User:Aeric/Old Steps for a New Release

Setup: On Local System

1. In /lj__{retired_version}__/LocalSettings.php:

   • $wgScriptPath = "/lj__{retired_version}__"
   • $wgArticlePath = "/lj__{retired_version}__/$1"
   • Comment out Google analytics in LJ skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

2. Rename robots.txt_ALLOW to robots.txt to disable robots.

1. In /lj__{now_curent_version}__/LocalSettings.php:

   • $wgScriptPath = "/wiki"
   • $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1"
   • Uncomment Google analytics in LJ skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

2. Rename robots.txt to robots.txt_ALLOW to enable search robots.

Setup: On the Server

1. Start VPN
2. Login as root using PuTTY or SSHshell
3. Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/mediawiki.conf

   Alias /wiki /user/share/mediawiki/lj__(now_current_version)

   (For sanity's sake, move that line and accompanying comment so it is in front of the appropriate <Directory> section.)

Deploy

Do these steps as close to simultaneously as possible:

1. In FileZilla, lj{old_version}/

   • Upload LocalSettings.php
   • Rename robots.txt_ALLOW to robots.txt to disable robots.

2. In FileZilla, lj(new_version)

   • Upload LocalSettings.php
   • Rename robots.txt to robots.txt_ALLOW to enable search robots.

Then in the SSH shell, do an Apache cold start:

1. service httpd stop

   (The service has to be down for cache clearing to work properly).

2. htcacheclean -r -p/var/cache/mod_proxy

   Learn more: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/htcacheclean.html

3. service httpd start, and ignore error

   "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"

Note: The cold start takes negligible time, and unlike a reload or restart, there is no process optimization, therefore no shortcuts--which makes "correct result" the most probable outcome.