support remote-server sytax in keter.yaml file, update README

Keter/Plugin/Postgres.hs

@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ instance Default Settings where
                     "';\nCREATE DATABASE " <> fromText dbiName <>
                     " OWNER "              <> fromText dbiUser <>
                     ";"
-            _ <- readProcess "sudo" ["-u", "postgres", "psql"] $ TL.unpack sql
+                cmd = [ "-u", "postgres", "psql"
+                      , "-h", (T.unpack $ dbServer dbiServer)
+                      , "-p", (show $ dbPort dbiServer)
+                      , "-U", "postgres"] 
+            _ <- readProcess "sudo" cmd $ TL.unpack sql
             return ()
         }
 
@@ -70,8 +74,8 @@ data DBServerInfo = DBServerInfo
     deriving Show
 
 randomDBI :: DBServerInfo -> R.StdGen -> (DBInfo, R.StdGen)
-randomDBI dbsi r =
+randomDBI dbsi =
-    S.runState (DBInfo <$> rt <*> rt <*> rt <*> (pure dbsi)) r
+    S.runState (DBInfo <$> rt <*> rt <*> rt <*> (pure dbsi)) 
   where
     rt = T.pack <$> replicateM 10 (S.state $ R.randomR ('a', 'z'))
 
@@ -127,21 +131,19 @@ load Settings{..} fp = do
         return Plugin
             { pluginGetEnv = \appname o ->
                 case HMap.lookup "postgres" o of
-                    Just (Array x) -> do
+                    Just (Array v) -> do
-                        let Object o' = V.head x
+                        let dbServer = fromMaybe def . parseMaybe parseJSON $ V.head v
-                            dbServer = fromMaybe def . parseMaybe parseJSON  $ V.head x
+                        doenv chan appname dbServer
-                        x <- newEmptyMVar
-                        writeChan chan $ GetConfig appname dbServer $ putMVar x
-                        edbi <- takeMVar x
-                        edbiToEnv edbi
                     Just (Bool True) -> do
-                        x <- newEmptyMVar
+                        doenv chan appname def
-                        writeChan chan $ GetConfig appname def $ putMVar x
-                        edbi <- takeMVar x
-                        edbiToEnv edbi
                     _ -> return []
             }
-
+      where doenv chan appname dbs = do
+            x <- newEmptyMVar
+            writeChan chan $ GetConfig appname dbs $ putMVar x
+            edbi <- takeMVar x
+            edbiToEnv edbi
+                    
     tmpfp = fp <.> "tmp"
 
     loop chan = do

README.md

@@ -179,8 +179,22 @@ plugins:
   postgres: true
 ```
 
+* Keter can be configured to connect to a remote postgres server using the following syntax:
+```yaml
+plugins:
+  postgres: 
+     - server: remoteServerNameOrIP
+       port: 1234
+```
+
+Different webapps can be configured to use different servers using the above syntax.
+Keter will connect to the remote servers using the `postgres` account. This setup 
+assumes the remote server's `pg_hba.conf` file has been configured to allow connections
+from the keter-server IP using the `trust` method. 
+
 (Note: The `plugins` configuration option was added in v1.0 of the
-keter configuration syntax. If you are using v0.4 then use `postgres: true`.)
+keter configuration syntax. If you are using v0.4 then use `postgres: true`.
+The remote-postgres server syntax was added in v1.4.2.)
 
 * Modify your application to get its database connection settings from the following environment variables:
     * `PGHOST`