THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS... If this is the first time running site-manager use the --setup switch I got tired of manually setting up a new site that I have to work on. I use Pow for RoR, rack/sinatra apps, static html sites, and proxy to apache via port 81 for anything else. This script makes a few assumptions about your environment, and…

site-manager.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby


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#                   Required Application Libraries                            #
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%w{ rubygems optparse ostruct socket yaml }.each { |lib| require lib }
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#                              Site Manager                                   #
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##### Application Constants #####
FS = File::SEPARATOR

##### Application Banner #####
banner = <<BANNER

Site Manager w/ Apache & Pow Proxy

BANNER

##### Application Options #####
$options = OpenStruct.new
options  = OptionParser.new do |opts|
  opts.banner = banner

  $options.site_action = nil
  opts.on('-a', '--action ACTION', ['add', 'delete'], 'Site action to take (add, delete).') do |action|
    $options.site_action = action 
  end

  # $options.config = "#{Dir.pwd}#{FS}config.yml"
  # opts.on('-c', '--config [FILE]', 'Configuration file [Optional], defaults to ./config.yml') do |file|
  #   $options.config = file
  # end

  $options.site_name = nil
  opts.on('-n', '--site-name NAME', 'The name of the site.') do |name|
    $options.site_name = name
  end

  # $options.sudo_password = nil
  # opts.on('-p', '--password [PASSWORD]', 'This script requires sudo, so you\' need to pass your password.') do |password|
  #   $options.sudo_password = password
  # end

  $options.proxy_port = nil
  opts.on('-p', '--proxy-port [PORT]', 'Default proxy port is 81. Pass the port number you use if different.') do |port|
    $options.proxy_port = port
  end

  $options.setup = false 
  opts.on('-s', '--setup', 'Install pow, create \'/etc/apache2/sites\', restart apache.') do |setup|
    $options.setup = true 
  end

  $options.site_type = nil
  opts.on('-t', '--site-type [TYPE]', ['apache', 'ror', 'static'], 'The type of site: apache (Apache php, cgi, etc...), ror (Ruby on Rails), static (Static HTML, w/public directory). Type is manditory if you are adding a site.') do |type|
    $options.site_type = type
  end

  opts.on_tail('-h', '--help', 'Show this message') do
    print "#{opts}\n"
    exit 0
  end
end

begin
  options.parse!
  unless $options.setup
    raise OptionParser::MissingArgument, " site action: -a, --action ACTION"  if $options.site_action.nil?
    raise OptionParser::MissingArgument, " site type: -t, --site-type [TYPE]" if $options.site_action == 'add' && $options.site_type.nil?
    raise OptionParser::MissingArgument, " site name: -n, --site-name NAME"   if $options.site_name.nil?
  end
rescue OptionParser::InvalidArgument
  puts "site-manager: #{$!.message}"
  puts "site-manager: try 'site-manager --help' for more information."
  exit 1
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption
  puts "site-manager: #{$!.message}"
  puts "site-manager: try 'site-manager --help' for more information."
  exit 1
rescue OptionParser::MissingArgument
  puts "site-manager: #{$!.message}"
  puts "site-manager: try 'site-manager --help' for more information."
  exit 1
end

# setup........................................................................

def setup
  pow_directory = Dir.home + FS + '.pow'
  setup_pow     = false
  setup_vhost   = false
  vhosts_dir    = '/etc/apache2/sites'

  if Dir.exists? pow_directory
    print "#{pow_directory} already exists. Do you still want to install pow? y/N "
    if STDIN.gets.chomp == 'y'
      setup_pow = true 
    end
  else
    setup_pow = true 
  end

  if setup_pow
    puts "Installing pow..."
    %x[curl get.pow.cx | sh]
  else
    puts "Skipping pow..."
  end

  if Dir.exists? vhosts_dir 
    print "#{vhosts_dir} already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? y/N"
    if STDIN.gets.chomp == 'y'
      setup_vhost = true
    end
  else
    setup_vhost = true 
  end

  if setup_vhost
    puts "Creating /etc/apache2/sites/..."
    # Create a directory for your site specific vhost configs
    IO.popen("sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/sites", 'r+') do |io|
      io.puts ''
      io.close_write
      io.read
    end
    puts "\nYou need to add the following entry to your /etc/apache2/httpd.conf file."
    puts "# Site specific virtual hosts"
    puts "Include /etc/apache2/sites/*.conf"
    puts "\nPress enter to continue."
    STDIN.gets.chomp
    # Restart apache
    %x[sudo apachectl restart]
  else
    puts "Skipping creation of /etc/apache2/sites/..."
  end

  exit 0
end

# setup and quit
setup if $options.setup

# app variables................................................................

pow_directory   = Dir.home + FS + '.pow'
site_directory  = Dir.home + FS + 'developer' + FS + 'projects' + FS + $options.site_name
site_public_dir = site_directory + FS + 'public'
site_symlink    = Dir.home + FS + 'Sites' + FS + $options.site_name
tmp_vhosts_file = File.dirname(__FILE__) + FS + 'tmp_vhosts'
vhosts_dir      = '/etc/apache2/sites'
vhosts_text     = <<VHOSTSDATA

### #{$options.site_name.upcase} ###
<Virtualhost *:81>
  ServerName #{$options.site_name}.dev
  ServerAlias #{$options.site_name}.#{IPSocket.getaddress(Socket.gethostname)}.xip.io
  DocumentRoot "#{site_symlink}"
  <Directory "#{site_symlink}">
    AllowOverride All
  </Directory>
</Virtualhost>
VHOSTSDATA

# begin app logic..............................................................

# preform site action (add/delete)
case $options.site_action
when 'add'
  # make sure the site exists..................................................
  unless Dir.exists? site_directory
    puts "'#{site_directory}' does not exist!"
    exit 1
  end

  # make sure the site has a public directory..................................
  if $options.site_type == 'static' && !Dir.exists?(site_public_dir)
    puts "'#{site_directory}' does not contain a public directory!"
    exit 1
  end

  # make sure the Sites does not already have a symlink for this site_name....
  if File.symlink?(site_symlink)
    puts "'#{$options.site_name}' is already symlinked in #{site_symlink}!"
    exit 1
  elsif File.exists? site_symlink
    puts "Found a file/directory '#{site_symlink}' where I should'nt have!"
    exit 1
  end

  # make sure the Sites does not already have a symlink for this site_name ....
  if Dir.exists? pow_directory + FS + $options.site_name
    puts "Pow proxy for '#{$options.site_name}' already exists!"
    exit 1
  end

  # make symlink from ~/developer/projects/site_name to ~/Sites................
  if $options.site_type == 'static'
    File.symlink site_public_dir, site_symlink
  else
    File.symlink site_directory, site_symlink
  end

  # add pow proxy on port [81].................................................
  if $options.site_type == 'ror'
    File.symlink site_symlink, "#{pow_directory + FS + $options.site_name}"
  else
    File.open("#{pow_directory + FS + $options.site_name}", 'w') { |file| file.write $options.proxy_port || '81' }
  end

  # append the vhosts file with the site
  File.open(tmp_vhosts_file, 'w') { |file| file << vhosts_text }
  IO.popen("sudo mv #{tmp_vhosts_file} #{vhosts_dir + FS + $options.site_name}.conf", 'r+') do |io|
    io.puts ''
    io.close_write
    io.read
  end

  # update owner, group and permission on the conf file........................
  %x[sudo chmod 644 #{vhosts_dir + FS + $options.site_name}.conf]
  %x[sudo chown root:wheel #{vhosts_dir + FS + $options.site_name}.conf]
when 'delete'
  # remove symlink from Sites..................................................
  File.delete site_symlink if File.exists? site_symlink

  # remove from .pow/..........................................................
  File.delete(pow_directory + FS + $options.site_name) if File.exists? pow_directory + FS + $options.site_name

  # remove vhost entry.........................................................
  IO.popen("sudo rm #{vhosts_dir + FS + $options.site_name}.conf", 'r+') do |io|
    io.puts ''
    io.close_write
    io.read
  end
end

# restart apache..............................................................
%x[sudo apachectl restart]