Deploying a web app with RPM packages

In order to deploy an RPM package, we will need to create it in the first place. To do so, the first thing we need is a Spec file.

Creating a Spec file

The first thing to do is to create a Specifics (Spec) file, which is a recipe for instructing rpmbuild on how to actually create the RPM package. We are going to locate the Spec file in spec/demo-php-app.spec and put the following content into it:

%define debug_package %{nil} %global commit0 b49f595e023e07a8345f47a3ad62a6f50f03121e %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7}) Name: demo-php-app Version: 0 Release: 1%{?dist} Summary: Demo PHP application License: PD URL: https://github.com/Fale/demo-php-app Source0: %{url}/archive/%{commit0}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{shortcommit0}.tar.gz ...

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