ONLY READ FURTHER IF YOU WANT TO HOST db.moz.plugin

ubuntu was used for this tutorial, last update 2010/03/07

If you want to use db.moz.plugin with automated publishing options for rake build do the following:

1) the following cmd will install the needed tools (mccoy and a patch for cmdline support).

rake tools

at the end of the install process the tool mccoy will be opened.

create a key with the name 'db.moz.plugin' and replace the generated public key with the old key
in the tag 'updateKey' in the file 'template.install.rdf'

also replace the updateUrl to point to your own host url.

2) alias your ssh connection to your remote server as 'db' so that an simple '>ssh db' will connect you to the server. on your server ('>ssh db'): 1) link in your home dir 'wiki' to the place where your update.rdf should be uploaded. 2) and link in your home dir 'downloads' to the place where the .xpi files will be uploaded. In 'downloads' you must create the dir 'plugin'!

3) to build an xpi, simple type: '>rake build'

4) to publish the current build, simply type: '>rake publish' the files will be zipped and uploaded automatically