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  1. package/package.json +1 -1
  2. package/.editorconfig +0 -14
  3. package/.github/stale.yml +0 -23
  4. package/.github/workflows/nodejs-macos.yml +0 -26
  5. package/.github/workflows/nodejs-ubuntu.yml +0 -28
  6. package/.github/workflows/nodejs-windows.yml +0 -26
  7. package/.github/workflows/release.yml +0 -37
  8. package/bin/e2e-test.sh +0 -47
  9. package/docs/adapters/campfire.md +0 -79
  10. package/docs/adapters/development.md +0 -125
  11. package/docs/adapters/shell.md +0 -24
  12. package/docs/adapters.md +0 -27
  13. package/docs/deploying/azure.md +0 -97
  14. package/docs/deploying/bluemix.md +0 -111
  15. package/docs/deploying/heroku.md +0 -66
  16. package/docs/deploying/unix.md +0 -72
  17. package/docs/deploying/windows.md +0 -66
  18. package/docs/deploying.md +0 -11
  19. package/docs/implementation.md +0 -55
  20. package/docs/index.md +0 -125
  21. package/docs/patterns.md +0 -265
  22. package/docs/scripting.md +0 -1051
  23. package/examples/hubot-start.ps1 +0 -12
  24. package/examples/hubot.service +0 -27
  25. package/script/bootstrap +0 -3
  26. package/script/release +0 -44
  27. package/script/server +0 -3
  28. package/script/smoke-test +0 -3
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  30. package/test/adapter_test.js +0 -97
  31. package/test/brain_test.js +0 -336
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  34. package/test/fixtures/MockAdapter.coffee +0 -10
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  41. package/test/middleware_test.js +0 -507
  42. package/test/robot_test.js +0 -1153
  43. package/test/shell_test.js +0 -73
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- # Deploying to Heroku
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- If you've been following along with [Getting Started](../index.md), it's time to deploy so you can use it beyond just your local machine.
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- [Heroku](http://www.heroku.com/) is an easy and supported way to deploy hubot.
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- Install the [Heroku CLI](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli) to start, then follow their '[Getting Started](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli#getting-started)' instructions, including logging in the first time:
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- % heroku login
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- Email: youremail@example.com
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- Password:
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- Would you like to generate one? [Yn]
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- Generating new SSH public key.
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- Uploading ssh public key /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
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- Inside your new hubot directory, make sure you've created a git repository, and that your work is committed:
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- % git init
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- % git add .
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- % git commit -m "Initial commit"
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- % heroku create
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- Creating rosemary-britches-123... done, stack is cedar
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- Git remote heroku added
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- Before you deploy the application, you'll need to configure some environment
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- variables for hubot to use. The specific variables you'll need depends on which
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- [adapter](../adapters.md) and scripts you are using. For Campfire, with no other
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- scripts, you'd need to set the following environment variables:
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- % heroku config:set HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ACCOUNT=yourcampfireaccount
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- % heroku config:set HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_TOKEN=yourcampfiretoken
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- % heroku config:set HUBOT_CAMPFIRE_ROOMS=comma,separated,list,of,rooms,to,join
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- At this point, you are ready to deploy and start chatting. With Heroku, that's a
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- git push away:
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- % git push heroku main
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- You'll see some text flying, and eventually some success. You should be able to
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- see your bot in your configured chat rooms at this point. If not, you can peek
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- at the logs to try to debug:
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- % heroku logs
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- If you make any changes to your hubot, just commit and push them as
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- % git commit -am "Awesome scripts OMG"
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- Some scripts needs Redis to work, Heroku offers an addon called [Redis Cloud](https://addons.heroku.com/rediscloud), which has a free plan. To use it:
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- % heroku addons:create rediscloud
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- Note: the free redis plans don't offer any persistence so your hubot will lose all the information when it goes to sleep.
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- Free dynos on Heroku will [sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-sleeping). That means your hubot would leave the chat room and only rejoin when it does get traffic. This is extremely inconvenient since most interaction is done through chat, and hubot has to be online and in the room to respond to messages. To get around this, you can use the [hubot-heroku-keepalive](https://github.com/hubot-scripts/hubot-heroku-keepalive) script, which will keep your free dyno alive for up to 18 hours/day. If you never want Hubot to sleep, you will need to [upgrade to Heroku's hobby plan](https://www.heroku.com/pricing).
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- ## node and npm
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- for [installing Node.js via package manager](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager), [Building on GNU/Linux and other UNIX](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation#building-on-gnulinux-and-other-unix).
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- ## Updating code on the server
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- The simplest way to update your hubot's code is going to be to have a git
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- If you have a [Chef](http://www.chef.io/chef/) background, there's a
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- ## Starting, stopping, and restarting hubot
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- Every hubot install has a `bin/hubot` script to handle starting up the hubot.
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- You can run this command from your git checkout on the server, but there are some problems you can encounter:
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- For handling you disconnecting, you can start with running `bin/hubot` in
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- [screen session](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/) or with
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- [nohup](http://linux.die.net/man/1/nohup).
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- For handling hubot dying, and restarting it automatically, you can imagine
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- [bash while loop](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3). But
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- really, you probably want some process monitoring using tools like
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- [monit](http://mmonit.com/monit/),
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- [bluepill](https://github.com/arya/bluepill),
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- [runit](http://smarden.org/runit/),
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- ## Recommendations
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- This document has been deliberately light on strong recommendations. At a high
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- ## node and npm
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- Not yet fleshed out. [Help contribute by submitting a pull request, please?](https://github.com/github/hubot/pull/new/main)
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- ## Patterns
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- # Patterns
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- Shared patterns for dealing with common Hubot scenarios.
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- ## Renaming the Hubot instance
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- When you rename Hubot, he will no longer respond to his former name. In order to train your users on the new name, you may choose to add a deprecation notice when they try to say the old name. The pattern logic is:
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- If you remove a script or change the commands for a script, it can be useful to let your users know about the change. One way is to just tell them in chat or let them discover the change by attempting to use a command that no longer exists. Another way is to have Hubot let people know when they've used a command that no longer works.
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