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Steps to test the hot-swapping stuff

This is not tested so adjust when needed (but should be pretty close):

  1. in your launcher repo folder: git fetch / git checkout -t origin/84-hipache-hotswapping
  2. edit deploy/hosts/vagrant/group_vars/launcher and replace git_repo_branch: feature/shipyard-ansible with git_repo_branch: 84-hipache-hotswapping
  3. copy LAUNCHER_IP variable from secret_vars.yml.example to your secret_vars.yml
  4. vagrant destroy launcher / vagrant up launcher [let’s try a fresh env]
  5. add edX lite project based on the one in http://launcher.appsembler.com/admin BUT set the expiration time to e.g. 2 minutes to be able to quickly see the outcome of the expiration
  6. vagrant ssh launcher / tail -F tail -F /var/log/supervisor/celery.log [lurk here often]
  7. deploy edX lite, check that the URLs work
  8. wait the 2 minutes, lurk at the celery log
  9. app should expire, the URLs should now point to the expiration page
  10. go to http://launcher.dev/admin/deployment/deployment/, select the expired app and pick the “Restore expired apps” action from the dropdown. That should make the app alive so check again the URLs.