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2 Installing Roundup
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3 ==================
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10 Overview
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11 ========
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13 Broken out separately, there are several conceptual pieces to a
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14 Roundup installation:
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16 Roundup trackers
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17 Trackers consist of issues (be they bug reports or otherwise), tracker
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18 configuration file(s), web HTML files etc. Roundup trackers are initialised
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19 with a "Template" which defines the fields usable/assignable on a
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20 per-issue basis. Descriptions of the provided templates are given in
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21 `choosing your template`_.
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23 Roundup support code
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24 Installed into your Python install's lib directory.
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26 Roundup scripts
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27 These include the email gateway, the roundup
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28 HTTP server, the roundup administration command-line interface, etc.
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31 Prerequisites
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32 =============
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34 Roundup requires Python 2.7 or newer (but not Python 3) with a functioning
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35 anydbm module. Download the latest version from http://www.python.org/.
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36 It is highly recommended that users install the latest patch version
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37 of python as these contain many fixes to serious bugs.
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39 Some variants of Linux will need an additional "python dev" package
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40 installed for Roundup installation to work. Debian and derivatives, are
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41 known to require this.
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43 If you are using the Roundup Windows installer on a 64 bit system and
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44 you get the error message::
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46 "No Python installation found in the registry"
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48 you need to install a 32 bit version of python. The 64 bit versions
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49 use a different registry key that the installer doesn't detect. See:
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50 http://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550718 for details.
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52 Optional Components
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53 ===================
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55 You may optionally install and use:
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57 Timezone Definitions
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58 Full timezone support requires pytz_ module (version 2005i or later)
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59 which brings the `Olson tz database`_ into Python. If pytz_ is not
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60 installed, timezones may be specified as numeric hour offsets only.
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61 This is optional but strongly suggested.
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63 An RDBMS
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64 Sqlite, MySQL and Postgresql are all supported by Roundup and will be
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65 used if available. One of these is recommended if you are anticipating a
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66 large user base (see `choosing your backend`_ below).
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68 Xapian full-text indexer
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69 The Xapian_ full-text indexer is also supported and will be used by
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70 default if it is available. This is strongly recommended if you are
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73 You may install Xapian at any time, even after a tracker has been
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75 command if the tracker has existing data.
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77 Roundup requires Xapian 1.0.0 or newer.
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80 This is required to make the porter stemmer work so that searching
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81 for silent also returns documents with the word silently. Note that
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82 the current stemming implementation is designed for English.
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84 Whoosh full-text indexer
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85 The Whoosh_ full-text indexer is also supported and will be used by
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87 recommended if you are anticipating a large number of issues (> 5000).
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89 You may install Whoosh at any time, even after a tracker has been
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91 command if the tracker has existing data.
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93 Roundup was tested with Whoosh 2.5.7, but earlier versions in the
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95 than Xapian, but should be useful for moderately sized trackers.
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96 It uses the StandardAnalyzer which is suited for Western languages.
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98 pyopenssl
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99 If pyopenssl_ is installed the roundup-server can be configured
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100 to serve trackers over SSL. If you are going to serve roundup via
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101 proxy through a server with SSL support (e.g. apache) then this is
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102 unnecessary.
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104 gpg
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105 If gpg_ is installed you can configure the mail gateway to perform
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106 verification or decryption of incoming OpenPGP MIME messages. When
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107 configured, you can require email to be cryptographically signed
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110 jinja2
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111 To use the jinja2 template (may still be experimental, check out
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112 its TEMPLATE-INFO.txt file) you need
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113 to have the jinja2_ template engine installed.
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117 Otherwise it must be started manually.
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120 .. _Whoosh: https://bitbucket.org/mchaput/whoosh/wiki/Home
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122 .. _Olson tz database: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
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123 .. _pyopenssl: http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net
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124 .. _gpg: https://www.gnupg.org/software/gpgme/index.html
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125 .. _pywin32: https://pypi.org/project/pywin32/
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129 Getting Roundup
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130 ===============
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132 .. note::
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133 Some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
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138 Download the latest version from http://www.roundup-tracker.org/.
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143 If you just want to give Roundup a whirl Right Now, then simply unpack
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165 Set aside 15-30 minutes. There's several steps to follow in your
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168 1. `basic installation steps`_ if Roundup is not installed on your system
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169 2. `configuring your first tracker`_ that all installers must follow
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170 3. then optionally `configure a web interface`_
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178 The following assumes that you are using the source distribution. If
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180 privileges so it can correctly update the registry.
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182 Basic Installation Steps
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183 ------------------------
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185 To install the Roundup support code into your Python tree and
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186 Roundup scripts into /usr/bin (substitute that path for whatever is
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187 appropriate on your system). You need to have write permissions
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188 for these locations, eg. being root on unix::
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190 python setup.py install
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192 If you would like to place the Roundup scripts in a directory other
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193 than ``/usr/bin``, then specify the preferred location with
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194 ``--install-scripts``. For example, to install them in
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195 ``/opt/roundup/bin``::
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197 python setup.py install --install-scripts=/opt/roundup/bin
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199 You can also use the ``--prefix`` option to use a completely different
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200 base directory, if you do not want to use administrator rights. If you
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201 choose to do this, you may have to change Python's search path (sys.path)
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202 yourself.
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205 Configuring your first tracker
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206 ------------------------------
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208 1. To create a Roundup tracker (necessary to do before you can
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209 use the software in any real fashion), you need to set up a "tracker
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210 home":
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212 a. (Optional) If you intend to keep your roundup trackers
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214 you should create that directory now. Example::
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216 mkdir /opt/roundup/trackers
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220 the command in the next step.
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222 c. Install a new tracker with the command ``roundup-admin install``.
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223 You will be asked a series of questions. Descriptions of the provided
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224 templates can be found in `choosing your template`_ below. Descriptions
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225 of the available backends can be found in `choosing your backend`_
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226 below. The questions will be something like (you may have more
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227 templates or backends available)::
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229 Enter tracker home: /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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230 Templates: classic
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231 Select template [classic]: classic
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232 Back ends: anydbm, mysql, sqlite
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233 Select backend [anydbm]: anydbm
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235 Note: "Back ends" selection list depends on availability of
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236 third-party database modules. Standard python distribution
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237 includes anydbm module only.
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239 The "support" part of the tracker name can be anything you want - it
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243 You will now be directed to edit the tracker configuration and
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244 initial schema. At a minimum, you must set "main :: admin_email"
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245 (that's the "admin_email" option in the "main" section) "mail ::
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246 host", "tracker :: web" and "mail :: domain". If you get stuck,
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247 and get configuration file errors, then see the `tracker
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248 configuration`_ section of the `customisation documentation`_.
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250 If you just want to get set up to test things quickly (and follow
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251 the instructions in step 3 below), you can even just set the
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252 "tracker :: web" variable to::
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254 web = http://localhost:8080/support/
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256 The URL *must* end in a '/', or your web interface *will not work*.
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257 See `Customising Roundup`_ for details on configuration and schema
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258 changes. You may change any of the configuration after
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259 you've initialised the tracker - it's just better to have valid values
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262 d. Initialise the tracker database with ``roundup-admin initialise``.
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263 You will need to supply an admin password at this step. You will be
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264 prompted::
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267 Confirm:
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269 Note: running this command will *destroy any existing data in the
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270 database*. In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL, any existing database
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273 Once this is done, the tracker has been created. See the note in
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275 prompted for the password or exposing the password on the command
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284 roundup-server support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
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286 then direct your web browser at:
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288 http://localhost:8080/support/
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290 and you should see the tracker interface.
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292 To run your tracker on some interface other than 127.0.0.1 and port
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293 8080 (make sure you change the "tracker :: web" changes to match) use::
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295 roundup-server -p 1080 -n 0.0.0.0 support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
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297 to run the server at port 1080 and bind to all ip addresses on your system.
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298 Then direct your web browser to ``http://your_host_name:1080/support``.
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300 Choosing Your Template
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301 ----------------------
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303 Classic Template
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304 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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306 The classic template is the one defined in the `Roundup Specification`_. It
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307 holds issues which have priorities and statuses. Each issue may also have a
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308 set of messages which are disseminated to the issue's list of nosy users.
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309
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310 Minimal Template
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311 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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313 The minimal template has the minimum setup required for a tracker
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314 installation. That is, it has the configuration files, defines a user database
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315 and the basic HTML interface to that. It's a completely clean slate for you to
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316 create your tracker on.
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319 Choosing Your Backend
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320 ---------------------
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322 The actual storage of Roundup tracker information is handled by backends.
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323 There's several to choose from, each with benefits and limitations:
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324
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325 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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326 Name Speed Users Support
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327 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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328 anydbm Slowest Few Always available
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329 sqlite Fastest(*) Few May need install (PySQLite_)
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330 postgresql Fast Many Needs install/admin (psycopg_)
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331 mysql Fast Many Needs install/admin (MySQLdb_)
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332 ========== =========== ===== ==============================
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333
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334 **sqlite**
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335 This uses the embedded database engine PySQLite_ to provide a very fast
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336 backend. This is not suitable for trackers which will have many
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337 simultaneous users, but requires much less installation and maintenance
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338 effort than more scalable postgresql and mysql backends.
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339
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340 SQLite is supported via PySQLite versions 1.1.7, 2.1.0 and sqlite3 (the last
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341 being bundled with Python 2.5+)
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342
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343 Installed SQLite should be the latest version available (3.3.8 is known
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344 to work, 3.1.3 is known to have problems).
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345 **postgresql**
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346 Backend for popular RDBMS PostgreSQL. You must read doc/postgresql.txt for
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347 additional installation steps and requirements. You must also configure
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348 the ``rdbms`` section of your tracker's ``config.ini``. It is recommended
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349 that you use at least version 1.1.21 of psycopg.
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350 **mysql**
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351 Backend for popular RDBMS MySQL. You must read doc/mysql.txt for additional
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352 installation steps and requirements. You must also configure the ``rdbms``
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353 section of your tracker's ``config.ini``
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354
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355 You may defer your decision by setting your tracker up with the anydbm
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356 backend (which is guaranteed to be available) and switching to one of the
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357 other backends at any time using the instructions in the `administration
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358 guide`_.
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359
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360 Regardless of which backend you choose, Roundup will attempt to initialise
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361 a new database for you when you run the roundup-admin "initialise" command.
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362 In the case of MySQL and PostgreSQL you will need to have the appropriate
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363 privileges to create databases.
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366 Configure a Web Interface
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367 -------------------------
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368
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369 There are multiple web interfaces to choose from:
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371 1. `web server cgi-bin`_
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372 2. `cgi-bin for limited-access hosting`_
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373 3. `stand-alone web server`_
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374 4. `Zope product - ZRoundup`_
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375 5. `Apache HTTP Server with mod_python`_
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376 6. `WSGI handler`_
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377
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378 You may need to give the web server user permission to access the tracker home
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379 - see the `UNIX environment steps`_ for information. You may also need to
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380 configure your system in some way - see `platform-specific notes`_.
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383 Web Server cgi-bin
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384 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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385
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386 A benefit of using the cgi-bin approach is that it's the easiest way to
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387 restrict access to your tracker to only use HTTPS. Access will be slower
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388 than through the `stand-alone web server`_ though.
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389
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390 If your Python isn't installed as "python" then you'll need to edit
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391 the ``roundup.cgi`` script to fix the first line.
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393 If you're using IIS on a Windows platform, you'll need to run this command
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394 for the cgi to work (it turns on the PATH_INFO cgi variable)::
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396 adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AllowPathInfoForScriptMappings TRUE
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398 The ``adsutil.vbs`` file can be found in either ``c:\inetpub\adminscripts``
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399 or ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples\`` or
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400 ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminscripts\`` depending on your installation.
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402 More information about ISS setup may be found at:
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404 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276494
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406 Copy the ``frontends/roundup.cgi`` file to your web server's ``cgi-bin``
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407 directory. You will need to configure it to tell it where your tracker home
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408 is. You can do this either:
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410 Through an environment variable
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411 Set the variable TRACKER_HOMES to be a colon (":") separated list of
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412 name=home pairs (if you're using apache, the SetEnv directive can do this)
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414 Directly in the ``roundup.cgi`` file itself
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415 Add your instance to the TRACKER_HOMES variable as ``'name': 'home'``
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417 The "name" part of the configuration will appear in the URL and identifies the
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418 tracker (so you may have more than one tracker per cgi-bin script). Make sure
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419 there are no spaces or other illegal characters in it (to be safe, stick to
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420 letters and numbers). The "name" forms part of the URL that appears in the
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423
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424 If you're using Apache, you can use an additional trick to hide the
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425 ``.cgi`` extension of the cgi script. Place the ``roundup.cgi`` script
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427 couple lines to your Apache configuration::
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429 <Location /path/to/roundup>
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430 SetHandler cgi-script
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431 </Location>
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434 CGI-bin for Limited-Access Hosting
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435 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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436
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437 If you are running in a shared-hosting environment or otherwise don't have
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438 permission to edit the system web server's configuration, but can create a
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439 ``.htaccess`` file then you may be able to use this approach.
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440
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441 1. Install flup_
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442 2. Create a script ``roundup_stub`` in your server's ``cgi-bin`` directory
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443 containing::
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444
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445 #!/usr/bin/env python
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446
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447 # if necessary modify the Python path to include the place you
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448 # installed Roundup
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449 #import sys
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450 #sys.path.append('...')
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451
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452 # cgitb is needed for debugging in browser only
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453 #import cgitb
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454 #cgitb.enable()
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455
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456 # obtain the WSGI request dispatcher
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457 from roundup.cgi.wsgi_handler import RequestDispatcher
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458 tracker_home = '/path/to/tracker/home'
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459 app = RequestDispatcher(tracker_home)
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460
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461 from flup.server.cgi import WSGIServer
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462 WSGIServer(app).run()
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463
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464 3. Modify or created the ``.htaccess`` file in the desired (sub-)domain
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465 directory to contain::
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466
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467 RewriteEngine On
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468 RewriteBase /
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469 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/roundup_stub/$1 [L]
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470
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471 Now loading the (sub-)domain in a browser should load the tracker web
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472 interface. If you get a "500" error then enable the "cgitb" lines in the
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473 stub to get some debugging information.
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475
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476 Stand-alone Web Server
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477 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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478
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479 This approach will give you faster response than cgi-bin. You may
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480 investigate using ProxyPass or similar configuration in apache to have your
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481 tracker accessed through the same URL as other systems.
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482
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483 The stand-alone web server is started with the command ``roundup-server``. It
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484 has several options - display them with ``roundup-server -h``.
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485
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486 The tracker home configuration is similar to the cgi-bin - you may either edit
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487 the script to change the TRACKER_HOMES variable or you may supply the
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488 name=home values on the command-line after all the other options.
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489
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490 To make the server run in the background, use the "-d" option, specifying the
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491 name of a file to write the server process id (pid) to.
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492
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493
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494 Zope Product - ZRoundup
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495 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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496
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497 ZRoundup installs as a regular Zope product. Copy the ZRoundup directory to
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498 your Products directory either in INSTANCE_HOME/Products or the Zope
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499 code tree lib/python/Products.
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500
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501 When you next (re)start up Zope, you will be able to add a ZRoundup object
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502 that interfaces to your new tracker.
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504 Apache HTTP Server with mod_python
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505 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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506
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507 `Mod_python`_ is an `Apache`_ module that embeds the Python interpreter
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508 within the server. Running Roundup this way is much faster than all
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509 above options and, like `web server cgi-bin`_, allows you to use HTTPS
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510 protocol. The drawback is that this setup is more complicated.
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511
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512 The following instructions were tested on apache 2.0 with mod_python 3.1.
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513 If you are using older versions, your mileage may vary.
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514
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515 Mod_python uses OS threads. If your apache was built without threads
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516 (quite commonly), you must load the threading library to run mod_python.
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517 This is done by setting ``LD_PRELOAD`` to your threading library path
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518 in apache ``envvars`` file. Example for gentoo linux (``envvars`` file
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519 is located in ``/usr/lib/apache2/build/``)::
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520
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521 LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libpthread.so.0
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522 export LD_PRELOAD
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523
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524 Example for FreeBSD (``envvars`` is in ``/usr/local/sbin/``)::
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525
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526 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libc_r.so
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527 export LD_PRELOAD
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528
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529 Next, you have to add Roundup trackers configuration to apache config.
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530 Roundup apache interface uses the following options specified with
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531 ``PythonOption`` directives:
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533 TrackerHome:
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534 defines the tracker home directory - the directory that was specified
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535 when you did ``roundup-admin init``. This option is required.
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536
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537 TrackerLanguage:
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538 defines web user interface language. mod_python applications do not
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539 receive OS environment variables in the same way as command-line
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540 programs, so the language cannot be selected by setting commonly
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541 used variables like ``LANG`` or ``LC_ALL``. ``TrackerLanguage``
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542 value has the same syntax as values of these environment variables.
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543 This option may be omitted.
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545 TrackerDebug:
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546 run the tracker in debug mode. Setting this option to ``yes`` or
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547 ``true`` has the same effect as running ``roundup-server -t debug``:
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548 the database schema and used html templates are rebuilt for each
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549 HTTP request. Values ``no`` or ``false`` mean that all html
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550 templates for the tracker are compiled and the database schema is
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551 checked once at startup. This is the default behaviour.
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553 TrackerTiming:
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554 has nearly the same effect as environment variable ``CGI_SHOW_TIMING``
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555 for standalone roundup server. The difference is that setting this
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556 option to ``no`` or ``false`` disables timings display. Value
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557 ``comment`` writes request handling times in html comment, and
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558 any other non-empty value makes timing report visible. By default,
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559 timing display is disabled.
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561 In the following example we have two trackers set up in
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562 ``/var/db/roundup/support`` and ``/var/db/roundup/devel`` and accessed
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563 as ``https://my.host/roundup/support/`` and ``https://my.host/roundup/devel/``
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564 respectively (provided Apache has been set up for SSL of course).
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565 Having them share same parent directory allows us to
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566 reduce the number of configuration directives. Support tracker has
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567 russian user interface. The other tracker (devel) has english user
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568 interface (default).
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570 Static files from ``html`` directory are served by apache itself - this
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571 is quicker and generally more robust than doing that from python.
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572 Everything else is aliased to dummy (non-existing) ``py`` file,
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573 which is handled by mod_python and our roundup module.
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575 Example mod_python configuration::
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577 #################################################
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578 # Roundup Issue tracker
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579 #################################################
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580 # enable Python optimizations (like 'python -O')
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581 PythonOptimize On
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582 # let apache handle static files from 'html' directories
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583 AliasMatch /roundup/(.+)/@@file/(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/html/$2
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584 # everything else is handled by roundup web UI
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585 AliasMatch /roundup/([^/]+)/(?!@@file/)(.*) /var/db/roundup/$1/dummy.py/$2
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586 # roundup requires a slash after tracker name - add it if missing
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587 RedirectMatch permanent ^/roundup/([^/]+)$ /roundup/$1/
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588 # common settings for all roundup trackers
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589 <Directory /var/db/roundup/*>
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590 Order allow,deny
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591 Allow from all
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592 AllowOverride None
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593 Options None
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594 AddHandler python-program .py
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595 PythonHandler roundup.cgi.apache
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596 # uncomment the following line to see tracebacks in the browser
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597 # (note that *some* tracebacks will be displayed anyway)
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598 #PythonDebug On
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599 </Directory>
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600 # roundup tracker homes
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601 <Directory /var/db/roundup/support>
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602 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/support
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603 PythonOption TrackerLanguage ru
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604 </Directory>
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605 <Directory /var/db/roundup/devel>
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606 PythonOption TrackerHome /var/db/roundup/devel
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607 </Directory>
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608
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609 Notice that the ``/var/db/roundup`` path shown above refers to the directory
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610 in which the tracker homes are stored. The actual value will thus depend on
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611 your system.
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612
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613 On Windows the corresponding lines will look similar to these::
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614
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615 AliasMatch /roundup/(.+)/@@file/(.*) C:/DATA/roundup/$1/html/$2
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616 AliasMatch /roundup/([^/]+)/(?!@@file/)(.*) C:/DATA/roundup/$1/dummy.py/$2
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617 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/*>
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618 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/support>
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619 <Directory C:/DATA/roundup/devel>
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620
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621 In this example the directory hosting all of the tracker homes is
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622 ``C:\DATA\roundup``. (Notice that you must use forward slashes in paths
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623 inside the httpd.conf file!)
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624
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625 The URL for accessing these trackers then become:
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626 `http://<roundupserver>/roundup/support/`` and
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627 ``http://<roundupserver>/roundup/devel/``
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628
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629 Note that in order to use https connections you must set up Apache for secure
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630 serving with SSL.
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632 WSGI Handler
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633 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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634
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635 The WSGI handler is quite simple. The following sample code shows how
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636 to use it::
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637
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638 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
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639
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640 # obtain the WSGI request dispatcher
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641 from roundup.cgi.wsgi_handler import RequestDispatcher
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642 tracker_home = 'demo'
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643 app = RequestDispatcher(tracker_home)
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644
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645 httpd = make_server('', 8917, app)
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646 httpd.serve_forever()
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647
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648 To test the above you should create a demo tracker with ``python demo.py``.
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649 Edit the ``config.ini`` to change the web URL to "http://localhost:8917/".
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650
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651
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652 Configure an Email Interface
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653 ----------------------------
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655 If you don't want to use the email component of Roundup, then remove the
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656 "``nosyreaction.py``" module from your tracker "``detectors``" directory.
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657
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658 See `platform-specific notes`_ for steps that may be needed on your system.
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659
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660 There are five supported ways to get emailed issues into the
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661 Roundup tracker. You should pick ONE of the following, all
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662 of which will continue my example setup from above:
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663
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664 As a mail alias pipe process
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665 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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666
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667 Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as (include the quote marks):
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668 "``|/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>``"
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669 (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is installed).
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670
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671 In some installations (e.g. RedHat Linux and Fedora Core) you'll need to
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672 set up smrsh so sendmail will accept the pipe command. In that case,
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673 symlink ``/etc/smrsh/roundup-mailgw`` to "``/usr/bin/roundup-mailgw``"
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674 and change the command to::
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675
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676 |roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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677
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678 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try::
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679
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680 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE
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681
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682 Be careful that some mail systems (postfix for example) will impost a
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683 limits on processes they spawn. In particular postfix can set a file size
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684 limit. *This can cause your Roundup database to become corrupted.*
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687 As a custom router/transport using a pipe process (Exim4 specific)
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688 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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690 The following configuration snippets for `Exim 4`_ configuration
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691 implement a custom router & transport to accomplish mail delivery to
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692 roundup-mailgw. A configuration for Exim3 is similar but not
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695 .. _Exim 4: http://www.exim.org/
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697 This configuration is similar to the previous section, in that it uses
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698 a pipe process. However, there are advantages to using a custom
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705 user ``roundup``.
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706
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707 * Separate configuration is not required for each tracker
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708 instance. When a email arrives at the server, Exim passes it through
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709 the defined routers. The roundup_router looks for a match with one of
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710 the roundup directories, and if there is one it is passed to the
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711 roundup_transport, which uses the pipe process described in the
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712 previous section (`As a mail alias pipe process`_).
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714 The matching is done in the line::
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716 require_files = /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw:ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/schema.py
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717
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718 The following configuration has been tested on Debian Sarge with
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719 Exim4.
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721 .. note::
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722 Note that the Debian Exim4 packages don't allow pipes in alias files
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723 by default, so the method described in the section `As a mail alias
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724 pipe process`_ will not work with the default configuration. However,
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725 the method described in this section does. See the discussion in
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726 ``/usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.system_aliases`` on any Debian
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727 system with Exim4 installed.
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728
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729 For more Debian-specific information, see suggested addition to
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730 README.Debian in
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731 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343283, which will
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732 hopefully be merged into the Debian package eventually.
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733
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734 This config makes a few assumptions:
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735
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736 * That the mail address corresponding to the tracker instance has the
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737 same name as the directory of the tracker instance, i.e. the mail
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738 interface address corresponding to a Roundup instance called
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739 ``/var/lib/roundup/trackers/mytracker`` is ``mytracker@your.host``.
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740
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741 * That (at least) all the db subdirectories of all the tracker
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742 instances (ie. ``/var/lib/roundup/trackers/*/db``) are owned by the same
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743 user, in this case, 'roundup'.
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744
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745 * That if the ``schema.py`` file exists, then the tracker is ready for
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746 use. Another option is to use the ``config.ini`` file (this changed
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747 in 0.8 from ``config.py``).
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748
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749 Macros for Roundup router/transport. Should be placed in the macros
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750 section of the Exim4 config::
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751
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752 # Home dir for your Roundup installation
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753 ROUNDUP_HOME=/var/lib/roundup/trackers
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754
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755 # User and group for Roundup.
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756 ROUNDUP_USER=roundup
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757 ROUNDUP_GROUP=roundup
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758
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759 Custom router for Roundup. This will (probably) work if placed at the
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760 beginning of the router section of the Exim4 config::
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761
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762 roundup_router:
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763 driver = accept
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764 # The config file config.ini seems like a more natural choice, but the
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765 # file config.py was replaced by config.ini in 0.8, and schema.py needs
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766 # to be present too.
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767 require_files = /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw:ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/schema.py
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768 transport = roundup_transport
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769
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770 Custom transport for Roundup. This will (probably) work if placed at
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771 the beginning of the router section of the Exim4 config::
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772
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773 roundup_transport:
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774 driver = pipe
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775 command = /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw ROUNDUP_HOME/$local_part/
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776 current_directory = ROUNDUP_HOME
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777 home_directory = ROUNDUP_HOME
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778 user = ROUNDUP_USER
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779 group = ROUNDUP_GROUP
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780
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781 As a regular job using a mailbox source
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782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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783
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784 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example
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785 (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is installed)::
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786
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787 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file>
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788
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789 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission
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790 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker"
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791 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``".
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792
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793 As a regular job using a POP source
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794 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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795
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796 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the mailbox
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797 one (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is
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798 installed)::
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799
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800 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec>
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801
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802 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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803 submission user's POP account name, password and server.
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804
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805 On windows, you would set up the command using the windows scheduler.
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806
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807 As a regular job using an IMAP source
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808 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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809
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810 To retrieve from an IMAP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the
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811 POP one (substitute ``/usr/bin`` for wherever roundup-mailgw is
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812 installed)::
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813
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814 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support imap <imap_spec>
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815
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816 where imap_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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817 submission user's IMAP account name, password and server. You may
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818 optionally include a mailbox to use other than the default ``INBOX`` with
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819 "``imap username:password@server mailbox``".
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821 If you have a secure (ie. HTTPS) IMAP server then you may use ``imaps``
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822 in place of ``imap`` in the command to use a secure connection.
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823
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824 As with the POP job, on windows, you would set up the command using the
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825 windows scheduler.
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826
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827
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828 UNIX Environment Steps
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829 ----------------------
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831 Each tracker ideally should have its own UNIX group, so create
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832 a UNIX group (edit ``/etc/group`` or your appropriate NIS map if
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833 you're using NIS). To continue with my examples so far, I would
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834 create the UNIX group 'support', although the name of the UNIX
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835 group does not have to be the same as the tracker name. To this
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836 'support' group I then add all of the UNIX usernames who will be
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837 working with this Roundup tracker. In addition to 'real' users,
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838 the Roundup email gateway will need to have permissions to this
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839 area as well, so add the user your mail service runs as to the
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840 group (typically "mail" or "daemon"). The UNIX group might then
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841 look like::
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843 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail
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844
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845 If you intend to use the web interface (as most people do), you
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846 should also add the username your web server runs as to the group.
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847 My group now looks like this::
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848
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849 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail,apache
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850
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851 The tracker "db" directory should be chmod'ed g+sw so that the group can
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852 write to the database, and any new files created in the database will be owned
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853 by the group.
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854
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855 If you're using the mysql or postgresql backend then you'll need to ensure
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856 that the tracker user has appropriate permissions to create/modify the
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857 database. If you're using roundup.cgi, the apache user needs permissions
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858 to modify the database. Alternatively, explicitly specify a database login
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859 in ``rdbms`` -> ``user`` and ``password`` in ``config.ini``.
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860
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861 An alternative to the above is to create a new user who has the sole
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862 responsibility of running roundup. This user:
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864 1. runs the CGI interface daemon
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865 2. runs regular polls for email
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866 3. runs regular checks (using cron) to ensure the daemon is up
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867 4. optionally has no login password so that nobody but the "root" user
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868 may actually login and play with the roundup setup.
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870 If you're using a Linux system (e.g. Fedora Core) with SELinux enabled,
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871 you will need to ensure that the db directory has a context that
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872 permits the web server to modify and create files. If you're using the
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873 mysql or postgresql backend you may also need to update your policy to
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874 allow the web server to access the database socket.
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877 Public Tracker Considerations
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879
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880 If you run a public tracker, you will eventually have to think about
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881 dealing with spam entered through both the web and mail interfaces.
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882
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883 See the section on `Preventing SPAM`_ in the
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884 `customisation documentation`_ that has a simple detector
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885 that will block lot of spam attempts.
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886
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887
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888 Maintenance
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889 ===========
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890
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891 Read the separate `administration guide`_ for information about how to
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892 perform common maintenance tasks with Roundup.
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893
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894
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895 Upgrading
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896 =========
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897
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898 Read the separate `upgrading document`_, which describes the steps needed to
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899 upgrade existing tracker trackers for each version of Roundup that is
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900 released.
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901
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902
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903 Further Reading
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904 ===============
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905
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906 If you intend to use Roundup with anything other than the default
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907 templates, if you would like to hack on Roundup, or if you would
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908 like implementation details, you should read `Customising Roundup`_.
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909
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910
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911 Running Multiple Trackers
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912 =========================
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913
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914 Things to think about before you jump off the deep end and install
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915 multiple trackers, which involve additional URLs, user databases, email
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916 addresses, databases to back up, etc.
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917
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918 1. Do you want a tracker per product you sell/support? You can just add
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919 a new property to your issues called Product, and filter by that. See
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920 the customisation example `adding a new field to the classic schema`_.
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921 2. Do you want to track internal software development issues and customer
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922 support issues separately? You can just set up an additional "issue"
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923 class called "cust_issues" in the same tracker, mimicing the normal
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924 "issue" class, but with different properties. See the customisation
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925 example `tracking different types of issues`_.
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926
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927
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928 Platform-Specific Notes
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929 =======================
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930
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931 Windows command-line tools
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932 --------------------------
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933
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934 To make the command-line tools accessible in Windows, you need to update
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935 the "Path" environment variable in the Registry via a dialog box.
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936
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937 On Windows 2000 and later:
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938
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939 1) Press the "Start" button.
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940 2) Choose "Settings"
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941 3) Choose "Control Panel"
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942 4) Choose "System"
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943 5) Choose "Advanced"
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944 6) Choose "Environmental Variables"
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945 7) Add: "<dir>\Scripts" to the "Path" environmental variable.
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946
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947 Where <dir> in 7) is the root directory (e.g., ``C:\Python22\Scripts``)
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948 of your Python installation.
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949
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950 I understand that in XP, 2) above is not needed as "Control
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951 Panel" is directly accessible from "Start".
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952
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953 I do not believe this is possible to do in previous versions of Windows.
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954
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955
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956 Windows Server
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958
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959 To have the Roundup web server start up when your machine boots up, there
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960 are two different methods, the scheduler and installing the service.
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961
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962
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963 1. Using the Windows scheduler
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964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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965
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966 Set up the following in Scheduled Tasks (note, the following is for a
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967 cygwin setup):
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968
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969 **Run**
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970
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971 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-server TheProject=/opt/roundup/trackers/support"``
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972
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973 **Start In**
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974
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975 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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976
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977 **Schedule**
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978
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979 At System Startup
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980
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981 To have the Roundup mail gateway run periodically to poll a POP email address,
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982 set up the following in Scheduled Tasks:
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983
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984 **Run**
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985
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986 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop roundup:roundup@mail-server"``
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987
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988 **Start In**
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989
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990 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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991
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992 **Schedule**
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993
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994 Every 10 minutes from 5:00AM for 24 hours every day
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995
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996 Stop the task if it runs for 8 minutes
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997
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998
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999 2. Installing the roundup server as a Windows service
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1000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1001
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1002 This is more Windows oriented and will make the Roundup server run as
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1003 soon as the PC starts up without any need for a login or such. It will
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1004 also be available in the normal Windows Administrative Tools.
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1005
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1006 For this you need first to create a service ini file containing the
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1007 relevant settings.
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1009 1. It is created if you execute the following command from within the
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1010 scripts directory (notice the use of backslashes)::
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1011
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1012 roundup-server -S -C <trackersdir>\server.ini -n <servername> -p 8080 -l <trackersdir>\trackerlog.log software=<trackersdir>\Software
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1013
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1014 where the item ``<trackersdir>`` is replaced with the physical directory
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1015 that hosts all of your trackers. The ``<servername>`` item is the name
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1016 of your roundup server PC, such as w2003srv or similar.
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1018 2. Next open the now created file ``C:\DATA\roundup\server.ini`` file
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1019 (if your ``<trackersdir>`` is ``C:\DATA\roundup``).
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1020 Check the entries for correctness, especially this one::
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1021
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1022 [trackers]
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1023 software = C:\DATA\Roundup\Software
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1024
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1025 (this is an example where the tracker is named software and its home is
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1026 ``C:\DATA\Roundup\Software``)
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1027
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1028 3. Next give the commands that actually installs and starts the service::
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1029
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1030 roundup-server -C C:\DATA\Roundup\server.ini -c install
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1031 roundup-server -c start
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1032
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1033 4. Finally open the AdministrativeTools/Services applet and locate the
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1034 Roundup service entry. Open its properties and change it to start
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1035 automatically instead of manually.
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1036
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1037 If you are using Apache as the webserver you might want to use it with
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1038 mod_python instead to serve out Roundup. In that case see the mod_python
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1039 instructions above for details.
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1040
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1041
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1042 Sendmail smrsh
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1044
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1045 If you use Sendmail's ``smrsh`` mechanism, you will need to tell
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1046 smrsh that roundup-mailgw is a valid/trusted mail handler
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1047 before it will work.
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1048
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1049 This is usually done via the following 2 steps:
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1050
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1051 1. make a symlink in ``/etc/smrsh`` called ``roundup-mailgw``
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1052 which points to the full path of your actual ``roundup-mailgw``
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1053 script.
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1054
1089
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1055 2. change your alias to ``"|roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>"``
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1056
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1057
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1058 Linux
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1059 -----
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1060
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1061 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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1062
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1063
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1064 Solaris
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1065 -------
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1066
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1067 You'll need to build Python.
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1068
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1069 Make sure you read the instructions under `UNIX environment steps`_.
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1070
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1071
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1072 Problems? Testing your Python...
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1073 ================================
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1074
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1075 .. note::
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1076 The ``run_tests.py`` script is packaged in Roundup's source distribution
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1077 - users of the Windows installer, other binary distributions or
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1078 pre-installed Roundup will need to download the source to use it.
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1079
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1080 Remember to have a database user 'rounduptest' prepared (with
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1081 password 'rounduptest'). This user
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1082 must have at least the rights to create and drop databases.
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1083 Documentation: details on `adding MySQL users`_,
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1084 for PostgreSQL you want to call the ``createuser`` command with the
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1085 ``-d`` option to allow database creation.
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1086
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1087 Once you've unpacked roundup's source, run ``python run_tests.py`` in the
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1088 source directory and make sure there are no errors. If there are errors,
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1089 please let us know!
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1090
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1091 If the above fails, you may be using the wrong version of python. Try
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1092 ``python2 run_tests.py`` or ``python2.7 run_tests.py``.
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1093 If that works, you will need to substitute ``python2`` or ``python2.7``
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1094 for ``python`` in all further commands you use in relation to Roundup --
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1095 from installation and scripts.
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1096
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1097
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1098 .. _`table of contents`: index.html
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1099 .. _`user guide`: user_guide.html
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1100 .. _`roundup specification`: spec.html
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1101 .. _`tracker configuration`: customizing.html#tracker-configuration
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1102 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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1103 .. _`preventing spam`: customizing.html#preventing-spam
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1104 .. _`Adding a new field to the classic schema`:
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1105 customizing.html#adding-a-new-field-to-the-classic-schema
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1106 .. _`Tracking different types of issues`:
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1107 customizing.html#tracking-different-types-of-issues
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1108 .. _`customising roundup`: customizing.html
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1109 .. _`upgrading document`: upgrading.html
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1110 .. _`administration guide`: admin_guide.html
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1111
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1112
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1113 .. _External hyperlink targets:
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1114
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1115 .. _apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
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1116 .. _flup: https://pypi.org/project/flup/
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1117 .. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
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1118 .. _MySQLdb: https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/
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1119 .. _Psycopg: http://initd.org/software/initd/psycopg
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1120 .. _pysqlite: http://pysqlite.org/
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1121 .. _`adding MySQL users`:
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1122 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/adding-users.html
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