imclab / electris

Elections 2012

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Server environment

The following environment variables must be defined:

• DEPLOYMENT_TARGET ("production" to disable DEBUG mode)
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID (for boto)
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (for boto)
• AP_USERNAME (for FTP)
• AP_PASSWORD (for FTP)

Polling data

From 2012 Associated Press FTP docs:

• Data is updated every 4-6 minutes. (Verified with AP rep.)
• Clients may connect once per minute.
• Clients must disconnect after each request.

Cron jobs:

*/2 * * * * cd /home/ubuntu/apps/electris/repository && ../virtualenv/bin/fab production update_ap_data
* * * * * cd /home/ubuntu/apps/electris/repository && ../virtualenv/bin/fab production update_backchannel deploy_local_data backup_electris_db

Deploying from the Bitbucket backup repo

In the event Github is down, you can deploy from Bitbucket with the following:

git push bitbucket master
fab production master deploy:bitbucket

You must have had a user configured on Bitbucket for this to work!