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2 Installing Roundup
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3 ==================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.128 $
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7 .. contents::
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8 :depth: 2
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11 Overview
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12 ========
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14 Broken out separately, there are several conceptual pieces to a
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15 Roundup installation:
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17 Roundup trackers
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18 Trackers consist of issues (be they bug reports or otherwise), tracker
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19 configuration file(s), web HTML files etc. Roundup trackers are initialised
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20 with a "Template" which defines the fields usable/assignable on a
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21 per-issue basis. Descriptions of the provided templates are given in
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22 `choosing your template`_.
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24 Roundup support code
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25 Installed into your Python install's lib directory.
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27 Roundup scripts
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28 These include the email gateway, the roundup
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29 HTTP server, the roundup administration command-line interface, etc.
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32 Prerequisites
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33 =============
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35 Roundup requires Python 2.3 or newer with a functioning anydbm
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36 module. Download the latest version from http://www.python.org/.
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37 It is highly recommended that users install the latest patch version
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38 of python as these contain many fixes to serious bugs.
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40 Some variants of Linux will need an additional "python dev" package
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41 installed for Roundup installation to work. Debian and derivatives, are
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42 known to require this.
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44 If you're on windows, you will either need to be using the ActiveState python
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45 distribution (at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/), or you'll
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46 have to install the win32all package separately (get it from
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47 http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/).
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50 Optional Components
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51 ===================
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53 You may optionally install and use:
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55 Timezone Definitions
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56 Full timezone support requires pytz_ module (version 2005i or later)
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57 which brings the `Olson tz database`_ into Python. If pytz_ is not
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58 installed, timezones may be specified as numeric hour offsets only.
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60 An RDBMS
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61 Sqlite, MySQL and Postgresql are all supported by Roundup and will be
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62 used if available. One of these is recommended if you are anticipating a
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63 large user base (see `choosing your backend`_ below).
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65 Xapian full-text indexer
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66 The Xapian_ full-text indexer is also supported and will be used by
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67 default if it is available. This is strongly recommended if you are
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68 anticipating a large number of issues (> 5000).
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70 You may install Xapian at any time, even after a tracker has been
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71 installed and used. You will need to run the "roundup-admin reindex"
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72 command if the tracker has existing data.
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74 Roundup requires Xapian *newer* than 0.9.2 - it may be necessary for
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75 you to install a snapshot. Snapshot "0.9.2_svn6532" has been tried
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76 successfully.
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78 pyopenssl
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79 If pyopenssl_ is installed the roundup-server can be configured
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80 to serve trackers over SSL. If you are going to serve roundup via
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81 proxy through a server with SSL support (e.g. apache) then this is
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84 pyme
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85 If pyme_ is installed you can configure the mail gateway to perform
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86 verification or decryption of incoming OpenPGP MIME messages. When
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87 configured, you can require email to be cryptographically signed
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88 before roundup will allow it to make modifications to issues.
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90 .. _Xapian: http://www.xapian.org/
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91 .. _pytz: http://www.python.org/pypi/pytz
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92 .. _Olson tz database: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
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97 Getting Roundup
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98 ===============
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100 .. note::
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101 Some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
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102 installed. Try running the command "roundup-admin" with no arguments,
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103 and if it runs you may skip the `Basic Installation Steps`_
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104 below and go straight to `configuring your first tracker`_.
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106 Download the latest version from http://roundup.sf.net/.
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108 If you're using WinZIP's "classic" interface, make sure the "Use
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109 folder names" check box is checked before you extract the files.
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112 For The Really Impatient
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115 If you just want to give Roundup a whirl Right Now, then simply run
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116 ``roundup-demo``.
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118 This will set up a simple demo tracker on your machine. [1]_
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119 When it's done, it'll print out a URL to point your web browser at
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120 so you may start playing. Three users will be set up:
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122 1. anonymous - the "default" user with permission to do very little
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123 2. demo (password "demo") - a normal user who may create issues
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124 3. admin (password "admin") - an administrative user who has complete
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125 access to the tracker
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127 .. [1] Demo tracker is set up to be accessed by localhost browser.
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128 If you run demo on a server host, please stop the demo when
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129 it has shown startup notice, open file ``demo/config.ini`` with
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130 your editor, change host name in the ``web`` option in section
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131 ``[tracker]``, save the file, then re-run the demo program.
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133 Installation
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136 Set aside 15-30 minutes. There's several steps to follow in your
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137 installation:
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139 1. `basic installation steps`_ if Roundup is not installed on your system
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140 2. `configuring your first tracker`_ that all installers must follow
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141 3. then optionally `configure a web interface`_
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142 4. and optionally `configure an email interface`_
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143 5. `UNIX environment steps`_ to take if you're installing on a shared
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144 UNIX machine and want to restrict local access to roundup
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181 a. (Optional) If you intend to keep your roundup trackers
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192 You will be asked a series of questions. Descriptions of the provided
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193 templates can be found in `choosing your template`_ below. Descriptions
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194 of the available backends can be found in `choosing your backend`_
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195 below. The questions will be something like (you may have more
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196 templates or backends available)::
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198 Enter tracker home: /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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199 Templates: classic
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201 Back ends: anydbm, mysql, sqlite
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205 third-party database modules. Standard python distribution
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206 includes anydbm module only.
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208 The "support" part of the tracker name can be anything you want - it
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212 You will now be directed to edit the tracker configuration and
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213 initial schema. At a minimum, you must set "main :: admin_email"
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214 (that's the "admin_email" option in the "main" section) "mail ::
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215 host", "tracker :: web" and "mail :: domain". If you get stuck,
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216 and get configuration file errors, then see the `tracker
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219 If you just want to get set up to test things quickly (and follow
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220 the instructions in step 3 below), you can even just set the
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221 "tracker :: web" variable to::
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223 web = http://localhost:8080/support/
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225 The URL *must* end in a '/', or your web interface *will not work*.
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226 See `Customising Roundup`_ for details on configuration and schema
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228 you've initialised the tracker - it's just better to have valid values
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231 d. Initialise the tracker database with ``roundup-admin initialise``.
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232 You will need to supply an admin password at this step. You will be
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238 Note: running this command will *destroy any existing data in the
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239 database*. In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL, any exsting database
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240 will be dropped and re-created.
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244 2. At this point, your tracker is set up, but doesn't have a nice user
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245 interface. To set that up, we need to `configure a web interface`_ and
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248 ``'http://localhost:8080/support/'``, run::
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250 roundup-server support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
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259 Choosing Your Template
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260 ----------------------
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262 Classic Template
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263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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265 The classic template is the one defined in the `Roundup Specification`_. It
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269 Minimal Template
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272 The minimal template has the minimum setup required for a tracker
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273 installation. That is, it has the configuration files, defines a user database
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278 Choosing Your Backend
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279 ---------------------
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281 The actual storage of Roundup tracker information is handled by backends.
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284 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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285 Name Speed Users Support
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287 anydbm Slowest Few Always available
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288 sqlite Fastest(*) Few May need install (PySQLite_)
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289 postgresql Fast Many Needs install/admin (psycopg_)
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290 mysql Fast Many Needs install/admin (MySQLdb_)
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293 **sqlite**
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294 This uses the embedded database engine PySQLite_ to provide a very fast
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299 SQLite is supported via PySQLite versions 1.1.7, 2.1.0 and sqlite3 (the last
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302 Installed SQLite should be the latest version available (3.3.8 is known
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303 to work, 3.1.3 is known to have problems).
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304 **postgresql**
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305 Backend for popular RDBMS PostgreSQL. You must read doc/postgresql.txt for
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306 additional installation steps and requirements. You must also configure
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307 the ``rdbms`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. It is recommended
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308 that you use at least version 1.1.21 of psycopg.
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309 **mysql**
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310 Backend for popular RDBMS MySQL. You must read doc/mysql.txt for additional
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311 installation steps and requirements. You must also configure the ``rdbms``
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312 section of your tracker's ``config.ini``
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313
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314 You may defer your decision by setting your tracker up with the anydbm
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315 backend (which is guaranteed to be available) and switching to one of the
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316 other backends at any time using the instructions in the `administration
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317 guide`_.
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319 Regardless of which backend you choose, Roundup will attempt to initialise
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320 a new database for you when you run the roundup-admin "initialise" command.
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321 In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL you will need to have the appropriate
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322 privileges to create databases.
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325 Configure a Web Interface
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326 -------------------------
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327
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328 There are five web interfaces to choose from:
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330 1. `web server cgi-bin`_
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331 2. `stand-alone web server`_
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332 3. `Zope product - ZRoundup`_
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333 4. `Apache HTTP Server with mod_python`_
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335
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336 You may need to give the web server user permission to access the tracker home
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337 - see the `UNIX environment steps`_ for information. You may also need to
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338 configure your system in some way - see `platform-specific notes`_.
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341 Web Server cgi-bin
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342 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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343
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344 A benefit of using the cgi-bin approach is that it's the easiest way to
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345 restrict access to your tracker to only use HTTPS. Access will be slower
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346 than through the `stand-alone web server`_ though.
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347
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348 If your Python isn't installed as "python" then you'll need to edit
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349 the ``roundup.cgi`` script to fix the first line.
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350
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351 If you're using IIS on a Windows platform, you'll need to run this command
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352 for the cgi to work (it turns on the PATH_INFO cgi variable)::
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354 adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AllowPathInfoForScriptMappings TRUE
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356 The ``adsutil.vbs`` file can be found in either ``c:\inetpub\adminscripts``
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357 or ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples\`` or
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358 ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminscripts\`` depending on your installation.
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360 More information about ISS setup may be found at:
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361
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362 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276494
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364 Copy the ``frontends/roundup.cgi`` file to your web server's ``cgi-bin``
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365 directory. You will need to configure it to tell it where your tracker home
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366 is. You can do this either:
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367
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368 Through an environment variable
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369 Set the variable TRACKER_HOMES to be a colon (":") separated list of
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370 name=home pairs (if you're using apache, the SetEnv directive can do this)
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372 Directly in the ``roundup.cgi`` file itself
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373 Add your instance to the TRACKER_HOMES variable as ``'name': 'home'``
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375 The "name" part of the configuration will appear in the URL and identifies the
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376 tracker (so you may have more than one tracker per cgi-bin script). Make sure
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377 there are no spaces or other illegal characters in it (to be safe, stick to
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378 letters and numbers). The "name" forms part of the URL that appears in the
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379 tracker config "tracker :: web" variable, so make sure they match. The "home"
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380 part of the configuration is the tracker home directory.
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381
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382 If you're using Apache, you can use an additional trick to hide the
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383 ``.cgi`` extension of the cgi script. Place the ``roundup.cgi`` script
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384 wherever you want it to be, rename it to just ``roundup``, and add a
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385 couple lines to your Apache configuration::
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387 <Location /path/to/roundup>
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388 SetHandler cgi-script
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389 </Location>
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392 Stand-alone Web Server
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393 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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394
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395 This approach will give you faster response than cgi-bin. You may
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396 investigate using ProxyPass or similar configuration in apache to have your
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397 tracker accessed through the same URL as other systems.
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399 The stand-alone web server is started with the command ``roundup-server``. It
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400 has several options - display them with ``roundup-server -h``.
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401
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402 The tracker home configuration is similar to the cgi-bin - you may either edit
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403 the script to change the TRACKER_HOMES variable or you may supply the
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404 name=home values on the command-line after all the other options.
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406 To make the server run in the background, use the "-d" option, specifying the
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407 name of a file to write the server process id (pid) to.
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410 Zope Product - ZRoundup
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411 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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412
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413 ZRoundup installs as a regular Zope product. Copy the ZRoundup directory to
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414 your Products directory either in INSTANCE_HOME/Products or the Zope
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415 code tree lib/python/Products.
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417 When you next (re)start up Zope, you will be able to add a ZRoundup object
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418 that interfaces to your new tracker.
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420 Apache HTTP Server with mod_python
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421 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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423 `Mod_python`_ is an `Apache`_ module that embeds the Python interpreter
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424 within the server. Running Roundup this way is much faster than all
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425 above options and, like `web server cgi-bin`_, allows you to use HTTPS
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428 The following instructions were tested on apache 2.0 with mod_python 3.1.
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429 If you are using older versions, your mileage may vary.
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431 Mod_python uses OS threads. If your apache was built without threads
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432 (quite commonly), you must load the threading library to run mod_python.
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433 This is done by setting ``LD_PRELOAD`` to your threading library path
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437 LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libpthread.so.0
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438 export LD_PRELOAD
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440 Example for FreeBSD (``envvars`` is in ``/usr/local/sbin/``)::
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442 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libc_r.so
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443 export LD_PRELOAD
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445 Next, you have to add Roundup trackers configuration to apache config.
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446 Roundup apache interface uses two options specified with ``PythonOption``
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447 directives:
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449 TrackerHome:
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450 defines the tracker home directory - the directory that was specified
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453 TrackerLaguage:
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454 defines web user interface language. mod_python applications do not
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455 receive OS environment variables in the same way as command-line
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456 programs, so the language cannot be selected by setting commonly
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457 used variables like ``LANG`` or ``LC_ALL``. ``TrackerLanguage``
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458 value has the same syntax as values of these environment variables.
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459 This option may be omitted.
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461 TrackerDebug:
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462 run the tracker in debug mode. Setting this option to ``yes`` or
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463 ``true`` has the same effect as running ``roundup-server -t debug``:
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464 the database schema and used html templates are rebuilt for each
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465 HTTP request. Values ``no`` or ``false`` mean that all html
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466 templates for the tracker are compiled and the database schema is
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467 checked once at startup. This is the default behaviour.
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469 TrackerTiming:
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470 has nearly the same effect as environment variable ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING``
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472 option to ``no`` or ``false`` disables timings display. Value
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473 ``comment`` writes request handling times in html comment, and
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474 any other non-empty value makes timing report visible. By default,
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475 timing display is disabled.
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477 In the following example we have two trackers set up in
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478 ``/var/db/roundup/support`` and ``/var/db/roundup/devel`` and accessed
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479 as ``https://my.host/roundup/support/`` and ``https://my.host/roundup/devel/``
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480 respectively (provided Apache has been set up for SSL of course).
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481 Having them share same parent directory allows us to
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482 reduce the number of configuration directives. Support tracker has
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483 russian user interface. The other tracker (devel) has english user
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484 interface (default).
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486 Static files from ``html`` directory are served by apache itself - this
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487 is quickier and generally more robust than doing that from python.
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488 Everything else is aliased to dummy (non-existing) ``py`` file,
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489 which is handled by mod_python and our roundup module.
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491 Example mod_python configuration::
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492
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493 #################################################
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494 # Roundup Issue tracker
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495 #################################################
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496 # enable Python optimizations (like 'python -O')
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497 PythonOptimize On
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498 # let apache handle static files from 'html' directories
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499 AliasMatch /roundup/(.+)/@@file/(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/html/$2
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500 # everything else is handled by roundup web UI
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501 AliasMatch /roundup/([^/]+)/(?!@@file/)(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/dummy.py/$2
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502 # roundup requires a slash after tracker name - add it if missing
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503 RedirectMatch permanent /roundup/([^/]+)$ /roundup/$1/
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504 # common settings for all roundup trackers
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505 <Directory /var/db/roundup/*>
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506 Order allow,deny
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507 Allow from all
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508 AllowOverride None
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509 Options None
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510 AddHandler python-program .py
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511 PythonHandler roundup.cgi.apache
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512 # uncomment the following line to see tracebacks in the browser
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513 # (note that *some* tracebacks will be displayed anyway)
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514 #PythonDebug On
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515 </Directory>
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516 # roundup tracker homes
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517 <Directory /var/db/roundup/support>
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518 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/support
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519 PythonOption TrackerLanguage ru
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520 </Directory>
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521 <Directory /var/db/roundup/devel>
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522 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/devel
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523 </Directory>
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525 Notice that the ``/var/db/roundup`` path shown above refers to the directory
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526 in which the tracker homes are stored. The actual value will thus depend on
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527 your system.
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529 On Windows the corresponding lines will look similar to these::
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531 AliasMatch /roundup/(.+)/@@file/(.*) C:/DATA/roundup/$1/html/$2
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532 AliasMatch /roundup/([^/]+)/(?!@@file/)(.*) C:/DATA/roundup/$1/dummy.py/$2
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533 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/*>
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534 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/support>
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535 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/devel>
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537 In this example the directory hosting all of the tracker homes is
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538 ``C:\DATA\roundup``. (Notice that you must use forward slashes in paths
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539 inside the httpd.conf file!)
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540
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541 The URL for accessing these trackers then become:
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542 `http://<roundupserver>/roundup/support/`` and
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543 ``http://<roundupserver>/roundup/devel/``
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544
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545 Note that in order to use https connections you must set up Apache for secure
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546 serving with SSL.
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548 WSGI Handler
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549 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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551 The WSGI handler is quite simple. The following sample code shows how
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552 to use it::
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554 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
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556 # obtain the WSGI request dispatcher
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557 from roundup.cgi.wsgi_handler import RequestDispatcher
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558 tracker_home = 'demo'
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559 app = RequestDispatcher(tracker_home)
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561 httpd = make_server('', 8917, app)
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562 httpd.serve_forever()
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564 To test the above you should create a demo tracker with ``python demo.py``.
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565 Edit the ``config.ini`` to change the web URL to "http://localhost:8917/".
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568 Configure an Email Interface
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569 ----------------------------
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571 If you don't want to use the email component of Roundup, then remove the
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572 "``nosyreaction.py``" module from your tracker "``detectors``" directory.
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573
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574 See `platform-specific notes`_ for steps that may be needed on your system.
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576 There are five supported ways to get emailed issues into the
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577 Roundup tracker. You should pick ONE of the following, all
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578 of which will continue my example setup from above:
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579
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580 As a mail alias pipe process
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581 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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583 Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as (include the quote marks):
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584 "``|/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>``"
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585 (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is installed).
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586
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587 In some installations (e.g. RedHat Linux and Fedora Core) you'll need to
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588 set up smrsh so sendmail will accept the pipe command. In that case,
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589 symlink ``/etc/smrsh/roundup-mailgw`` to "``/usr/bin/roundup-mailgw``"
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590 and change the command to::
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592 |roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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593
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594 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try::
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596 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE
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597
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598 Be careful that some mail systems (postfix for example) will impost a
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599 limits on processes they spawn. In particular postfix can set a file size
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600 limit. *This can cause your Roundup database to become corrupted.*
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601
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602
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603 As a custom router/transport using a pipe process (Exim4 specific)
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604 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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605
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606 The following configuration snippets for `Exim 4`_ configuration
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607 implement a custom router & transport to accomplish mail delivery to
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608 roundup-mailgw. A configuration for Exim3 is similar but not
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609 included, since Exim3 is considered obsolete.
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610
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611 .. _Exim 4: http://www.exim.org/
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612
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613 This configuration is similar to the previous section, in that it uses
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614 a pipe process. However, there are advantages to using a custom
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615 router/transport process, if you are using Exim.
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616
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617 * This avoids privilege escalation, since otherwise the pipe process
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618 will run as the mail user, typically mail. The transport can be
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619 configured to run as the user appropriate for the task at hand. In the
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620 transport described in this section, Exim4 runs as the unprivileged
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621 user ``roundup``.
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622
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623 * Separate configuration is not required for each tracker
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624 instance. When a email arrives at the server, Exim passes it through
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625 the defined routers. The roundup_router looks for a match with one of
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626 the roundup directories, and if there is one it is passed to the
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627 roundup_transport, which uses the pipe process described in the
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628 previous section (`As a mail alias pipe process`_).
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629
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630 The matching is done in the line::
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631
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632 require_files = /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw:ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/schema.py
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633
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634 The following configuration has been tested on Debian Sarge with
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635 Exim4.
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636
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637 .. note::
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638 Note that the Debian Exim4 packages don't allow pipes in alias files
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639 by default, so the method described in the section `As a mail alias
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640 pipe process`_ will not work with the default configuration. However,
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641 the method described in this section does. See the discussion in
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642 ``/usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.system_aliases`` on any Debian
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643 system with Exim4 installed.
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644
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645 For more Debian-specific information, see suggested addition to
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646 README.Debian in
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647 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343283, which will
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648 hopefully be merged into the Debian package eventually.
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649
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650 This config makes a few assumptions:
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651
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652 * That the mail address corresponding to the tracker instance has the
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653 same name as the directory of the tracker instance, i.e. the mail
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654 interface address corresponding to a Roundup instance called
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655 ``/var/lib/roundup/trackers/mytracker`` is ``mytracker@your.host``.
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656
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657 * That (at least) all the db subdirectories of all the tracker
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658 instances (ie. ``/var/lib/roundup/trackers/*/db``) are owned by the same
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659 user, in this case, 'roundup'.
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660
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661 * That if the ``schema.py`` file exists, then the tracker is ready for
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662 use. Another option is to use the ``config.ini`` file (this changed
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663 in 0.8 from ``config.py``).
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664
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665 Macros for Roundup router/transport. Should be placed in the macros
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666 section of the Exim4 config::
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667
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668 # Home dir for your Roundup installation
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669 ROUNDUP_HOME=/var/lib/roundup/trackers
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670
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671 # User and group for Roundup.
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672 ROUNDUP_USER=roundup
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673 ROUNDUP_GROUP=roundup
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674
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675 Custom router for Roundup. This will (probably) work if placed at the
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676 beginning of the router section of the Exim4 config::
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677
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678 roundup_router:
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679 driver = accept
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680 # The config file config.ini seems like a more natural choice, but the
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681 # file config.py was replaced by config.ini in 0.8, and schema.py needs
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682 # to be present too.
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683 require_files = /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw:ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/schema.py
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684 transport = roundup_transport
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685
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686 Custom transport for Roundup. This will (probably) work if placed at
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687 the beginning of the router section of the Exim4 config::
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688
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689 roundup_transport:
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690 driver = pipe
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691 command = /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/
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692 current_directory = ROUNDUP_HOME
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693 home_directory = ROUNDUP_HOME
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694 user = ROUNDUP_USER
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695 group = ROUNDUP_GROUP
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696
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697 As a regular job using a mailbox source
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698 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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699
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700 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example
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701 (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is installed)::
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702
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703 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file>
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704
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705 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission
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706 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker"
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707 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``".
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708
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709 As a regular job using a POP source
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710 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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712 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the mailbox
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713 one (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is
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714 installed)::
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715
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716 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec>
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717
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718 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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719 submission user's POP account name, password and server.
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720
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721 On windows, you would set up the command using the windows scheduler.
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723 As a regular job using an IMAP source
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724 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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725
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726 To retrieve from an IMAP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the
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727 POP one (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is
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728 installed)::
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730 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support imap <imap_spec>
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732 where imap_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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733 submission user's IMAP account name, password and server. You may
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734 optionally include a mailbox to use other than the default ``INBOX`` with
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735 "``imap username:password@server mailbox``".
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736
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737 If you have a secure (ie. HTTPS) IMAP server then you may use ``imaps``
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738 in place of ``imap`` in the command to use a secure connection.
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739
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740 As with the POP job, on windows, you would set up the command using the
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741 windows scheduler.
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742
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743
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744 UNIX Environment Steps
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745 ----------------------
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746
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747 Each tracker ideally should have its own UNIX group, so create
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748 a UNIX group (edit ``/etc/group`` or your appropriate NIS map if
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749 you're using NIS). To continue with my examples so far, I would
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750 create the UNIX group 'support', although the name of the UNIX
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751 group does not have to be the same as the tracker name. To this
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752 'support' group I then add all of the UNIX usernames who will be
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753 working with this Roundup tracker. In addition to 'real' users,
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754 the Roundup email gateway will need to have permissions to this
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755 area as well, so add the user your mail service runs as to the
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756 group (typically "mail" or "daemon"). The UNIX group might then
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757 look like::
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758
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759 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail
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761 If you intend to use the web interface (as most people do), you
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762 should also add the username your web server runs as to the group.
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763 My group now looks like this::
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764
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765 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail,apache
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766
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767 The tracker "db" directory should be chmod'ed g+sw so that the group can
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768 write to the database, and any new files created in the database will be owned
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769 by the group.
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771 If you're using the mysql or postgresql backend then you'll need to ensure
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772 that the tracker user has appropriate permissions to create/modify the
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773 database. If you're using roundup.cgi, the apache user needs permissions
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774 to modify the database. Alternatively, explicitly specify a database login
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775 in ``rdbms`` -> ``user`` and ``password`` in ``config.ini``.
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776
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777 An alternative to the above is to create a new user who has the sole
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778 responsibility of running roundup. This user:
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780 1. runs the CGI interface daemon
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781 2. runs regular polls for email
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782 3. runs regular checks (using cron) to ensure the daemon is up
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783 4. optionally has no login password so that nobody but the "root" user
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784 may actually login and play with the roundup setup.
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786 If you're using a Linux system (e.g. Fedora Core) with SELinux enabled,
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787 you will need to ensure that the db directory has a context that
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788 permits the web server to modify and create files. If you're using the
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789 mysql or postgresql backend you may also need to update your policy to
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790 allow the web server to access the database socket.
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791
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793 Additional Language Codecs
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795
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796 If you intend to send messages to Roundup that use Chinese, Japanese or
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797 Korean encodings the you'll need to obtain CJKCodecs from
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798 http://cjkpython.berlios.de/
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799
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800
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801 Public Tracker Considerations
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802 -----------------------------
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803
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804 If you run a public tracker, you will eventually have to think about
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805 dealing with spam entered through both the web and mail interfaces.
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806
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807 The `customisation documentation`_ has a simple detector that will block
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808 a lot of spam attempts. Look for the example "Preventing SPAM".
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809
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810
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811 Maintenance
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812 ===========
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813
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814 Read the separate `administration guide`_ for information about how to
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815 perform common maintenance tasks with Roundup.
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816
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817
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818 Upgrading
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819 =========
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820
882
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821 Read the separate `upgrading document`_, which describes the steps needed to
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822 upgrade existing tracker trackers for each version of Roundup that is
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823 released.
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824
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826 Further Reading
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827 ===============
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829 If you intend to use Roundup with anything other than the default
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830 templates, if you would like to hack on Roundup, or if you would
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831 like implementation details, you should read `Customising Roundup`_.
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833
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834 Running Multiple Trackers
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835 =========================
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836
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837 Things to think about before you jump off the deep end and install
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838 multiple trackers, which involve additional URLs, user databases, email
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839 addresses, databases to back up, etc.
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840
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841 1. Do you want a tracker per product you sell/support? You can just add
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842 a new property to your issues called Product, and filter by that. See
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843 the customisation example `adding a new field to the classic schema`_.
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844 2. Do you want to track internal software development issues and customer
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845 support issues separately? You can just set up an additional "issue"
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846 class called "cust_issues" in the same tracker, mimicing the normal
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847 "issue" class, but with different properties. See the customisation
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848 example `tracking different types of issues`_.
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80519db85eac More tweaks to the licensing to make the Debian folks happy :)
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850
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851 Platform-Specific Notes
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853
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854 Windows command-line tools
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855 --------------------------
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856
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857 To make the command-line tools accessible in Windows, you need to update
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858 the "Path" environment variable in the Registry via a dialog box.
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859
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860 On Windows 2000 and later:
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861
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862 1) Press the "Start" button.
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863 2) Choose "Settings"
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864 3) Choose "Control Panel"
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865 4) Choose "System"
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866 5) Choose "Advanced"
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867 6) Choose "Environmental Variables"
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868 7) Add: "<dir>\Scripts" to the "Path" environmental variable.
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869
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870 Where <dir> in 7) is the root directory (e.g., ``C:\Python22\Scripts``)
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871 of your Python installation.
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872
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873 I understand that in XP, 2) above is not needed as "Control
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874 Panel" is directly accessible from "Start".
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875
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876 I do not believe this is possible to do in previous versions of Windows.
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879 Windows Server
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881
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882 To have the Roundup web server start up when your machine boots up, there
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883 are two different methods, the scheduler and installing the service.
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884
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885
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886 1. Using the Windows scheduler
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887 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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888
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889 Set up the following in Scheduled Tasks (note, the following is for a
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890 cygwin setup):
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891
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892 **Run**
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893
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894 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-server TheProject=/opt/roundup/trackers/support"``
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895
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896 **Start In**
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897
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898 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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899
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900 **Schedule**
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901
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902 At System Startup
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903
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904 To have the Roundup mail gateway run periodically to poll a POP email address,
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905 set up the following in Scheduled Tasks:
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906
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907 **Run**
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908
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909 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop roundup:roundup@mail-server"``
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910
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911 **Start In**
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912
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913 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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914
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915 **Schedule**
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916
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917 Every 10 minutes from 5:00AM for 24 hours every day
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918
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919 Stop the task if it runs for 8 minutes
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920
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921
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922 2. Installing the roundup server as a Windows service
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923 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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924
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925 This is more Windows oriented and will make the Roundup server run as
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926 soon as the PC starts up without any need for a login or such. It will
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927 also be available in the normal Windows Administrative Tools.
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928
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929 For this you need first to create a service ini file containing the
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930 relevant settings.
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931
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932 1. It is created if you execute the following command from within the
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933 scripts directory (notice the use of backslashes)::
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934
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935 roundup-server -S -C <trackersdir>\server.ini -n <servername> -p 8080 -l <trackersdir>\trackerlog.log software=<trackersdir>\Software
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936
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937 where the item ``<trackersdir>`` is replaced with the physical directory
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938 that hosts all of your trackers. The ``<servername>`` item is the name
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939 of your roundup server PC, such as w2003srv or similar.
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940
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941 2. Next open the now created file ``C:\DATA\roundup\server.ini`` file
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942 (if your ``<trackersdir>`` is ``C:\DATA\roundup``).
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943 Check the entries for correctness, especially this one::
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944
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945 [trackers]
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946 software = C:\DATA\Roundup\Software
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947
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948 (this is an example where the tracker is named software and its home is
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949 ``C:\DATA\Roundup\Software``)
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950
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951 3. Next give the commands that actually installs and starts the service::
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952
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953 roundup-server -C C:\DATA\Roundup\server.ini -c install
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954 roundup-server -c start
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955
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956 4. Finally open the AdministrativeTools/Services applet and locate the
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957 Roundup service entry. Open its properties and change it to start
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958 automatically instead of manually.
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959
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960 If you are using Apache as the webserver you might want to use it with
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961 mod_python instead to serve out Roundup. In that case see the mod_python
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962 instructions above for details.
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963
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964
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965 Sendmail smrsh
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968 If you use Sendmail's ``smrsh`` mechanism, you will need to tell
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969 smrsh that roundup-mailgw is a valid/trusted mail handler
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970 before it will work.
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971
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972 This is usually done via the following 2 steps:
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973
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974 1. make a symlink in ``/etc/smrsh`` called ``roundup-mailgw``
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975 which points to the full path of your actual ``roundup-mailgw``
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976 script.
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977
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978 2. change your alias to ``"|roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>"``
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981 Linux
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982 -----
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983
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984 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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985
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986
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987 Solaris
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988 -------
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990 You'll need to build Python.
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991
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992 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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993
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994
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995 Problems? Testing your Python...
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997
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998 .. note::
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999 The ``run_tests.py`` script is packaged in Roundup's source distribution
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1000 - users of the Windows installer, other binary distributions or
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1001 pre-installed Roundup will need to download the source to use it.
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1002
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1003 Once you've unpacked roundup's source, run ``python run_tests.py`` in the
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1004 source directory and make sure there are no errors. If there are errors,
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1005 please let us know!
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1006
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1007 If the above fails, you may be using the wrong version of python. Try
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1008 ``python2 run_tests.py``. If that works, you will need to substitute
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1009 ``python2`` for ``python`` in all further commands you use in relation to
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1010 Roundup -- from installation and scripts.
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1011
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1012
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1014
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1015 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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1016
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1017 Next: `User Guide`_
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1019 .. _`table of contents`: index.html
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1020 .. _`user guide`: user_guide.html
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1021 .. _`roundup specification`: spec.html
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1022 .. _`tracker configuration`: customizing.html#tracker-configuration
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1023 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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1024 .. _`Adding a new field to the classic schema`:
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1025 customizing.html#adding-a-new-field-to-the-classic-schema
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1026 .. _`Tracking different types of issues`:
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1027 customizing.html#tracking-different-types-of-issues
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1028 .. _`customising roundup`: customizing.html
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1029 .. _`upgrading document`: upgrading.html
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1030 .. _`administration guide`: admin_guide.html
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1032
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1033 .. _External hyperlink targets:
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1034
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1035 .. _apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
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1036 .. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
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1037 .. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
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1038 .. _Psycopg: http://initd.org/software/initd/psycopg
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