tools: add release host var to promotion script

Adds a `NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST` environment variable that enable releasers to provide a custom proxy host to connect to when performing the promotion steps of a given release. Signed-off-by: Ruy Adorno <[email protected]> PR-URL: #45913 Reviewed-By: Rafael Gonzaga <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jan 1, 2023 · 361d34c · 361d34c
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diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md
@@ -827,6 +827,14 @@ or at runtime with:
 $ ./tools/release.sh -i ~/.ssh/node_id_rsa
 ```
 
+You can also specify a different ssh server address to connect to by defining
+a `NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST` environment variable:
+
+```console
+# Substitute proxy.xyz with whatever address you intend to use
+$ NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST=proxy.xyz ./tools/release.sh
+```
+
 `tools/release.sh` will perform the following actions when run:
 
 <details>

diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-webhost=direct.nodejs.org
+[ -z "$NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST" ] && NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST=direct.nodejs.org
+
+webhost=$NODEJS_RELEASE_HOST
 webuser=dist
 promotablecmd=dist-promotable
 promotecmd=dist-promote