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1 ====================
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2 Administration Guide
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3 ====================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.20 $
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7 .. contents::
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9 What does Roundup install?
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10 ==========================
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12 There's two "installations" that we talk about when using Roundup:
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14 1. The installation of the software and its support files. This uses the
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15 standard Python mechanism called "distutils" and thus Roundup's core code,
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16 executable scripts and support data files are installed in Python's
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17 directories. On Windows, this is typically:
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19 Scripts
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20 ``<python dir>\scripts\...``
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21 Core code
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22 ``<python dir>\lib\site-packages\roundup\...``
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23 Support files
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24 ``<python dir>\share\roundup\...``
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26 and on Unix-like systems (eg. Linux):
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28 Scripts
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29 ``<python root>/bin/...``
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30 Core code
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31 ``<python root>/lib-<python version>/site-packages/roundup/...``
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32 Support files
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33 ``<python root>/share/roundup/...``
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35 2. The installation of a specific tracker. When invoking the roundup-admin
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36 "inst" (and "init") commands, you're creating a new Roundup tracker. This
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37 installs configuration files, HTML templates, detector code and a new
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38 database. You have complete control over where this stuff goes through
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39 both choosing your "tracker home" and the ``main`` -> ``database`` variable
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40 in the tracker's config.ini.
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43 Configuring Roundup's Logging of Messages For Sysadmins
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46 You may configure where Roundup logs messages in your tracker's config.ini
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47 file. Roundup will use the standard Python (2.3+) logging implementation
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48 when available. If not, then a very basic logging implementation will be used
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49 (see BasicLogging in the roundup.rlog module for details).
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51 Configuration for standard "logging" module:
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52 - tracker configuration file specifies the location of a logging
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53 configration file as ``logging`` -> ``config``
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54 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the location of a logging configuration
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55 file on the command line
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56 Configuration for "BasicLogging" implementation:
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57 - tracker configuration file specifies the location of a log file
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58 ``logging`` -> ``filename``
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59 - tracker configuration file specifies the level to log to as
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60 ``logging`` -> ``level``
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61 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the location of a log file on the command
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62 line
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63 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the level to log to on the command line
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65 (``roundup-mailgw`` always logs to the tracker's log file)
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67 In both cases, if no logfile is specified then logging will simply be sent
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68 to sys.stderr with only logging of ERROR messages.
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71 Configuring roundup-server
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72 ==========================
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74 The basic configuration file layout is as follows (take from the
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75 ``roundup-server.ini.example`` file in the "doc" directory)::
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77 [main]
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78 port = 8080
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79 ;hostname =
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80 ;user =
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81 ;group =
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82 ;log_ip = yes
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83 ;pidfile =
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84 ;logfile =
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86 [trackers]
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87 ; Add one of these per tracker being served
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88 name = /path/to/tracker/name
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90 Values ";commented out" are optional. The meaning of the various options
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91 are as follows:
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93 **port**
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94 Defines the local TCP port to listen for clients on.
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95 **hostname**
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96 Defines the local hostname to listen for clients on. Only required if
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97 "localhost" is not sufficient.
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98 **user** and **group**
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99 Defines the Unix user and group to run the server as. Only work if the
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100 server is started as root.
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101 **log_ip**
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102 If ``yes`` then we log IP addresses against accesses. If ``no`` then we
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103 log the hostname of the client. The latter can be much slower.
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104 **pidfile**
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105 If specified, the server will fork at startup and write its new PID to
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106 the file.
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107 **logfile**
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108 Any unhandled exception messages or other output from Roundup will be
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109 written to this file. It must be specified if **pidfile** is specified.
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110 If per-tracker logging is specified, then very little will be written to
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111 this file.
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112 **trackers** section
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113 Each line denotes a mapping from a URL component to a tracker home.
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114 Make sure the name part doesn't include any url-unsafe characters like
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115 spaces. Stick to alphanumeric characters and you'll be ok.
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119 ==================
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121 Roundup holds its own user database which primarily contains a username,
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122 password and email address for the user. Roundup *must* have its own user
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123 listing, in order to maintain internal consistency of its data. It is a
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124 relatively simple exercise to update this listing on a regular basis, or on
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125 demand, so that it matches an external listing (eg. unix passwd file, LDAP,
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126 etc.)
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128 Roundup identifies users in a number of ways:
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130 1. Through the web, users may be identified by either HTTP Basic
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131 Authentication or cookie authentication. If you are running the web
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132 server (roundup-server) through another HTTP server (eg. apache or IIS)
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133 then that server may require HTTP Basic Authentication, and it will pass
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134 the ``REMOTE_USER`` variable through to Roundup. If this variable is not
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135 present, then Roundup defaults to using its own cookie-based login
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136 mechanism.
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137 2. In email messages handled by roundup-mailgw, users are identified by the
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138 From address in the message.
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140 In both cases, Roundup's behaviour when dealing with unknown users is
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141 controlled by Permissions defined in the "SECURITY SETTINGS" section of the
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142 tracker's ``schema.py`` module:
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144 Web Registration
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145 If granted to the Anonymous Role, then anonymous users will be able to
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146 register through the web.
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147 Email Registration
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148 If granted to the Anonymous Role, then email messages from unknown users
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149 will result in those users being registered with the tracker.
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171 Stop the web and email frontends and to copy the contents of the tracker home
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195 PYTHONPATH=. python roundup/scripts/roundup_admin.py <normal arguments>
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206 python setup.py install
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211 reinstall the older version of the sofware using the same install command::
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258 Migrating From Other Software
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261 You have a couple of choices. You can either use a CSV import into Roundup,
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266 "roundup-admin import" will import data into your tracker from a
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267 directory containing files with the following format:
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279 where ``<designator>`` is the item's ``<classname><id>`` combination.
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283 Adding A User From The Command-Line
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286 The ``roundup-admin`` program can create any data you wish to in the
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287 database. To create a new user, use::
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289 roundup-admin create user
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291 To figure out what good values might be for some of the fields (eg. Roles)
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294 roundup-admin list user
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296 (or if you know their username, and it happens to be "richard")::
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298 roundup-admin find username=richard
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300 then using the user id you get from one of the above commands, you may
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301 display the user's details::
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303 roundup-admin display <userid>
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306 Running the Servers
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312 On Unix systems, use the scripts/server-ctl script to control the
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313 roundup-server server. Copy it somewhere and edit the variables at the top
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320 On Windows, the roundup-server program runs as a Windows Service, and
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321 therefore may be controlled through the Services control panel. The
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322 roundup-server program may also control the service directly:
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324 **install the service**
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325 ``roundup-server -c install``
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326 **start the service**
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327 ``roundup-server -c start``
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328 **stop the service**
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329 ``roundup-server -c stop``
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331 To bring up the services panel:
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333 Windows 2000 and later
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334 Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services
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335 Windows NT4
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336 Start/Control Panel/Services
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338 Running the Mail Gateway Script
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341 The mail gateway script should be scheduled to run regularly on your
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342 Windows server. Normally this will result in a window popping up. The
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347 of your normal login
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352 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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354 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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355 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/