Comments on: Case Against Using Symlinks For Code Promotion http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2009/05/12/case-against-using-symlinks-for-code-promotion/ Internet, mobile applications, skiing, snowboarding, food... you know, whatever comes to mind. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Brittain http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2009/05/12/case-against-using-symlinks-for-code-promotion/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Mike Brittain Wed, 13 May 2009 14:14:23 +0000 http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/?p=335#comment-341 @John Thanks for the clarification. I guess I mis-read that in your post. @John Thanks for the clarification. I guess I mis-read that in your post.

]]> By: Mike Brittain http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2009/05/12/case-against-using-symlinks-for-code-promotion/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Mike Brittain Wed, 13 May 2009 14:12:59 +0000 http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/?p=335#comment-340 We feed some content through a CDN. When the CDN makes a request that hits a server that is restarting, it has caused issues for users receiving blank pages. I agree that it *should* be harmless, especially if we were doing a graceful restart. But we have run into issues, which may be specific to our own setup. We feed some content through a CDN. When the CDN makes a request that hits a server that is restarting, it has caused issues for users receiving blank pages.

I agree that it *should* be harmless, especially if we were doing a graceful restart. But we have run into issues, which may be specific to our own setup.

]]> By: Oren http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2009/05/12/case-against-using-symlinks-for-code-promotion/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Oren Wed, 13 May 2009 08:58:50 +0000 http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/?p=335#comment-339 Hi Mike, Why are you against restarting apache after deployment? It's quick and harmless as far as I can tell. Hi Mike,

Why are you against restarting apache after deployment? It’s quick and harmless as far as I can tell.

]]> By: John Goulah http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/2009/05/12/case-against-using-symlinks-for-code-promotion/comment-page-1/#comment-338 John Goulah Wed, 13 May 2009 03:54:49 +0000 http://www.mikebrittain.com/blog/?p=335#comment-338 Actually I don't use symbolic links for the document root. I programmatically generate the virtual host files on every build and bundle them with the code. These generated files point to the most current document root (the directory that is basically named by svn version you're releasing). After code is pushed, I do use a symbolic link to point my httpd/conf.d/www-site.com.conf at the generated vhost file that I pushed out with my code. This way if you make a change to your vhost file between versions you can roll that back alongside the code. Actually I don’t use symbolic links for the document root. I programmatically generate the virtual host files on every build and bundle them with the code. These generated files point to the most current document root (the directory that is basically named by svn version you’re releasing). After code is pushed, I do use a symbolic link to point my httpd/conf.d/www-site.com.conf at the generated vhost file that I pushed out with my code. This way if you make a change to your vhost file between versions you can roll that back alongside the code.

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