Prod install methods

[Oliver Lineham]

What is the current endorsed production install method?

Running through the list in the documentation:

• Install script - "This is not suitable for production" (but works, but I also have issues with the approach)
• Docker - dev only
• Vagrant - deprecated, dev only
• AMI - deprecated
• Manual install - instructions are for Debian Wheezy (EOL 2016)

I'd be happy to send PRs for updating the manual install page, but maybe there are already other plans in the works.

Oliver

[Antonio Josiah]

I know Docker is for dev only, but I have resorted to using it because the Install script won't work on my ubuntu 24.04 lts.

I'd really appreciate documentation on a successful install via the script.

Thank you for raising this up.

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[Graeme Porteous]

The install scripts are officially supported for production installs. I test them when we make major releases. If there are issues then please report them.

If you have a working production version of the Docker then please open a PR with the relevant changes you've made to development version so others may be able to use this too. 

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[Laurent Savaëte]

I've put together a nixos module to deploy alaveteli and the required services that support it (postgres, redis, postfix, dovecot, rspamd, opendkim, nginx). This is how we currently deploy madada.fr, and how I do development.

It's quite a departure from usual linux deployments, docker and such, so it may not suit everyone's taste, but it brings plenty of benefits.

It's here: https://codeberg.org/madada/alaveteli_nix_deployment

Happy to have a chat about it. It's not officially endorsed though!

Laurent

[Gareth Rees]

FWIW we're awaiting news on a funding proposal we've submitted which includes work around making it easier to upgrade Alaveteli – we're aware there are several challenges.

I wrote a few notes about my general thoughts on the production deployment options in response to a specific GitHub issue [1] which might be of interest.

It would be useful to get some feedback on what an ideal production install method would look like from more points of view.

[1] https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/9150#issuecomment-4029977217