Websites Release (Legacy)

Preparing the website for a new release cycle

  • Obsolete GPG key

    One month after a Fedora release the release number 'FXX-2' (i.e. 1 month after F21 release, F19 will be EOL) will be EOL (End of Life). At this point we should drop the GPG key from the list in verify/ and move the keys to the obsolete keys page in keys/obsolete.html.

  • Update GPG key

    After another couple of weeks and as the next release approaches, watch the fedora-release package for a new key to be added. Use the update-gpg-keys script in the fedora-web git repository to add it to static/. Manually add it to /keys and /verify in all websites where we use these keys: arm.fpo getfedora.org labs.fpo spins.fpo

  • Steps

    • Get a copy of the new key(s) from the fedora-release repo, you will find FXX-primary and FXX-secondary keys. Save them in ./tools to make the update easier. https://pagure.io/fedora-repos

    • Start by editing ./tools/update-gpg-keys and adding the key-ids of any obsolete keys to the obsolete_keys list.

    • Then run that script to add the new key(s) to the fedora.gpg block:

      fedora-web git:(master) cd tools/
tools git:(master) ./update-gpg-keys RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-23-primary
tools git:(master) ./update-gpg-keys RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-23-secondary

      This will add the key(s) to the keyblock in static/fedora.gpg and create a text file for the key in static/$KEYID.txt as well. Verify that these files have been created properly and contain all the keys that they should.

    • Handy checks:

      gpg static/fedora.gpg

or

gpg static/$KEYID.txt

    • Adding --with-fingerprint option will add the fingerprint to the output

      The output of fedora.gpg should contain only the actual keys, not the obsolete keys. The single text files should contain the correct information for the uploaded key.

    • Next, add new key(s) to the list in data/verify.html and move the new key informations in the keys page in data/content/keys/index.html. A script to aid in generating the HTML code for new keys is in ./tools/make-gpg-key-html. It will print HTML to stdout for each RPM-GPG-KEY-* file given as arguments. This is suitable for copy/paste (or directly importing if your editor supports this). Check the copied HTML code and select if the key info is for a primary or secondary key (output says 'Primary or Secondary').

      tools git:(master) ./make-gpg-key-html RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-23-primary

      Build the website with make en test and carefully verify that the data is correct. Please double check all keys in http://localhost:5000/en/keys and http://localhost:5000/en/verify.

      The tool will give you an outdated output, adapt it to the new websites and bootstrap layout!

Update website for Alpha release

  • Create the fXX-alpha branch from master

    fedora-web git:(master) git push origin master:refs/heads/f23-alpha

    and checkout to the new branch:

    fedora-web git:(master) git checkout -t -b f23-alpha origin/f23-alpha

  • Update the global variables changing curr_state to Alpha for all architectures.

  • Add Alpha banner uploading it to static/images/banners/f23alpha.png which should appear in every ${PRODUCT}/download/index.html page. Make sure the banner is shown in all sidebars, also in labs, spins, and arm.fp.o.

  • Check all Download links and paths in ${PRODUCT}/prerelease/index.html You can find all paths in bapp01 (sudo su - mirrormanager first) or you can look at the downlaod page http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage

  • Add CHECKSUM files to static/checksums and verify that the paths are correct. The files should be in sundries01 and you can query them with:

    $ find /pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/23-Alpha/ -type f -name \
*CHECKSUM* -exec cp '{}' . \;

    Remember to add the right checksums to the right websites (same path).

  • Add EC2 AMI IDs for Alpha. All IDs now are in the globalvar.py file. We get all data from there, even the redirect path to trac the AMI IDs. We now also have a script which is useful to get all the AMI IDs uploaded with fedimg. Execute it to get the latest uploads, but don’t run the script too early, as new builds are added constantly.

    fedora-web git:(fXX-alpha) python ~/fedora-web/tools/get_ami.py

  • Add CHECKSUM files also to http://spins.fedoraproject.org in static/checksums. Verify the paths are correct in data/content/verify.html. (see point e) to query them on sundries01). Same for labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Verify all paths and links on http://spins.fpo, labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Update Alpha Image sizes and pre_cloud_composedate in ./build.d/globalvar.py. Verify they are right in Cloud images and Docker image.

  • Update the new POT files and push them to translation repository every time you change text strings.

  • Add this build to stg.fedoraproject.org (ansible syncStatic.sh.stg) to test the pages online.

  • Release Date:

    • Merge the fXX-alpha branch to master and correct conflicts manually

    • Remove the redirect of prerelease pages in ansible, edit: ansible/playbooks/include/proxies-redirects.yml. Ask a sysadmin-main to run the playbook.

    • When ready and about 90 minutes before Release Time, push to master

    • Tag the commit as new release and push it too:

      $ git tag -a FXX-Alpha -m 'Releasing Fedora XX Alpha'
$ git push --tags

    • If needed follow Fire in the Hole

Update website for Beta release

  • Create the fXX-alpha branch from master

    fedora-web git:(master) git push origin master:refs/heads/f23-beta

    and checkout to the new branch:

    fedora-web git:(master) git checkout -t -b f23-beta origin/f23-beta

  • Update the global variables changing curr_state to Beta for all architectures.

  • Add Beta banner uploading it to static/images/banners/f23beta.png which should appear in every ${PRODUCT}/download/index.html page. Make sure the banner is shown in all sidebars, also in labs, spins, and arm.fp.o.

  • Check all Download links and paths in ${PRODUCT}/prerelease/index.html You can find all paths in bapp01 (sudo su - mirrormanager first) or you can look at the downlaod page http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage

  • Add CHECKSUM files to static/checksums and verify that the paths are correct. The files should be in sundries01 and you can query them with:

    $ find /pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/23-Beta/ -type f -name \
*CHECKSUM* -exec cp '{}' . \;

    Remember to add the right checksums to the right websites (same path).

  • Add EC2 AMI IDs for Beta. All IDs now are in the globalvar.py file. We get all data from there, even the redirect path to trac the AMI IDs. We now also have a script which is useful to get all the AMI IDs uploaded with fedimg. Execute it to get the latest uploads, but don’t run the script too early, as new builds are added constantly.

    fedora-web git:(fXX-beta) python ~/fedora-web/tools/get_ami.py

  • Add CHECKSUM files also to http://spins.fedoraproject.org in static/checksums. Verify the paths are correct in data/content/verify.html. (see point e) to query them on sundries01). Same for labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Remove static/checksums/Fedora-XX-Alpha* in all websites.

  • Verify all paths and links on http://spins.fpo, labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Update Beta Image sizes and pre_cloud_composedate in ./build.d/globalvar.py. Verify they are right in Cloud images and Docker image.

  • Update the new POT files and push them to translation repository every time you change text strings.

  • Add this build to stg.fedoraproject.org (ansible syncStatic.sh.stg) to test the pages online.

  • Release Date:

    • Merge the fXX-beta branch to master and correct conflicts manually

    • When ready and about 90 minutes before Release Time, push to master

    • Tag the commit as new release and push it too:

      $ git tag -a FXX-Beta -m 'Releasing Fedora XX Beta'
$ git push --tags

    • If needed follow Fire in the Hole

Update website for GA

  • Create the fXX branch from master

    fedora-web git:(master) git push origin master:refs/heads/f23

    and checkout to the new branch:

    fedora-web git:(master) git checkout -t -b f23 origin/f23

  • Update the global variables changing curr_state to '' for all architectures.

  • Check all Download links and paths in ${PRODUCT}/download/index.html You can find all paths in bapp01 (sudo su - mirrormanager first) or you can look at the downlaod page http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage

  • Add CHECKSUM files to static/checksums and verify that the paths are correct. The files should be in sundries01 and you can query them with:

    $ find /pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/ -type f -name \
*CHECKSUM* -exec cp '{}' . \;

    Remember to add the right checksums to the right websites (same path).

  • At some point freeze translations. Add an empty PO_FREEZE file to every website’s directory you want to freeze.

  • Add EC2 AMI IDs for GA. All IDs now are in the globalvar.py file. We get all data from there, even the redirect path to trac the AMI IDs. We now also have a script which is useful to get all the AMI IDs uploaded with fedimg. Execute it to get the latest uploads, but don’t run the script too early, as new builds are added constantly.

    fedora-web git:(fXX) python ~/fedora-web/tools/get_ami.py

  • Add CHECKSUM files also to http://spins.fedoraproject.org in static/checksums. Verify the paths are correct in data/content/verify.html. (see point e) to query them on sundries01). Same for labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Remove static/checksums/Fedora-XX-Beta* in all websites.

  • Verify all paths and links on http://spins.fpo, labs.fpo and arm.fpo.

  • Update GA Image sizes and pre_cloud_composedate in ./build.d/globalvar.py. Verify they are right in Cloud images and Docker image.

  • Update static/js/checksum.js and check if the paths and checksum still match.

  • Update the new POT files and push them to translation repository every time you change text strings.

  • Add this build to stg.fedoraproject.org (ansible syncStatic.sh.stg) to test the pages online.

  • Release Date:

    • Merge the fXX branch to master and correct conflicts manually

    • Add the redirect of prerelease pages in ansible, edit ansible/playbooks/include/proxies-redirects.yml.

    • Ask a sysadmin-main to run playbook

    • Unfreeze translations by deleting the PO_FREEZE files

    • When ready and about 90 minutes before Release Time, push to master

    • Update the short links for the Cloud Images for 'Fedora XX', 'Fedora XX-1' and 'Latest'

    • Tag the commit as new release and push it too:

      $ git tag -a FXX -m 'Releasing Fedora XX'
$ git push --tags

    • If needed follow Fire in the Hole

Fire in the hole

We now use ansible for everything, and normally use a regular build to make the websites live. If something is not happening as expected, you should get in contact with a sysadmin-main to run the ansible playbook again.

All our puppet stuff, such as SyncStatic.sh and SyncTranslation.sh scripts are now also in ansible!

Staging server app02 and production server bapp01 do not exist anymore, now our staging websites are on sundries01.stg and the production on sundries01. Change your scripts accordingly and as sysadmin-web you should have access to those servers as before.

Tips

  • Merging branches

    This can be useful if you’re sure all new changes on devel branch should go into the master branch. Conflicts will be solved directly accepting only the changes in the devel branch. If you’re not 100% sure do a normal merge and fix conflicts manually!

    $ git merge f23-beta
$ git checkout --theirs f23-beta [list of conflicting po files]
$ git commit

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