Snipt

Running locally

Clone the repo.

cd snipt

python3 -m venv ~/.virtualenvs/snipt

source ~/.virtualenvs/snipt/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

brew install postgresql

brew services start postgresql

createuser snipt

createdb snipt --owner=snipt

cp settings_local.py-template settings_local.py // modify if necessary

// modify if necessary make run

Deploying on Dokku

dokku apps:create snipt

dokku postgres:create snipt

dokku postgres:link snipt snipt

scp snipt.dump nsergeant@server.nicksergeant.com:/home/nsergeant

dokku postgres:connect snipt < snipt.dump

dokku domains:add snipt snipt.net

dokku storage:mount snipt /var/lib/dokku/data/storage/snipt-whoosh:/app/snipt-whoosh

dokku config:set DOKKU_LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=support@snipt.net SECRET_KEY=<some-secret-key> USE_SSL=true WHOOSH_PATH=/app/snipt-whoosh/whoosh_index

git remote add dokku dokku@server.nicksergeant.com:snipt

git push dokku

Automatic deploy to Heroku

You can click the button below to automatically deploy Snipt to Heroku.

Manual deploy to Heroku

Clone the repo.

heroku create

heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev

heroku addons:add searchbox

heroku config:add SECRET_KEY=<some-secret-key>

git push heroku

heroku run python manage.py migrate

heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser

Visit yourapp.herokuapp.com and login with the user you just created.

Updating your Heroku instance after an automatic deploy

git clone https://github.com/nicksergeant/snipt

cd snipt

git checkout heroku

heroku git:remote -a <your-instance-name>

git push heroku heroku:master

Options

If you want email support (for password resets, server errors, etc):

heroku addons:create postmark:10k

heroku run addons:open postmark -> use an email you control and confirm it

-> use an email you control and confirm it heroku config:add POSTMARK_EMAIL=<email_from_above>

If you want to disable user-facing signup:

heroku config:set DISABLE_SIGNUP=true

If you want to enable Django's DEBUG mode:

heroku config:add DEBUG=true

If you want to enable SSL on a custom domain after you've configured your Heroku SSL cert: