Issue with nanoc deploy with rsync on a different port, plus alternative deployment advice from a GIT repo?

[Dave Everitt]

I've had previous issues with rsync, but moved the site to another server where we've restricted access by port (i.e. not 22) and am getting another error. My setup:

deploy:

  default:

    kind: rsync

    dst: 'username@SERVERIPADDRESS:PORT/home/user/webapps/html'

I'm using a high-numbered port specified in the address (:PORT), but getting the following error:

exit status: 255

  stdout: Nothing written

  stderr: ssh: connect to host SERVERIPADDRESS= port 22: Connection refused

although the correct port is specified in the dst value, it seems to be ignored - is there a way to specify the port in nanoc.yaml?

To confirm: I can SSH in on the command-line using these credentials.

Places I've looked:

• https://nanoc.ws/doc/deploying/
  
• https://www.poftut.com/specify-different-port-for-linux-rsync/
  
• https://nanoc.ws/doc/reference/commands/#deploy
  

Or would I be better going all the way with GIT? We've used GIT for pushing other non-nanoc sites to the same server, but the GIT repo for this site (current single remote on GitHub) covers the entire nanoc folder, excluding "output" - for now I'd rather to avoid the complexity of fiddling with the 'output' directory to make it a separate repo - unless there's an easier way.

[Denis Defreyne]

Hey Dave,

Try adding this to the rsync options in the configuration file:

options: [ '-e', 'ssh -p myport' ]

... replacing myport with the port number.

Rsync runs over SSH, so to run it over a different port, you specify a different SSH command (with the port) using -e.

Hope this helps,

Denis

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[Dave Everitt]

thanks Denis

that got a little further, but although the path is correct:

TTY::Command::ExitError: Running `rsync -e ssh\ -p\ 24718 /PATH_TO_LOCAL_SITE/output/ USER@IPADDRESS/home/USERNAME/webapps/html` failed with

  exit status: 3

  stdout: skipping directory .

  stderr: rsync: change_dir#3 "/PATH_TO_LOCAL_SITE//USER@IPADDRESS/home/USERNAME/webapps" failed: No such file or directory (2)

rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(706) [Receiver=3.1.3]

I'm actually getting better results by using GIT after I:

• set up a bare GIT repo in the user folder but outside the remote website root
• set my deploy block "remote" value to the bare repo
• use a "hooks/post-receive" script inside my remote repo to copy the files to the site root (not yet working, but see below)

Now nanoc appears to deploy without error:

No issues found. Deploying!

Deploying via Git to branch “master” on remote “ssh://USERNAME@DOMAIN:PORT/home/USER/REMOTE.git”…

However, my remote repo on the server isn't getting updated on "deploy":

Deploying via Git to branch “master” on remote “ssh://USERNAME@DOMAIN:PORT/home/USER/REMOTE.git”…


Although there's no error. So if you can spot anything obvious, let me know!

[Dave Everitt]

Solved!

After:

• accepting the SSH cert locally
• adding the remote path to GIT in the "output" repo
• `chmod +x` the "post-receive" hook on the server

nanoc is now happily deploying using GIT!

I can only thank you for setting up nanoc internals so this is relatively easy i.e. knowing that `nanoc deploy` means the output dir when using a GIT repo (with the correct remote) inside it.

I wish I could mark the post "solved" or change the title… it wasn't too painful after all.

I still have other nanoc sites that use rsync, so I'll see how it goes with them.

[Dave Everitt]

Briefly - Denis, if you want me to add this GIT method (to a server rather than to GitHub pages) to the Nanoc deployment section of the docs I'd be happy to when I get a moment. The full details are on my edited post at ServerFault. Just let me know.

[Pito Salas]

Hi there,

Has anyone tried to generate slides (i.e. presentations) from the markdown using nanoc? Any tips?

- Pito

[Dave Everitt]

Hi Pito  - this seems like it needs a new post rather than adding to this one? BTW I use pure Markdown and Reveal.js for slides, although nanoc could handle this with a right Reveal-based layout… - Dave