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Platform Guides

Contents:

• Migrating to the CLI 0.9
  • Upgrading the CLI
  • Key changes from 0.4.x to 0.9.x
  • Setup
  • Working with your application
• Git and Mercurial
  • Mode Selection
  • Pushing Uncomitted Changes
  • Excluding Files From the Push
  • Omitting Code Directory
• Application Flavors
  • Flavors
  • Flavors Features Comparison
  • Checking the Cost of your Application
• Build Hooks
  • Pre-Build
  • Post-Build
  • Post-Install
• Consulting Logs
  • Streaming The Logs
  • Read The Archives
• Configuring Nginx
  • Rewrite Rules
  • Restricting Access
  • Setting Up Error Pages
  • Maintenance Mode
  • Authentication
  • Increase HTTP POST Max Size
  • Combining Conditions
  • Caveats
  • Nginx Reference Documentation
• Copy Files To and From Services
  • Download a Single Text File
  • Upload a Single Text File
  • Download Binary or Multiple Files
  • Upload Binary or Multiple Files
  • Generic SSH (scp, rsync...)
  • Connecting From a Service to Another
• Build File (dotcloud.yml)
  • Background
  • Example dotcloud.yml
  • servicename: Naming Your Service
  • type: Defining Your Service
  • approot: Specifying the Root Directory of a Service
  • prebuild, postbuild, postinstall: Build Hooks
  • systempackages: Install Additional System Packages
  • config: Service-specific Configuration
  • ports: Custom Ports
  • environment: Defining Environment Variable
  • process(es): supervisor.conf Shortcuts
  • requirements: Listing Code Service Dependencies
• Custom Domains
  • Adding a Custom Domain
  • Removing a Custom Domain
  • Naked Domains
  • SSL
• Environment File
  • What is the Environment File?
  • Reading the Environment
  • Adding Environment Variables
  • Removing Environment Variables
  • YAML Format
• Handling Errors
  • What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
  • How Can I Intercept Errors?
• Background Processes
  • Defining Daemons
  • Configuring The Environment
  • Exit Cleanly With Signals
  • Configure Logging
  • Launching Multiple “Workers”
  • Troubleshooting
  • Caveats
• Periodic Tasks
  • Using cron
  • Write Tasks In A Specific Language
  • Forward The Tasks Output
• Persistent Data
• Scaling
  • Scaling Horizontally
  • Horizontal Scaling vs HA
  • Scaling Databases for HA
  • Scaling Vertically
  • Important Considerations
  • When to Scale Up or Down
• Scheduling Backups
  • What Can I Backup?
  • Login to the Service
  • Copy the Backup Script
  • Choose Between FTP, SSH and S3
  • Do a Manual Test Backup
  • Schedule the Backup Script with a Crontab
  • Restoring Backups
• Sending E-Mails
• SSH Access
  • How to SSH to a Service
  • How to Run a Single Command
• SSL
  • Piggyback SSL
  • Custom Domain SSL
  • Update or Deactivate Custom Domain SSL
  • Forcing SSL
• Using Multiple dotCloud Accounts
• WebSockets
  • Enable WebSockets Support
  • WebSocket over SSL
  • Technical Notes