technical

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Understanding software is a bit like understanding how a light bulb works:

you plug it into power grid, turn it on, and it lights up.

Infinity is a piece of software. How do you run it?

Locally

git clone [email protected]:infamily/infinity.git
cd infinity
docker-compose up

Get git (how to), and docker-compose (how to, 👉 tip) before that.

Remotely

• Create one Ubuntu 16.04 server.
• Map the DNS A records to the server domain (e.g., mydomain.com)
• Make sure you can ssh [email protected]
• Locally install ansible (at least ansible version 2.4.0.0)
• Install locally:
  • ansible-galaxy install thefinn93.letsencrypt (use at least ansible version 2.4.0.0)
• Add "inf.li with mydomain.com:
  • ./deploy/ansible/site.yml
  • ./deploy/ansible/inventories/staging/hosts
• Rename file:
  • ./deploy/ansible/inventories/staging/host_vars/inf.li -> mydomain.com
• Review, change to your repo: ./deploy/ansible/roles/prepare/vars/main.yml
• Type, and wait for the server will be fully set up:
  • ansible-playbook -v -i deploy/ansible/inventories/staging deploy/ansible/site.yml --extra-vars="scenario=init"
• Run command to deploy:
  • ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=.vault_password.txt ansible-playbook -v -i deploy/ansible/inventories/staging deploy/ansible/site.yml
• Finally, visit the:
  • https://mydomain.com