Process documentation
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bundle exec cap staging maintenance:enable REASON="a test of maintenance mode" UNTIL="12pm Eastern Time"
- Deploy as usual / desired
- Do anything else needed on the server that required the downtime
bundle exec cap staging maintenance:disable
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Subsequently, when you pull ansible-inventory and the submodule has been updated, just run
- $ git submodule update
AWS - add new user
- IAM (identity & access management) > Users > Create New Users.
- Enter user name, uncheck 'generate an access key', create
- select newly-created username > 'permissions' tab > Attach policy (you can look at policies on other users if needed)
- 'security credentials' tab > 'assign an auto-generated password', check 'require user to create a new password at next sign-in'
- download the security credentials.
- (another option is to have the person stand right next to you and give themselves a temporary password)
- Stick the credentials somewhere safe!
- Get user to sign on and reset password.