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Various bug fixes. - fix handling of invalid date input [SF#1102165] - retain Boolean selections in edit error handling [SF#1101492] - fix bug in date editing in Metakit - fixed up date spec usage string - note python 2.3 requirement in announcement and installation docs
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11 Overview
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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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25 Installed into your Python install's lib directory
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32 Prerequisites
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33 =============
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35 Roundup requires Python 2.1.3 or newer with a functioning anydbm
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133 Basic Installation Steps
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136 To install the Roundup support code into your Python tree and
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137 Roundup scripts into /usr/local/bin (substitute that path for whatever is
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138 appropriate on your system). You need to have write permissions
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150 You can also use the ``--prefix`` option to use a completely different
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163 a. (Optional) If you intend to keep your roundup trackers
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173 c. Install a new tracker with the command ``roundup-admin install``.
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174 You will be asked a series of questions. Descriptions of the provided
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175 templates can be found in `choosing your template`_ below. Descriptions
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176 of the available backends can be found in `choosing your backend`_
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177 below. The questions will be something like (you may have more
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178 templates or backends available)::
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180 Enter tracker home: /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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181 Templates: classic
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182 Select template [classic]: classic
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183 Back ends: anydbm, mysql, sqlite
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184 Select backend [anydbm]: anydbm
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186 Note: "Back ends" selection list depends on availability of
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187 third-party database modules. Standard python distribution
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188 includes anydbm module only.
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190 The "support" part of the tracker name can be anything you want - it
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191 is going to be used as the directory that the tracker information
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194 You will now be directed to edit the tracker configuration and
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195 initial schema. At a minimum, you must set ``MAILHOST``,
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196 ``TRACKER_WEB``, ``MAIL_DOMAIN`` and ``ADMIN_EMAIL``. The
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197 configuration file uses Python syntax, so almost every value must be
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198 ``'quoted'`` using single or double quotes. If you get stuck, and get
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199 configuration file errors, then see the `tracker configuration`_ section
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200 of the `customisation documentation`_.
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201
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202 If you just want to get set up to test things quickly (and follow
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203 the instructions in step 3 below), you can even just set the
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204 TRACKER_WEB variable to::
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206 TRACKER_WEB = 'http://localhost:8080/support/'
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208 The URL *must* end in a '/', or your web interface *will not work*.
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209 See `Customising Roundup`_ for details on configuration and schema
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210 changes. You may change any of the configuration after
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211 you've initialised the tracker - it's just better to have valid values
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212 for this stuff now.
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214 d. Initialise the tracker database with ``roundup-admin initialise``.
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215 You will need to supply an admin password at this step. You will be
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216 prompted::
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221 Note: running this command will *destroy any existing data in the
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222 database*. In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL, any exsting database
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223 will be dropped and re-created.
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225 Once this is done, the tracker has been created.
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227 2. At this point, your tracker is set up, but doesn't have a nice user
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228 interface. To set that up, we need to `configure a web interface`_ and
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229 optionally `configure an email interface`_. If you want to try your
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230 new tracker out, assuming ``TRACKER_WEB`` is set to
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231 ``'http://localhost:8080/support/'``, run::
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233 roundup-server support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
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235 then direct your web browser at:
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237 http://localhost:8080/support/
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239 and you should see the tracker interface.
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242 Choosing Your Template
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243 ----------------------
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245 Classic Template
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246 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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248 The classic template is the one defined in the `Roundup Specification`_. It
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249 holds issues which have priorities and statuses. Each issue may also have a
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252 Minimal Template
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253 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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255 The minimal template has the minimum setup required for a tracker
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256 installation. That is, it has the configuration files, defines a user database
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257 and the basic HTML interface to that. It's a completely clean slate for you to
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258 create your tracker on.
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261 Choosing Your Backend
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262 ---------------------
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264 The actual storage of Roundup tracker information is handled by backends.
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265 There's several to choose from, each with benefits and limitations:
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267 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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268 Name Speed Users Support
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269 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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270 anydbm Slowest Few Always available
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271 sqlite Fastest(*) Few Needs install (PySQLite_)
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272 metakit Fastest(*) Few Needs install (metakit_)
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273 postgresql Fast Many Needs install/admin (psycopg_)
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274 mysql Fast Many Needs install/admin (MySQLdb_)
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275 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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277 **sqlite** and **metakit**
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278 These use the embedded database engines PySQLite_ and metakit_ to provide
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279 very fast backends. They are not suitable for trackers which will have
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280 many simultaneous users, but require much less installation and
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281 maintenance effort than more scalable postgresql and mysql backends.
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282 If you are choosing from these two, please select sqlite.
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283 **postgresql**
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284 Backend for popular RDBMS PostgreSQL. You must read doc/postgresql.txt for
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285 additional installation steps and requirements. You must also configure
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286 the ``rdbms`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``
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287 **mysql**
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288 Backend for popular RDBMS MySQL. You must read doc/mysql.txt for additional
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292 You may defer your decision by setting your tracker up with the anydbm
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293 backend (which is guaranteed to be available) and switching to one of the
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294 other backends at any time using the instructions in the `administration
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295 guide`_.
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297 Regardless of which backend you choose, Roundup will attempt to initialise
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298 a new database for you when you run the roundup-admin "initialise" command.
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299 In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL you will need to have the appropriate
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300 privileges to create databases.
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303 Configure a Web Interface
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304 -------------------------
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306 There are three web interfaces to choose from:
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308 1. `web server cgi-bin`_
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309 2. `stand-alone web server`_
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310 3. `Zope product - ZRoundup`_
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313 You may need to give the web server user permission to access the tracker home
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314 - see the `UNIX environment steps`_ for information. You may also need to
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315 configure your system in some way - see `platform-specific notes`_.
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318 Web Server cgi-bin
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319 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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321 A benefit of using the cgi-bin approach is that it's the easiest way to
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322 restrict access to your tracker to only use HTTPS. Access will be slower
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323 than through the `stand-alone web server`_ though.
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325 If your Python isn't install as "python" then you'll need to edit
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326 the ``roundup.cgi`` script to fix the first line.
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328 If you're using IIS on a Windows platform, you'll need to run this command
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329 for the cgi to work (it turns on the PATH_INFO cgi variable)::
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331 adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AllowPathInfoForScriptMappings TRUE
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333 The ``adsutil.vbs`` file can be found in either ``c:\inetpub\adminscripts``
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334 or ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples\`` or
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335 ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminscripts\`` depending on your installation.
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337 More information about ISS setup may be found at:
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339 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276494
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341 Copy the ``cgi-bin/roundup.cgi`` file to your web server's ``cgi-bin``
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342 directory. You will need to configure it to tell it where your tracker home
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343 is. You can do this either:
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345 through an environment variable
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346 set the variable TRACKER_HOMES to be a colon (":") separated list of
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347 name=home pairs (if you're using apache, the SetEnv directive can do this)
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348 directly in the ``roundup.cgi`` file itself
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349 add your instance to the TRACKER_HOMES variable as ``'name': 'home'``
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351 The "name" part of the configuration will appear in the URL and identifies the
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352 tracker (so you may have more than one tracker per cgi-bin script). Make sure
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353 there are no spaces or other illegal characters in it (to be safe, stick to
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354 letters and numbers). The "name" forms part of the URL that appears in the
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355 tracker config TRACKER_WEB variable, so make sure they match. The "home"
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356 part of the configuration is the tracker home directory.
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358 If you're using Apache, you can use an additional trick to hide the
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359 ``.cgi`` extension of the cgi script. Place the ``roundup.cgi`` script
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360 wherever you want it to be, renamed it to just ``roundup``, and add a
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361 couple lines to your Apache configuration::
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363 <Location /path/to/roundup>
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364 SetHandler cgi-script
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365 </Location>
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368 Stand-alone Web Server
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369 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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371 This approach will give you the fastest of the three web interfaces. You may
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372 investigate using ProxyPass or similar configuration in apache to have your
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373 tracker accessed through the same URL as other systems.
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375 The stand-alone web server is started with the command ``roundup-server``. It
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376 has several options - display them with ``roundup-server -h``.
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378 The tracker home configuration is similar to the cgi-bin - you may either edit
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379 the script to change the TRACKER_HOMES variable or you may supply the
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380 name=home values on the command-line after all the other options.
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382 To make the server run in the background, use the "-d" option, specifying the
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383 name of a file to write the server process id (pid) to.
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386 Zope Product - ZRoundup
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389 ZRoundup installs as a regular Zope product. Copy the ZRoundup directory to
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390 your Products directory either in INSTANCE_HOME/Products or the Zope
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391 code tree lib/python/Products.
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393 When you next (re)start up Zope, you will be able to add a ZRoundup object
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394 that interfaces to your new tracker.
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396 Apache HTTP Server with mod_python
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397 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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399 `Mod_python`_ is an `Apache`_ module that embeds the Python interpreter
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400 within the server. Running Roundup this way is much faster than all
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401 above options and, like `web server cgi-bin`_, allows to use HTTPS
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404 The following instructions were tested on apache 2.0 with mod_python 3.1.
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405 If you are using older versions, your mileage may vary.
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407 Mod_python uses OS threads. If your apache was built without threads
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408 (quite commonly), you must load the threading library to run mod_python.
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409 This is done by setting ``LD_PRELOAD`` to your threading library path
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413 LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libpthread.so.0
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414 export LD_PRELOAD
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416 Example for FreeBSD (``envvars`` is in ``/usr/local/sbin/``)::
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418 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libc_r.so
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419 export LD_PRELOAD
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421 Next, you have to add Roundup trackers configuration to apache config.
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422 Roundup apache interface uses two options specified with ``PythonOption``
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423 directives:
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425 TrackerHome:
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426 defines the tracker home directory - the directory that was specified
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427 when you did ``roundup-admin init``. This option is required.
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429 TrackerLaguage:
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430 defines web user interface language. mod_python applications do not
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431 receive OS environment variables in the same way as command-line
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432 programs, so the language cannot be selected by setting commonly
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433 used variables like ``LANG`` or ``LC_ALL``. ``TrackerLanguage``
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434 value has the same syntax as values of these environment variables.
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435 This option may be omitted.
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437 TrackerDebug:
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438 run the tracker in debug mode. Setting this option to ``yes`` or
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439 ``true`` has the same effect as running ``roundup-server -t debug``:
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440 the database schema and used html templates are rebuilt for each
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441 HTTP request. Values ``no`` or ``false`` mean that all html
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442 templates for the tracker are compiled and the database schema is
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443 checked once at startup. This is the default behaviour.
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445 TrackerTiming:
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446 has nearly the same effect as environment variable ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING``
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447 for standalone roundup server. The difference is that setting this
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448 option to ``no`` or ``false`` disables timings display. Value
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449 ``comment`` writes request handling times in html comment, and
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450 any other non-empty value makes timing report visible. By default,
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451 timing display is disabled.
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453 In the following example we have two trackers set up in
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454 ``/var/db/roundup/support`` and ``var/db/roundup/devel`` and accessed
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455 as ``https://my.host/roundup/support/`` and ``https://my.host/roundup/devel/``
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456 respectively. Having them share same parent directory allows us to
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457 reduce the number of configuration directives. Support tracker has
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458 russian user interface. The other tracker (devel) has english user
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459 interface (default).
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461 Static files from ``html`` directory are served by apache itself - this
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462 is quickier and generally more robust than doing that from python.
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463 Everything else is aliased to dummy (non-existing) ``py`` file,
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464 which is handled by mod_python and our roundup module.
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468 #################################################
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469 # Roundup Issue tracker
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470 #################################################
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471 # enable Python optimizations (like 'python -O')
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472 PythonOptimize On
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473 # let apache handle static files from 'html' directories
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474 AliasMatch /roundup/(.+)/@@file/(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/html/$2
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475 # everything else is handled by roundup web UI
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476 AliasMatch /roundup/([^/]+)/(?!@@file/)(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/dummy.py/$2
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477 # roundup requires a slash after tracker name - add it if missing
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478 RedirectMatch permanent /roundup/([^/]+)$ /roundup/$1/
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479 # common settings for all roundup trackers
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480 <Directory /var/db/roundup/*>
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481 Order allow,deny
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482 Allow from all
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483 AllowOverride None
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484 Options None
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485 AddHandler python-program .py
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486 PythonHandler roundup.cgi.apache
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487 # uncomment the following line to see tracebacks in the browser
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488 # (note that *some* tracebacks will be displayed anyway)
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489 #PythonDebug On
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490 </Directory>
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491 # roundup tracker homes
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492 <Directory /var/db/roundup/support>
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493 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/support
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494 PythonOption TrackerLanguage ru
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495 </Directory>
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496 <Directory /var/db/roundup/devel>
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497 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/devel
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498 </Directory>
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501 Configure an Email Interface
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502 ----------------------------
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503
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504 If you don't want to use the email component of Roundup, then remove the
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505 "``nosyreaction.py``" module from your tracker "``detectors``" directory.
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507 See `platform-specific notes`_ for steps that may be needed on your system.
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509 There are three supported ways to get emailed issues into the
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510 Roundup tracker. You should pick ONE of the following, all
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511 of which will continue my example setup from above:
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512
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513 As a mail alias pipe process
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514 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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515
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516 Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as (include the quote marks):
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517 "``|/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>``"
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518
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519 In some installations (e.g. RedHat 6.2 I think) you'll need to set up smrsh so
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520 sendmail will accept the pipe command. In that case, symlink
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521 ``/etc/smrsh/roundup-mailgw`` to "``/usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw``" and change
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522 the command to::
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524 |roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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525
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526 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try::
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528 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE
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533 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example::
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535 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file>
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537 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission
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538 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker"
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539 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``".
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541 As a regular job using a POP source
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544 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the mailbox one::
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546 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec>
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548 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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549 submission user's POP account name, password and server.
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551 On windows, you would set up the command using the windows scheduler.
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553 As a regular job using an IMAP source
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556 To retrieve from an IMAP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the
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557 POP one::
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559 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support imap <imap_spec>
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562 submission user's IMAP account name, password and server. You may
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563 optionally include a mailbox to use other than the default ``INBOX`` with
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564 "``imap username:password@server mailbox``".
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569 As with the POP job, on windows, you would set up the command using the
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570 windows scheduler.
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573 UNIX Environment Steps
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574 ----------------------
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576 Each tracker ideally should have its own UNIX group, so create
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577 a UNIX group (edit ``/etc/group`` or your appropriate NIS map if
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578 you're using NIS). To continue with my examples so far, I would
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579 create the UNIX group 'support', although the name of the UNIX
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580 group does not have to be the same as the tracker name. To this
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581 'support' group I then add all of the UNIX usernames who will be
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582 working with this Roundup tracker. In addition to 'real' users,
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583 the Roundup email gateway will need to have permissions to this
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584 area as well, so add the user your mail service runs as to the
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585 group (typically "mail" or "daemon"). The UNIX group might then
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588 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail
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590 If you intend to use the web interface (as most people do), you
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591 should also add the username your web server runs as to the group.
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592 My group now looks like this::
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594 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail,apache
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596 The tracker "db" directory should be chmod'ed g+sw so that the group can
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597 write to the database, and any new files created in the database will be owned
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598 by the group.
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600 If you're using the mysql or postgresql backend then you'll need to ensure
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601 that the tracker user has appropriate permissions to create/modify the
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602 database. If you're using roundup.cgi, the apache user needs permissions
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603 to modify the database. Alternatively, explicitly specify a database login
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606 An alternative to the above is to create a new user who has the sole
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607 responsibility of running roundup. This user:
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609 1. runs the CGI interface daemon
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610 2. runs regular polls for email
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611 3. runs regular checks (using cron) to ensure the daemon is up
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612 4. optionally has no login password so that nobody but the "root" user
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613 may actually login and play with the roundup setup.
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616 Additional Language Codecs
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617 --------------------------
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619 If you intend to send messages to Roundup that use Chinese, Japanese or
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620 Korean encodings the you'll need to obtain CJKCodecs from
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625 Maintenance
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626 ===========
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628 Read the separate `administration guide`_ for information about how to
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635 Read the separate `upgrading document`_, which describes the steps needed to
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636 upgrade existing tracker trackers for each version of Roundup that is
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637 released.
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640 Further Reading
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641 ===============
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643 If you intend to use Roundup with anything other than the defualt
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644 templates, if you would like to hack on Roundup, or if you would
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645 like implementation details, you should read `Customising Roundup`_.
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648 Running Multiple Trackers
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649 =========================
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650
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651 Things to think about before you jump off the deep end and install
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652 multiple trackers, which involve additional URLs, user databases, email
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653 addresses, databases to back up, etc.
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654
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655 1. Do you want a tracker per product you sell/support? You can just add
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656 a new property to your issues called Product, and filter by that. See
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657 the customisation example `adding a new field to the classic schema`_.
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658 2. Do you want to track internal software development issues and customer
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659 support issues separately? You can just set up an additional "issue"
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660 class called "cust_issues" in the same tracker, mimicing the normal
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661 "issue" class, but with different properties. See the customisation
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662 example `tracking different types of issues`_.
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664
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665 Platform-Specific Notes
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668 Windows command-line tools
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669 --------------------------
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670
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671 To make the command-line tools accessible in Windows, you need to update
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672 the "Path" environment variable in the Registry via a dialog box.
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673
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674 On Windows 2000 and later:
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675
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676 1) Press the "Start" button.
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677 2) Choose "Settings"
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678 3) Choose "Control Panel"
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679 4) Choose "System"
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680 5) Choose "Advanced"
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681 6) Choose "Environmental Variables"
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682 7) Add: "<dir>\Scripts" to the "Path" environmental variable.
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683
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684 Where <dir> in 7) is the root directory (e.g., ``C:\Python22\Scripts``)
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685 of your Python installation.
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686
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687 I understand that in XP, 2) above is not needed as "Control
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688 Panel" is directly accessible from "Start".
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689
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690 I do not believe this is possible to do in previous versions of Windows.
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693 Windows Server
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695
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696 To have the Roundup web server start up when your machine boots up, set the
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697 following up in Scheduled Tasks (note, the following is for a cygwin setup):
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698
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699 Run
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700 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-server TheProject=/opt/roundup/trackers/support"``
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701 Start In
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702 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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703 Schedule
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704 At System Startup
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705
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706 To have the Roundup mail gateway run periodically to poll a POP email address,
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707 set the following up in Scheduled Tasks:
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708
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709 Run
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710 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop roundup:roundup@mail-server"``
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711 Start In
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712 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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713 Schedule
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714 Every 10 minutes from 5:00AM for 24 hours every day
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715 Stop the task if it runs for 8 minutes
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716
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717
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718 Sendmail smrsh
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721 If you use Sendmail's ``smrsh`` mechanism, you will need to tell
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722 smrsh that roundup-mailgw is a valid/trusted mail handler
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723 before it will work.
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724
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725 This is usually done via the following 2 steps:
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726
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727 1. make a symlink in ``/etc/smrsh`` called ``roundup-mailgw``
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728 which points to the full path of your actual ``roundup-mailgw``
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729 script.
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731 2. change your alias to ``"|roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>"``
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733
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734 Linux
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735 -----
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736
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737 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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738
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739 Python 2.1.1 as shipped with SuSE7.3 might be missing module
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740 ``_weakref``.
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741
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742
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743 Solaris
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744 -------
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745
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746 You'll need to build Python.
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747
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748 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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750
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751 Problems? Testing your Python...
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752 ================================
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753
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754 .. note::
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755 The ``run_tests.py`` script is packaged in Roundup's source distribution
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756 - users of the Windows installer, other binary distributions or
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757 pre-installed Roundup will need to download the source to use it.
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758
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759 Once you've unpacked roundup's source, run ``python run_tests.py`` in the
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760 source directory and make sure there are no errors. If there are errors,
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761 please let us know!
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762
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763 If the above fails, you may be using the wrong version of python. Try
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764 ``python2 run_tests.py``. If that works, you will need to substitute
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765 ``python2`` for ``python`` in all further commands you use in relation to
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766 Roundup -- from installation and scripts.
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767
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771 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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772
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773 Next: `User Guide`_
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775 .. _`table of contents`: index.html
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776 .. _`user guide`: user_guide.html
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777 .. _`roundup specification`: spec.html
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778 .. _`tracker configuration`: customizing.html#tracker-configuration
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779 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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780 .. _`Adding a new field to the classic schema`:
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781 customizing.html#adding-a-new-field-to-the-classic-schema
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782 .. _`Tracking different types of issues`:
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783 customizing.html#tracking-different-types-of-issues
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784 .. _`customising roundup`: customizing.html
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785 .. _`upgrading document`: upgrading.html
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786 .. _`administration guide`: admin_guide.html
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789 .. _External hyperlink targets:
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791 .. _apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
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792 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
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793 .. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
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794 .. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
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