releases-monitor

Releases monitor allows you to monitor version updates of each Github project in which you are interested.

Docker images

https://hub.docker.com/r/raulio/releases-monitor/

Index of contents

• Installation
• Sync releases version
• Django settings

Installation

For the next steps, a Linux/MacOs operating system is required. Windows is currently not tested/supported.

Install Docker and Docker Compose

• First, install docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/.
• Then, install docker compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
• Clone the repository and change your working directory:

git clone https://github.com/luarx/releases-monitor.git
cd releases-monitor

Build containers

The application is made up of several container images that are linked together using docker-compose. Before running the application, build the images:

docker-compose build --force-rm

Run application

Start the releses-monitor server simply by bringing up the set of containers:

sudo docker-compose up

You can access it on http://localhost:8000 and the admin is on http://localhost:8000/admin

You will need to have the following ports open on your machine for this to work:

• 8000: NGINX serving a Django administrative app

Create a Django user

Enter the Web container's command line with the following command:

docker-compose exec web sh

Once inside, create a super user in order to access the monitor/admin interface.

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

You may exit the web container shell with:

exit

Sync releases version

Enter the Web container's command line with the following command:

docker-compose exec web sh

Once inside, sync releases version with this command:

python manage.py syncreleasesversion

You may exit the web container shell with:

exit

Notify available updates

Enter the Web container's command line with the following command:

docker-compose exec web sh

Once inside, sync releases version with this command:

python manage.py notifyavailableupdates

You may exit the web container shell with:

exit

Django Settings

releses-monitor comes with a default settings file that you can edit directly or using ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.

ALLOWED_HOSTS

Specify the list of allowed hosts to connect to releses-monitor:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']

DEBUG MODE

Specify debug mode:

DEBUG = True

SECRET KEY

Specify project secret key. You must do it!:

SECRET_KEY = [SECRET_KEY]