real problems with trying to get our code to our users as quickly as possible. We will move to buildout (http://
The way buildout works makes it a natural fit to implement the 'codelines' idea we have discussed from time to time.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Andy Doan
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Michael Hudson-Doyle
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Michael Hudson-Doyle
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for trunk
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
2012.06
- Started by
- Michael Hudson-Doyle
- Completed by
- Michael Hudson-Doyle
Whiteboard
Meta:
Acceptance: The production instance on control uses buildout
Headline: Deployments now use zc.buildout and are more reliable and reproducible.
Work Items
Work items:
experiment with buildout to the point where we're confident it will work for us: DONE
make branch of lava-server that uses buildout to install: DONE
create local instance using buildout: DONE
convert l-d-t to create buildout based instance: DONE
experiment with converting venv instance to buildout instance: DONE
script up conversion of venv instance to buildout instance: DONE
write email to team explaining plan: DONE
test on staging.
convert production on validation.
perform at least one upgrade of validation.
