Deployment instructions

Requisites:

  • Python 2.7 (2.6 should work but it’s untested)
  • PostgreSQL 9.1+ (tested on 9.4 but older 9.x versions should do)
  • Redis (any recent version should do; tested on 2.8.17)

Steps:

  • Create a PostgreSQL database for jobcontrol

  • Install jobcontrol in a virtualenv:

    virtualenv jobcontrol
pip install jobcontrol

  • Write a configuration file

  • Create database tables:

    jobcontrol-cli --config-file path/to/conf.yaml install

  • Launch the webapp:

    jobcontrol-cli --config-file path/to/conf.yaml web --port 5050

  • Start redis server:

    redis-server

  • Launch the celery worker:

    jobcontrol-cli --config-file path/to/conf.yaml worker

  • Visit http://127.0.0.1:5050

  • Enjoy!

todo

  • Give some better details for production deployment, eg.