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+Hobo
+====
+
+Administration portal to configure and deploy applications.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Dependencies can be installed with pip,
+
+ $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+It's then required to get the database configured (./manage.py syncdb); by
+default it will create a db.sqlite3 file.
+
+Hobo can then be run like typical django applications (./manage.py runserver),
+it will communicate to deployment agents using Celery and expects a running 
+RabbitMQ server running on localhost.
+
+The agent in charge of deploying application can then be run on the application
+servers, for example: (--broker=... can be omitted if running on same host).
+
+  celery --broker=amqp://guest@localhost// -A hobo.agent worker -l info
+
+Just like the django application itself, the celery process will use settings
+from the file declared in the DJANGO_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+It's possible to limit agents to particular applications, or particular
+hostnames, using the AGENT_HOST_PATTERNS configuration variable.
+
+The format is a dictionary with applications as keys and a list of hostnames as
+value. The hostnames can be prefixed by an exclamation mark to exclude them.
+
+  AGENT_HOST_PATTERNS = {
+     'wcs': ['*.example.net', '!  *.dev.example.net'],
+  }
+
+Will limit wcs deployments to *.example.net hostnames, while excluding
+*.dev.example.net.
+
+Some applications may support deployments templates, they can be specified in
+the configuration with the SERVICE_TEMPLATES variable.
+
+  SERVICE_TEMPLATES = {
+        'wcs': [('export-auquo-light.wcs', u'Au quotidien light'),
+                ('export-auquo.wcs', u'Au quotidien'),
+                ('export-demo.wcs', u'Démo au quotidien')
+                ],
+  }
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Go to environment settings, pick a service, fill its name and URL, and watch it
+being deployed.  Successfully deployed services will add a link to their
+administration pages on the homepage.
+
+
+Agents
+------
+
+ - w.c.s.
+
+w.c.s. instances will be deployed using "/usr/sbin/wcsctl check-hobos" by
+default, this command can be adapted in the AGENT_WCS_COMMAND setting. It
+should be run with the same rights as the wcs process (redefine the command
+to use sudo if necessary).
+
+Template keys defined in SERVICE_TEMPLATES have to map wcs skeleton sites
+(created from settings / export) stored in /var/lib/wcs/skeletons (the exact
+directory may vary according to the wcs configuration).