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Version: 2.0

Deploy from App Runtime

Websoft9 App Runtime enables you to build and host web apps, mobile back ends, and RESTful APIs in the programming language of your choice. It enables automated deployments from GitHub, or any Git repo. It provides a programming language template such as Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, Go, Ruby, and .NET, as well as Docker image and static website deployment.

Learn about App Runtime​

Understand App Runtime types for use cases and basic configuration parameters.

Use cases​

Websoft9 App Runtime includes below types for different use cases:

App Runtime templateUse case
PHP, Node.js, Java, Python, Ruby, .NETWeb application, Web development framework
Apache, Nginx, CaddyStatic website
DockerDocker application
Hugo, Jekyll, Gatsby, Hexo, Next.jsStatic website application
Laravel, DjangoWeb framework application

How it work?​

App the App Runtime templates have the same deployment methods that based on GitOps and IaC:

  • After launching the App Runtime, Websoft9 create three resources for user to deploy source code or binary, includes:

    • Git repository
    • language container
    • server block of Gateway

  • Then user can upload install packages and add deployment scripts to language container by updating App Runtime

Common parameters​

These are the common parameters for deployment by App Runtime:

  • Orchestration tool: docker compose

  • Container Port: 8080

  • Dockerfile build: Yes, refer to PHP runtime's Dockerfile template

  • Execute commands at container: Yes

  • Preconfigured deploy scripts: Container directory /usr/local/bin/cmd.sh that mount to src/cmd.sh of repository

  • Character encoding: UTF-8

  • Multiply version: Yes

  • Root directory path: Docker exec to container and command pwd to get path, and below for your references

    • PHP: /var/www/html
    • Jetty: /var/lib/jetty/webapps
    • Tomee: /usr/local/tomee
    • Tomee: /usr/local/tomcat
    • Nginx: /usr/share/nginx/html
    • Caddy: /srv
    • Apache HTTP Server: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
    • Other Runtime: /usr/src/app

Language specific​

Language specific configurations you may need to know: root directory, package manager, install extensions, compilation, command line, container operating system, and more.

Deploy application Guide​

App Runtime is a special application of Websoft9. You just need a few steps to deploy application by App Runtime

Prepration​

Step1: Prepare install packages​

Your installation package must to be downloaded for Websoft9 App Runtime, it is better than FTP/SFTP upload:

  • No files permission issues and more secure
  • More suitable for automated deployment

If your installation package not have download URL, you can create download URL by Upload files to git repository.

Step2: Launch App Runtime​

  1. Login to Websoft9 Console, go to the APP Runtime catalog of App Store

  2. Install one of App Runtime at Websoft9 Console

  3. When App Runtime is running, three resources created for user to deploy source code or binary, includes:

    • One Git repository
    • One language runtime container
    • A Nginx proxy block in Websoft9 Gateway, it proxy to language runtime container's 80 port

Step3: Customize App Runtime​

You can update the App Runtime deployment by Git repository when it running, major operations includes:

  • Modify the image tag in the file docker-compose.yml to replace the default started container
  • Add more services or other elements to docker-compose.yml file
  • Add more environments to .env file
  • Modify W9_VERSION at file .env or other version item at file docker-compose.yml for upgrading containers

You should redeploy App Runtime after customizing any items, then it will take effect.

If you want to modify environments starting with W9_, you need to familiarize with Websoft9 templates format.

Step4: Deploy packages to App Runtime​

Deploying packages is mainly done below steps by commands in the App Runtime container:

  1. Upload packages: Download packages to container and extract to the root directory

  2. Build program (optional): Compile and build packages

  3. Launch the program: Run the program's startup command

    • Make sure to run on port 8080 of the container
    • Allow Internet access

Websoft9 offers users two deployment modes to run commands.

Manual interactive deployments​

User docker exec to container and execute doployment commands, this is Manual deployment:

  1. Docker exec to your container

  2. Upload your packages to container and build it or other operation, below samples for your reference:

  3. Start program in the background, command like this nohup <your startup commands> > output.log 2>&1 &

    • your startup commands sample: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080
    • nohup command allows a process to continue running in the background when user has closed the terminal
    • > output.log 2>&1 & is specify the logs path
    • You need to execute nohup command again when restart container

Automated scripted deployment​

Automated script deployment executes tasks without manual intervention.

  1. Login to Websoft9 Console, go to the Compose tab page of appli manage from My Apps

  2. Add your depoyment and startup process to src/cmd.sh which includes script sample for you references

    Your cmd.sh script needs to be more robust, considering container restarts and redeploy.

  3. Redeploy the application, App Runtime container will execute the script for deployment

Updating your deployment​

Updating your deployment refers to the process of making changes to an already deployed application or service. This can involve a variety of tasks, including:

Changing version​

It only need two steps for changing version for App Runtime:

  1. Get the support version from file variables.json at your repository

  2. Change the value of W9_VERSION at file .env

  3. Reploy the application

Convert to DevOps workflows​

Websoft App Runtime, based on GitOps, easily transforms program environments into developer-friendly DevOps workflows.

  1. Login to Websoft9 Console, and Add user at Websoft9 Git

  2. Grant the new user the authority to manage the Git repository

  3. Push your source code to Git repository for development

  4. Updating deployment for DevOps

    • Add source code volume at file docker-compose.yml
    • Add build commands at file src/cmd.sh

Troubleshooting​

Source of container images?​

All container images are officially maintained by Docker or provided by the program's original manufacturer, and are 100% native, with no modifications.

How can I customize deployment?​

You can customize deployment by these files at application's repository

  • .env
  • docker-compose.yml
  • src/cmd.sh

Run multiply apps in one container?​

Don't suggest this

How to change files permissions?​

Execute a command like chown -R <owner>:<owner> /<path?

How to add startups to container?​

You can add your startup commands to container by below methods:

  • Add commands to file src/cmd.sh
  • Exec to container and running the required process in the background, command like this nohup Your CMD here > output.log 2>&1 &

How can see the process via nohup?​

Execute a command jobs

How to delete the running process?​

Execute ps aux to find the PID, then execute kill -9 PID