Refactor deploy to build locally, not remotely

deploy/playbooks/deploy.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,53 @@
 ---
-- name: Deploy impress-2020 from `main` on GitHub
+- name: Deploy impress-2020 from the current local version
   hosts: webserver
+  vars:
+    skip_build: no # Can override this by running `yarn deploy-skip-build`
+    local_app_root: "{{ playbook_dir  }}/../.."
   tasks:
-    - name: Pull impress-2020 from `main` on GitHub
-      git:
-        repo: https://github.com/matchu/impress-2020.git
-        dest: /srv/impress-2020/latest-version
-        version: main
-    - name: Install dependencies with yarn
+    # For our deployment, our server resources are more constrained than our
+    # dev machine, and builds are an expensive uncommon RAM & CPU spike. Let's
+    # use our local machine for it! (I found that, running remotely, 2GB RAM
+    # was not enough to build impress-2020 😅)
+    - name: Run `yarn build` locally to build the current version
+      delegate_to: localhost
       command:
-        chdir: /srv/impress-2020/latest-version
-        cmd: yarn install
-      register: result
-      changed_when: '"Already up-to-date." not in result.stdout'
-    - name: Copy our local .env secrets file to the server
-      copy:
-        src: ../../.env
-        dest: /srv/impress-2020/latest-version
-    - name: Run `yarn build` to build the production app
-      command:
-        chdir: /srv/impress-2020/latest-version
+        chdir: "{{ local_app_root }}"
         cmd: yarn build
+      when: not skip_build
+
+    - name: Generate a version number from the current timestamp
+      command: date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+      register: new_app_version
+
+    - name: Save new remote folder path to a variable
+      set_fact:
+        remote_app_root: "/srv/impress-2020/versions/{{ new_app_version.stdout }}"
+
+    - name: Create new remote folder for the new version
+      file:
+        path: "{{ remote_app_root }}"
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Copy local app's source files to new remote folder
+      ansible.posix.synchronize:
+        src: "{{ local_app_root }}"
+        dest: "{{ remote_app_root }}"
+        rsync_opts:
+          - "--exclude=.git"
+          - "--filter=':- .gitignore'"
+
+    - name: Copy local app's build files to new remote folder
+      ansible.posix.synchronize:
+        src: "{{ local_app_root }}/build"
+        dest: "{{ remote_app_root }}/build"
+
+    - name: Copy local app's .env secrets file to new remote folder
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ local_app_root }}/.env"
+        dest: "{{ remote_app_root }}"
+
+    - name: Run `yarn install` to install dependencies remotely
+      command:
+        chdir: "{{ remote_app_root }}"
+        cmd: yarn install

deploy/playbooks/setup.yml

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
       become: yes
       group:
         name: web
+
     - name: Add current user to web group
       become: yes
       user:
         name: "{{ ansible_user_id }}"
         group: web
         append: yes
+
     - name: Create the app folder
       become: yes
       file:
@@ -21,26 +23,31 @@
         # may only read it.
         group: web
         mode: "u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx"
+
     - name: Add Nodesource apt key
       become: yes
       apt_key:
         id: 9FD3B784BC1C6FC31A8A0A1C1655A0AB68576280
         url: https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key
+
     - name: Add Node v16 apt repository
       become: yes
       apt_repository:
         repo: deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_16.x focal main
+
     - name: Install Node v16
       become: yes
       apt:
         update_cache: yes
         name: nodejs
         state: present
+
     - name: Install Yarn
       become: yes
       npm:
         name: yarn
         global: yes
+
     - name: Install node-canvas dependencies
       become: yes
       apt:

package.json

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "lint": "next lint --dir src --dir pages",
     "deploy-setup": "echo $'Setup requires you to become the root user. You\\'ll need to enter the password for your account on the remote web server below, and you must be part of the `sudoers` user group.' && ansible-playbook -K -i deploy/inventory.cfg deploy/playbooks/setup.yml",
     "deploy": "ansible-playbook -i deploy/inventory.cfg deploy/playbooks/deploy.yml",
+    "deploy-skip-build": "ansible-playbook -i deploy/inventory.cfg deploy/playbooks/deploy.yml --extra-vars='{\"skip_build\": true}'",
     "cypress": "cypress open",
     "mysql": "mysql --host=impress.openneo.net --user=$(dotenv -p IMPRESS_MYSQL_USER) --password=$(dotenv -p IMPRESS_MYSQL_PASSWORD) --database=openneo_impress",
     "mysql-dev": "mysql --host=localhost --user=impress_2020_dev --password=impress_2020_dev --database=impress_2020_dev",