Deploying a bare git repository on an Ubuntu EC2 instance.

deployment.md

Git deploy setup:

copy your public key to your ec2 instance:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh -i ~/.ssh/your_pemfile.pem ubuntu@your_ip_addr "cat>> .ssh/authorized_keys"

on remote server: create bare git directory

$ cd ~
$ mkdir ProjectDir.git && cd ProjectDir.git
$ git init --bare

on remote server: create post-receive hook

$ cat > hooks/post-receive
#!/bin/sh
GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www
export GIT_WORK_TREE
git checkout -f

Make sure to chmod hook

$ chmod +x hooks/post-receive

chown User's directory

$ sudo chown -R ubuntu /var/www/

4. on local machine: init repo and add remote repository

$ git init
$ git remote add ec2 ssh://ubuntu@your_ip_addr/home/ubuntu/ProjectDir.git
$ git push ec2 +master:refs/heads/master

note: only have to use “+master:refs/heads/master for 1st push

To push to remote repo in future:

$ git push ec2 master

Push to multiple remote repos with one command

1. add to .git/config in local repo

[remote "all"]
        url = https://github.com/YourGitAccount/ProjectDir.git
        url = ssh://ubuntu@your_ip_addr/home/ubuntu/projects/ProjectDir.git

2. push to both repos simultaneously

$ git push all master