VictoriaMetrics/docs/Release-Guide.md
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docs: update docs ordering and formatting (#1192)
The major change is adding `sort` directive to docs. For those docs which are copied
from internal packages `sort` is added via makefile command. For the rest it is added
manually since they're updated manually as well.

The rest of changes is connected with markdown formatting. For example, changing headers
in some files (`##` => `#`) makes navigation on .github.io to look better. This especially
useful for `changelog` docs.

Table of contents for `vmctl` is dropped, since we already have it autogenerated on .github.io.

No link changes expected. The corresponding PR to `cluster` branch will be made in follow-up PR.
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# Release process guidance
## Release version and Docker images
0. Document all the changes for new release in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md).
1. Create release tag with `git tag v1.xx.y` in `master` branch and `git tag v1.xx.y-cluster` in `cluster` branch.
2. Run `make release` for creating `*.tar.gz` release archive with the corresponding `_checksums.txt` inside `bin` directory.
3. Run `make publish` for creating and publishing Docker images.
4. Repeat steps 3-4 for `cluster` branch.
5. Push release tag to https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics : `git push origin v1.xx.y`.
6. Go to https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases , create new release from the pushed tag on step 5 and upload `*.tar.gz` archive with the corresponding `_checksums.txt` from step 2.
## Building snap package.
pre-requirements:
- snapcraft binary, can be installed with commands:
for MacOS `brew install snapcraft` and [install mutipass](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/installing-multipass-on-macos/8329),
for Ubuntu - `sudo snap install snapcraft --classic`
- login with `snapcraft login`
- already created release at github (it operates `git describe` version, so git tag must be annotated).
0. checkout to the latest git tag for single-node version.
1. execute `make release-snap` - it must build and upload snap package.
2. promote release to current, if needed manually at release page [snapcraft-releases](https://snapcraft.io/victoriametrics/releases)
### Public Announcement
1. Publish message in slack (victoriametrics.slack.com, general channel)
2. Post twit with release notes URL
3. Post in subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaMetrics/
4. Post in linkedin
## Helm Charts
The helm chart repository [https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/)
### Bump the version of images.
In that case, don't need to bump the helm chart version
1. Need to update [`values.yaml`](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-cluster/values.yaml), bump version for `vmselect`, `vminsert` and `vmstorage`
2. Specify the correct version in [`Chart.yaml`](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-cluster/Chart.yaml)
3. Update version [README.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-cluster/README.md), specify the new version in the documentation
4. Push changes to master. `master` is a source of truth
5. Rebase `master` into `gh-pages` branch
6. Run `make package` which creates or updates zip file with the packed chart
7. Run `make merge`. It creates or updates metadata for charts in index.yaml
8. Push the changes to `gh-pages` branch
### Updating the chart.
1. Update chart version in [`Chart.yaml`](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-cluster/Chart.yaml)
2. Update [README.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/blob/master/charts/victoria-metrics-cluster/README.md) file, reflect changes in the documentation.
3. Repeat the procedure from step _4_ previous section.
## Wiki pages
All changes from `docs` folder and `.md` extension automatically push to Wiki
**_Note_**: no vice versa, direct changes on Wiki will be overitten after any changes in `docs/*.md`
## Github pages
All changes in `README.md`, `docs` folder and `.md` extension automatically push to Wiki