Merge pull request #17 from ogarcia/envfile

Read versions from .env file

.env

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Versions must be major.minor
+ALPINE_VERSION=3.19
+RUST_VERSION=1.78

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Load .env file
+        uses: xom9ikk/dotenv@v2
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.77
+          toolchain: ${{ env.RUST_VERSION }}
           targets: ${{ matrix.target.target }}
       - name: Test
         if: ${{ matrix.target.test }}

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Load .env file
+        uses: xom9ikk/dotenv@v2
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
@@ -42,3 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            ALPINE_VERSION=${{ env.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+            RUST_VERSION=${{ env.RUST_VERSION }}

Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Versions must be major.minor
-ARG RUST_VERSION=1.77
+ARG RUST_VERSION
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.19
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION
 
 FROM docker.io/rust:${RUST_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} AS builder
 COPY . /data

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,97 @@
 TaskChampion Sync-Server
 ------------------------
 
-TaskChampion is the task database [Taskwarrior](https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior) uses to store and sync tasks.
+TaskChampion is the task database [Taskwarrior][tw] uses to store and sync
-This repository implements a sync server against which Taskwarrior and other applications embedding TaskChampion can sync.
+tasks. This repository implements a sync server against which Taskwarrior
+and other applications embedding TaskChampion can sync.
+
+[tw]: https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior
 
 ## Status
 
-This repository was spun off from Taskwarrior itself after the 3.0.0 release.
+This repository was spun off from Taskwarrior itself after the 3.0.0
-It is still under development and currently best described as a reference implementation of the Taskchampion sync protocol.
+release. It is still under development and currently best described as
+a reference implementation of the Taskchampion sync protocol.
+
+## Installation
+
+### From binary
+
+Simply download latest release from [releases page][releases].
+
+[releases]: https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskchampion-sync-server/releases
+
+### As container
+
+To build the container execute the following commands.
+```sh
+source .env
+docker build \
+  --build-arg RUST_VERSION=${RUST_VERSION} \
+  --build-arg ALPINE_VERSION=${ALPINE_VERSION} \
+  -t taskchampion-sync-server .
+```
+
+Now to run it, simply exec.
+```sh
+docker run -t -d \
+  --name=taskchampion \
+  -p 8080:8080 \
+  taskchampion-sync-server
+```
+
+This start TaskChampion Sync-Server and publish the port to host. Please
+note that this is a basic run, all data will be destroyed after stop and
+delete container.
+
+#### Persist data using a container volume
+
+TaskChampion Sync-Server container image uses a volume
+`/var/lib/taskchampion-sync-server` to store database. You can exec the
+following to mount it in your host as persistent storage.
+```sh
+docker run -t -d \
+  --name=taskchampion \
+  -p 8080:8080 \
+  -v /my/taskchampion-sync-server:/var/lib/taskchampion-sync-server \
+  taskchampion-sync-server
+```
+
+Take note that you must create before the directory
+`/my/taskchampion-sync-server` and set ownership to UID/GID 100.
+```sh
+mkdir -p /my/taskchampion-sync-server
+chown -R 100:100 /my/taskchampion-sync-server
+```
+
+### From source
+
+#### Installing Rust
+
+TaskChampion Sync-Server build has been tested with current Rust stable
+release version. You can install Rust from your distribution package or use
+[`rustup`][rustup].
+```sh
+rustup default stable
+```
+
+If you prefer, you can use the stable version only for install TaskChampion
+Sync-Server (you must clone the repository first).
+```sh
+rustup override set stable
+```
+
+[rustup]: https://rustup.rs/
+
+#### Installing TaskChampion Sync-Server
+
+To build TaskChampion Sync-Server binary simply execute the following
+commands.
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskchampion-sync-server.git
+cd taskchampion-sync-server
+cargo build --release
+```
+
+After build the binary is located in
+`target/release/taskchampion-sync-server`.