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1 ====================
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2 Administration Guide
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3 ====================
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5 .. contents::
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6 :local:
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8 What does Roundup install?
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9 ==========================
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11 There's two "installations" that we talk about when using Roundup:
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13 1. The installation of the software and its support files. This uses the
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14 standard Python mechanism called "distutils" and thus Roundup's core code,
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15 executable scripts and support data files are installed in Python's
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16 directories. On Windows, this is typically:
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18 Scripts
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19 ``<python dir>\scripts\...``
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20 Core code
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21 ``<python dir>\lib\site-packages\roundup\...``
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23 ``<python dir>\share\roundup\...``
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25 and on Unix-like systems (eg. Linux):
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27 Scripts
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28 ``<python root>/bin/...``
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29 Core code
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30 ``<python root>/lib-<python version>/site-packages/roundup/...``
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32 ``<python root>/share/roundup/...``
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34 2. The installation of a specific tracker. When invoking the roundup-admin
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35 "inst" (and "init") commands, you're creating a new Roundup tracker. This
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36 installs configuration files, HTML templates, detector code and a new
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37 database. You have complete control over where this stuff goes through
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38 both choosing your "tracker home" and the ``main`` -> ``database`` variable
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39 in the tracker's config.ini.
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42 Configuring Roundup's Logging of Messages For Sysadmins
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45 You may configure where Roundup logs messages in your tracker's config.ini
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46 file. Roundup will use the standard Python (2.3+) logging implementation.
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48 Configuration for standard "logging" module:
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49 - tracker configuration file specifies the location of a logging
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50 configration file as ``logging`` -> ``config``
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51 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the location of a logging configuration
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52 file on the command line
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53 Configuration for "BasicLogging" implementation:
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54 - tracker configuration file specifies the location of a log file
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56 - tracker configuration file specifies the level to log to as
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57 ``logging`` -> ``level``
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58 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the location of a log file on the command
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59 line
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60 - ``roundup-server`` specifies the level to log to on the command line
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62 (``roundup-mailgw`` always logs to the tracker's log file)
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64 In both cases, if no logfile is specified then logging will simply be sent
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65 to sys.stderr with only logging of ERROR messages.
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68 Configuring roundup-server
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69 ==========================
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71 The basic configuration file is as follows (taken from the
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72 ``roundup-server.ini.example`` file in the "doc" directory)::
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74 [main]
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76 # Host name of the Roundup web server instance.
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77 # If left unconfigured (no 'host' setting) the default
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78 # will be used.
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79 # If empty, listen on all network interfaces.
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80 # If you want to explicitly listen on all
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81 # network interfaces, the address 0.0.0.0 is a more
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82 # explicit way to achieve this, the use of an empty
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83 # string for this purpose is deprecated and will go away
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84 # in a future release.
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85 # Default: localhost
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88 # Port to listen on.
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89 # Default: 8080
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90 port = 8017
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92 # Path to favicon.ico image file. If unset, built-in favicon.ico is used.
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93 # The path may be either absolute or relative
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94 # to the directory containing this config file.
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95 # Default: favicon.ico
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98 # User ID as which the server will answer requests.
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99 # In order to use this option, the server must be run initially as root.
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100 # Availability: Unix.
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101 # Default:
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104 # Group ID as which the server will answer requests.
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105 # In order to use this option, the server must be run initially as root.
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107 # Default:
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108 group =
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110 # don't fork (this overrides the pidfile mechanism)'
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111 # Allowed values: yes, no
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112 # Default: no
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115 # Log client machine names instead of IP addresses (much slower)
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116 # Allowed values: yes, no
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117 # Default: no
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118 log_hostnames = no
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122 #
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123 # The path may be either absolute or relative
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125 # Default:
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128 # Log file path. If unset, log to stderr.
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130 # to the directory containing this config file.
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131 # Default:
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134 # Set processing of each request in separate subprocess.
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135 # Allowed values: debug, none, thread, fork.
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136 # Default: fork
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139 # Tracker index template. If unset, built-in will be used.
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140 # The path may be either absolute or relative
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141 # to the directory containing this config file.
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142 # Default:
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143 template =
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145 # Enable SSL support (requires pyopenssl)
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146 # Allowed values: yes, no
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147 # Default: no
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148 ssl = no
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150 # PEM file used for SSL. A temporary self-signed certificate
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179 **pem**
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180 If specified, the SSL PEM file containing the private key and certificate.
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184 Each line denotes a mapping from a URL component to a tracker home.
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185 Make sure the name part doesn't include any url-unsafe characters like
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237 1. `tracker backup`_
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242 6. `adding a user from the command-line`_
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245 Tracker Backup
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248 The roundup-admin import and export commands are **not** recommended for
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249 performing backup.
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251 Optionally stop the web and email frontends and to copy the contents of the
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252 tracker home directory to some other place using standard backup tools.
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254 *pg_dump* to take a snapshot of your Postgres backend database, for example.
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255 A simple copy of the tracker home (and files storage area if you've configured
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256 it to be elsewhere) will then complete the backup.
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259 Software Upgrade
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260 ----------------
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262 Always make a backup of your tracker before upgrading software. Steps you may
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266 (using your preferred python version)::
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268 pip2 install pytest
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269 python2 -m pytest test/
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272 pip3 install pytest
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280 python setup.py install
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283 the software in the copied.
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285 Usually you will be asked to run `roundup_admin migrate` on your tracker
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286 before you allow users to start accessing the tracker.
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288 It's safe to run this even if it's not required, so just get into the
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289 habit.
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290 7. Restart your tracker web and email frontends.
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292 If something bad happens, you may reinstate your backup of the tracker and
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293 reinstall the older version of the sofware using the same install command::
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295 python setup.py install
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298 .. index:: database; convert from one database backend to another
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299 single: roundup-admin; import and export
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305 2. Use the roundup-admin tool "export" command to export the contents of
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307 `issue1441336 <https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue1441336>`_
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308 on how to use the command line rather than interactive mode to
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309 export data.)
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313 section of the tracker's ``config.ini`` file.
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314 6. Use the roundup-admin "import" command to import the previous export with
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315 the new tracker home. If non-interactively::
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317 roundup-admin -i <tracker home> import <tracker export dir>
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319 If interactively, enter 'commit' before exiting.
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320 7. Test each of the admin tool, web interface and mail gateway using the new
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321 backend.
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322 8. Move the old tracker home out of the way (rename to "tracker.old") and
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323 move the new tracker home into its place.
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324 9. Restart web and email frontends.
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327 Moving a Tracker
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330 If you're moving the tracker to a similar machine, you should:
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332 1. install Roundup on the new machine and test that it works there,
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337 Most of the backends are actually portable across platforms (ie. from Unix to
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338 Windows to Mac). If this isn't the case (ie. the tracker doesn't work when
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341 1. install Roundup on the new machine and test that it works there,
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346 5. use the roundup-admin "import" command to import the tracker on the new
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348 6. start the tracker web and email frontends on the new machine.
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350 .. index::
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351 pair: roundup; migrate from other bugtracker software
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353 Migrating From Other Software
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354 -----------------------------
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355
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356 You have a couple of choices. You can either use a CSV import into Roundup,
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357 or you can write a simple Python script which uses the Roundup API
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358 directly. The latter is almost always simpler -- see the "scripts"
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360
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361 "roundup-admin import" will import data into your tracker from a
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362 directory containing files with the following format:
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363
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364 - one colon-separated-values file per Class with columns for each property,
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365 named <classname>.csv
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366 - one colon-separated-values file per Class with journal information,
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367 named <classname>-journals.csv (this is required, even if it's empty)
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368 - if the Class is a FileClass, you may have the "content" property
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369 stored in separate files from the csv files. This goes in a directory
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370 structure::
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371
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372 <classname>-files/<N>/<designator>
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374 where ``<designator>`` is the item's ``<classname><id>`` combination.
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375 The ``<N>`` value is ``int(<id> / 1000)``.
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378 .. index:: pair: roundup-admin; managing users
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380 Adding A User From The Command-Line
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383 The ``roundup-admin`` program can create any data you wish to in the
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384 database. To create a new user, use::
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386 roundup-admin create user
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388 To figure out what good values might be for some of the fields (eg. Roles)
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389 you can just display another user::
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391 roundup-admin list user
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392
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393 (or if you know their username, and it happens to be "richard")::
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394
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395 roundup-admin filter user username=richard
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398 commands, you may display the user's details::
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400 roundup-admin display <designator>
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402 where designator is ``user5``.
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404 Running the Servers
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405 ===================
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407 Unix
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408 ----
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410 On Unix systems, use the scripts/server-ctl script to control the
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411 roundup-server server. Copy it somewhere and edit the variables at the top
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412 to reflect your specific installation.
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414 If you use systemd look at scripts/systemd.gunicorn. It is configured
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416 point for your setup.
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418 Windows
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419 -------
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421 On Windows, the roundup-server program runs as a Windows Service, and
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422 therefore may be controlled through the Services control panel. Note
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423 that you **must** install the pywin32 package to allow roundup to
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424 run as a service. The roundup-server program may also control the
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427 **install the service**
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428 ``roundup-server -C /path/to/my/roundup-server.ini -c install``
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429 **start the service**
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430 ``roundup-server -c start``
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431 **stop the service**
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432 ``roundup-server -c stop``
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434 To bring up the services panel:
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436 Windows 2000 and later
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437 Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services
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438 Windows NT4
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439 Start/Control Panel/Services
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441 You will need a server configuration file (as described in
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442 `Configuring roundup-server`_) for specifying tracker homes
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446 Running the Mail Gateway Script
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447 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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448
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449 The mail gateway script should be scheduled to run regularly on your
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450 Windows server. Normally this will result in a window popping up. The
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451 solution to this is to:
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453 1. Create a new local account on the Roundup server
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454 2. Set the scheduled task to run in the context of this user instead
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455 of your normal login
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457 .. index:: ! roundup-admin
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458 single: roundup-admin; man page reference
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460 Using roundup-admin
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461 ===================
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463 Part of the installation includes a man page for roundup-admin. Ypu
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464 should be able to read it using ``man roundup-admin``. As shown above,
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465 it is a generic tool for manipulating the underlying database for you
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466 tracker.
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467
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468 Examples above show how to use it to:
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470 * install and initialize a new tracker
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471 * export/import tracker data for migrating between backends
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472 * creating a new user fom the command line
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473 * list/find users in the tracker
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474
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475 A brief (incomplete) summary is::
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477 roundup-admin help
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478 roundup-admin -i <tracker_dir> get [-list] designator[, designator,...] propname
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479 roundup-admin -i <tracker_dir> set designator[, designator,...] propname=value ...
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480 roundup-admin -i <tracker_dir> find [-list] classname propname=value ...
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481
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482 Run ``roundup-admin help commands`` for a complete list of subcommands.
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484 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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485 .. _`upgrading documentation`: upgrading.html
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