Test Apache configuration

The translated website only works if a specific Apache config is added. I've tested this myself on http://fdroid.peter.serwylo.com (note how it selects the language automatically based on your browser preferences). However before tagging a major release of the website, @eighthave has said he'll also test the configuration in the docs to make sure it works as expected.

If you don't add the configuration, then navigating to the home page will render the contents of an Apache2 TypeMap as plain text.

If you add the configuration, but forget to change /var/www/html to the correct webroot, then it will point to the incorrect webroot and render whatever is at /var/www/html.

Any other questions, please ask.

For the record, the last version I deployed to http://fdroid.peter.serwylo.com was built using:

gitlab-runner exec docker f-droid.org --docker-volumes `pwd`/_site:/builds/output --env DEPLOY_DIR=/builds/output

but with the GP repo for size reasons.

@eighthave: ping before bed, in the hope you might get a chance to test this before tomorrows meeting (in case anything goes wrong, then we can discuss).

Trying it out now. First impression is that I had to set the timeout longer, since it didn't finish within 30 minutes:

gitlab-runner exec docker f-droid.org \
  --docker-volumes `pwd`/_site:/builds/output \
  --env DEPLOY_DIR=/builds/output \
  --timeout 7200

changed milestone to %launch-localized

Ok, got a full render deployed, and its working nicely. Here's what I did:

1. on Debian/stretch: apt install apache2
2. added the SetEnvIf block from https://fdroid.gitlab.io/fdroid-website/docs/Deploying_the_Website/ to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
3. rsync -ax --delete _site/build/ /var/www/html/

It seems to be working well enough to deploy:

• automatically shows the right language based on browser language preference, with and without Javascript
• can change language with the menu when Javascript is enabled
• can select the language in the URL with /fr/ as the path

Changing the language menu does not work if Javascript is not enabled. It adds ?lang=zh_Hant to the URL, but the language stays the same as the one from the browser preference.

Our conclusion was that I need to update the docs to include:

• Some form of (but as conservative as possible) AllowOverride directive in the apache docs (i.e. above SetEnvIf stuff that is already documented).
• a2enmod rewrite or whatever the command is to enable the mod_rewrite. It is installed by default on Debian when installing Apache2, but not enabled.

I'll update the docs today, then test, then close this issue.

I built up this whole config on a fresh Debian/stretch machine, and updated to docs in !127 (merged) You can see the test deploy here: https://testy.at.or.at

closed via merge request !127 (merged)