feat(cmdeploy): add ssh_host chatmail.ini option to deploy remotely, recommend localhost deployment as default#852
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remove mentions of the build machine / deployment server separation
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pyinfra, stemming from ansible, has a build machine / deployment server separation which we don't actually need in this project. We are mostly using it to script the installation, not to document our deployment; and I don't know of anyone importing cmdeploy as a pyinfra deployment module (other than https://github.com/deltachat/pyinfra-borgbackup/ for example).
We could make it easier for future operators by simply assuming that you install cmdeploy on the relay itself. This also helps with people having weird laptop OSes.
The idea is to add a chatmail.ini config parameter,
ssh_host, which will be set to "localhost" oncmdeploy initto be the default for new operators, but which will default tomail_domainif unset, so existing deployments keep working with their chatmail.ini files. This could become a problem if some is used to setup chatmail relays remotely without keeping the chatmail.ini file around, though.based on both #856 and #853, they should be reviewed beforehand.