From d2bd4ec20ec62b90136eeefa518b91221ecb0ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:27:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] nice fixes to generalize

added a site path parameter so we can create a basic apache site anywhere on the host.
---
 scripts/system/add_apache_site.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/system/add_apache_site.sh b/scripts/system/add_apache_site.sh
index 6b095634..e99f371a 100644
--- a/scripts/system/add_apache_site.sh
+++ b/scripts/system/add_apache_site.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ function write_apache_config()
 {
   local appname="$1"; shift
   local sitename="$1"; shift
+  local site_path="$1"; shift
+
   local site_config="/etc/apache2/sites-available/${sitename}.conf"
 
   # check if config file already exists and bail if so.
@@ -30,12 +32,19 @@ function write_apache_config()
   echo "Creating a new apache2 site for $sitename with config file:"
   echo "  $site_config"
 
-  # path where site gets checked out, in some arcane manner, and which happens to be
-  # above the path where we put webroot (in the storage suffix, if defined).
-  local path_above="${BASE_PATH}/${appname}"
-  # no slash between appname and suffix, in case suffix is empty.
-  local full_path="${BASE_PATH}/${appname}${STORAGE_SUFFIX}"
+  # if no path, then we default to our standard app storage location.  otherwise, we
+  # put the site where they told us to.
+  if [ -z "$site_path" ]; then
+    # path where site gets checked out, in some arcane manner, and which happens to be
+    # above the path where we put webroot (in the storage suffix, if defined).
+    local path_above="${BASE_PATH}/${appname}"
+    # no slash between appname and suffix, in case suffix is empty.
+    local full_path="${path_above}${STORAGE_SUFFIX}"
 #echo really full path is $full_path
+  else
+    # we'll go with their specification for the site storage.
+    local full_path="$site_path"
+  fi
 
   echo "
 # set up the user's web folder as an apache user web directory.
@@ -125,16 +134,24 @@ fi
 
 appname="$1"; shift
 site="$1"; shift
+site_path="$1"; shift
 
 if [ -z "$appname" -o -z "$site" ]; then
-  echo "This script needs to know (1) the appname (application name) for the new"
-  echo "site and (2) the DNS name for the apache virtual host."
-  echo "The appname should work as a file-system compatible folder name."
+#hmmm: move to a print_instructions function.
+  echo "
+$(basename $0): {app name} {dns name} [site path]
+
+This script needs to know (1) the application name for the new site and
+(2) the DNS name for the apache virtual host.  The appname should be an
+appropriate name for a file-system compatible folder name.  There is an
+optional third parameter (3) the path for site storage.  If the site path
+is not provided, we'll use this path:
+  $BASE_PATH/{app name}/$STORAGE_SUFFIX"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 maybe_create_site_storage "$appname"
-write_apache_config "$appname" "$site"
+write_apache_config "$appname" "$site" "$site_path"
 enable_site "$site"
 restart_apache
 
-- 
2.34.1