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2 Installing Roundup
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3 ==================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.50 $
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7 .. contents::
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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 Python 2.1.1 or newer with a functioning anydbm or bsddb module. Download the
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35 latest version from http://www.python.org/. It is highly recommended that
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36 users install the latest patch version of python - 2.1.3 or 2.2.1 - as these
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37 contain many fixes to serious bugs.
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39 If you want to use Berkeley DB bsddb3 with Roundup, use version 3.3.0 or
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40 later. Download the latest version from http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/.
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42 If you're on windows, you will either need to be using the ActiveState python
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43 distribution (at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/), or you'll
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45 http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/).
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48 Getting Roundup
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49 ===============
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51 Download the latest version from http://roundup.sf.net/.
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53 Testing your Python
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54 -------------------
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56 Once you've unpacked roundup's source, run ``python ./run_tests`` in the
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57 source directory and make sure there are no errors.
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58 If there are errors, please let us know!
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60 If the above fails, you may be using the wrong version of python. Try
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61 ``python2 ./run_tests``. If that works, you will need to substitute
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62 ``python2`` for ``python`` in all further commands you use in relation to
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63 Roundup -- from installation and scripts.
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66 For The Really Impatient
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67 ========================
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69 If you just want to give Roundup a whirl Right Now, then simply run
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70 ``python demo.py``. This will set up a simple demo tracker on your
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71 machine. When it's done, it'll print out a URL to point your web browser
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72 at so you may start playing. Three users will be set up:
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74 1. anonymous - the "default" user with permission to do very little
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77 access to the tracker
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80 Installation
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83 Note: some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
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84 installed. Try running the command "roundup-admin" with no arguments,
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85 and if it runs you may skip the `Basic Installation Steps`_
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88 Set aside 15-30 minutes. Please make sure you're using a supported version of
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89 Python -- see `testing your python`_. There's several steps to follow in your
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92 1. `basic installation steps`_ if Roundup is not installed on your system
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93 2. `configuring your first tracker`_ that all installers must follow
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94 3. then optionally `configure a web interface`_
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95 4. and optionally `configure an email interface`_
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96 5. `shared environment steps`_ to take if you're installing on a shared
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97 UNIX machine and want to restrict local access to roundup
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100 Basic Installation Steps
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103 To install the Roundup support code into your Python tree and
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104 Roundup scripts into /usr/local/bin (substitute that path for whatever is
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105 appropriate on your system). You need to have write permissions
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106 for these locations, eg. being root on unix::
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108 python setup.py install
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110 If you would like to place the Roundup scripts in a directory other
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111 than ``/usr/local/bin``, then specify the preferred location with
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112 ``--install-script``. For example, to install them in
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113 ``/opt/roundup/bin``::
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115 python setup.py install --install-scripts=/opt/roundup/bin
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117 You can also use the ``--prefix`` option to use a completely different
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118 base directory, if you do not want to use administrator rights. If you
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119 choose to do this, take note of the message at the end of installation
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120 and modify the python path accordingly.
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123 Configuring your first tracker
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126 1. To create a Roundup tracker (necessary to do before you can
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127 use the software in any real fashion), you need to set up a "tracker
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128 home":
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130 a. (Optional) If you intend to keep your roundup trackers
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132 you should create that directory now. Example::
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134 mkdir /opt/roundup/trackers
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136 b. Either add the Roundup script location to your ``PATH``
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137 environment variable or specify the full path to
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138 the command in the next step.
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140 c. Install a new tracker with the command ``roundup-admin install``.
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141 You will be asked a series of questions. Descriptions of the provided
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142 templates can be found in `choosing your template`_ below. Descriptions
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143 of the available backends can be found in `choosing your backend`_
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144 below. The questions will be something like (you may have more
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145 templates or backends available)::
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147 Enter tracker home: /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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148 Templates: classic
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149 Select template [classic]: classic
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150 Back ends: anydbm, bsddb
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151 Select backend [anydbm]: anydbm
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153 The "support" part of the tracker name can be anything you want - it
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162 configuration file errors, then see the `tracker configuration`_ section
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163 of the `customisation documentation`_.
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165 If you just want to get set up to test things quickly (and follow
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166 the instructions in step 3 below), you can even just set the
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167 TRACKER_WEB variable to::
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169 TRACKER_WEB = 'http://localhost:8080/support/'
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171 The URL *must* end in a '/', or your web interface *will not work*.
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172 See `Customising Roundup`_ for details on configuration and schema
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173 changes. Note that you may change any of the configuration after
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174 you've initialised the tracker - it's just better to have valid values
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177 d. Initialise the tracker database with ``roundup-admin initialise``.
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178 You will need to supply an admin password at this step. You will be
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179 prompted::
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181 Admin Password:
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184 Once this is done, the tracker has been created.
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186 2. At this point, your tracker is set up, but doesn't have a nice user
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188 optionally `configure an email interface`_. If you want to try your
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189 new tracker out, assuming ``TRACKER_WEB`` is set to
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190 ``'http://localhost:8080/support/'``, run::
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192 roundup-server support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
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196 http://locahost:8080/support/
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198 and you should see the tracker interface.
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201 Choosing Your Template
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202 ----------------------
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204 Classic Template
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205 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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207 The classic template is the one defined in the `Roundup Specification`_. It
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208 holds issues which have priorities and statuses. Each issue may also have a
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209 set of messages which are disseminated to the issue's list of nosy users.
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211 Minimal Template
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212 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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214 The minimal template has the minimum setup required for a tracker
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215 installation. That is, it has the configuration files, defines a user database
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216 and the basic HTML interface to that. It's a completely clean slate for you to
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217 create your tracker on.
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220 Choosing Your Backend
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221 ---------------------
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223 The actual storage of Roundup tracker information is handled by backends.
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224 There's several to choose from, each with benefits and limitations:
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226 **anydbm**
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227 This backend is guaranteed to work on any system that Python runs on. It
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228 will generally choose the best dbm backend that is available on your system
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229 (from the list dbhash, gdbm, dbm, dumbdbm). It is the least scaleable of all
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230 backends, but performs well enough for a smallish tracker (a couple of
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231 thousand issues, under fifty users, ...).
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232 **bsddb**
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233 This effectively the same as anydbm, but uses the bsddb backend. This allows
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234 it to gain some performance and scaling benefits.
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235 **bsddb3**
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236 Again, this effectively the same as anydbm, but uses the bsddb3 backend.
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237 This allows it to gain some performance and scaling benefits.
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238 **sqlite**
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239 This uses the SQLite_ embedded RDBMS to provide a fast, scaleable backend.
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240 There are no limitations, and it's much faster and more scaleable than the
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241 dbm backends.
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243 Backend for popular RDBMS MySQL. According to benchmarks, this backend works
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244 much faster than any of *dbm ones, but slightly slower than metakit and
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245 sqlite. A good scalability is not a property of this backend for now,
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246 though. For more info on backend installation see doc/mysql.txt.
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247 **metakit**
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248 This backend is implemented over the metakit_ storage system, using Mk4Py as
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249 the interface. It scales much better than the dbm backends.
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250
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251 You should be wary of using all but the mysql backend with high-volume trackers
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252 (requests every second or two) as database locking is done on the whole
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253 database.
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255 You may set your tracker up with the anydbm backend (which is guaranteed to be
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256 available) and switch to one of the other backends at any time using the
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257 instructions in the `maintenance documentation`_.
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260 Configure a Web Interface
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261 -------------------------
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262
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263 There are three web interfaces to choose from:
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264
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265 1. `web server cgi-bin`_
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266 2. `stand-alone web server`_
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267 3. `Zope product - ZRoundup`_
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269 You may need to give the web server user permission to access the tracker home
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270 - see the `shared environment steps`_ for information. You may also need to
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271 configure your system in some way - see `platform-specific notes`_.
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274 Web Server cgi-bin
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275 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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277 A benefit of using the cgi-bin approach is that it's the easiest way to
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278 restrict access to your tracker to only use HTTPS. Access will be slower
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279 than through the `stand-alone web server`_ though.
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281 If you're using IIS on a Windows platform, you'll need to run this command
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282 for the cgi to work (it turns on the PATH_INFO cgi variable)::
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284 adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AllowPathInfoForScriptMappings TRUE
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286 The ``adsutil.vbs`` file can be found in either ``c:\inetpub\adminscripts``
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287 or ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminsamples\`` or
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288 ``c:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\adminscripts\`` depending on your installation.
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290 Copy the ``cgi-bin/roundup.cgi`` file to your web server's ``cgi-bin``
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291 directory. You will need to configure it to tell it where your tracker home
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294 through an environment variable
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295 set the variable TRACKER_HOMES to be a colon (":") separated list of
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296 name=home pairs (if you're using apache, the SetEnv directive can do this)
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298 add your instance to the TRACKER_HOMES variable as ``'name': 'home'``
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300 The "name" part of the configuration will appear in the URL and identifies the
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301 tracker (so you may have more than one tracker per cgi-bin script). Make sure
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302 there are no spaces or other illegal characters in it (to be safe, stick to
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303 letters and numbers). The "name" forms part of the URL that appears in the
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304 tracker config TRACKER_WEB variable, so make sure they match. The "home"
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305 part of the configuration is the tracker home directory.
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307 Stand-alone Web Server
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308 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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310 This approach will give you the fastest of the three web interfaces. You may
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311 investigate using ProxyPass or similar configuration in apache to have your
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312 tracker accessed through the same URL as other systems.
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314 The stand-alone web server is started with the command ``roundup-server``. It
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315 has several options - display them with ``roundup-server -h``.
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317 The tracker home configuration is similar to the cgi-bin - you may either edit
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318 the script to change the TRACKER_HOMES variable or you may supply the
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319 name=home values on the command-line after all the other options.
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321 To make the server run in the background, use the "-d" option, specifying the
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322 name of a file to write the server process id (pid) to.
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325 Zope Product - ZRoundup
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328 ZRoundup installs as a regular Zope product. Copy the ZRoundup directory to
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330 code tree lib/python/Products.
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332 When you next (re)start up Zope, you will be able to add a ZRoundup object
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333 that interfaces to your new tracker.
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336 Configure an Email Interface
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337 ----------------------------
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339 If you don't want to use the email component of Roundup, then remove the
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342 See `platform-specific notes`_ for steps that may be needed on your system.
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344 There are three supported ways to get emailed issues into the
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345 Roundup tracker. You should pick ONE of the following, all
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346 of which will continue my example setup from above:
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348 As a mail alias pipe process
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351 Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as (include the quote marks):
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352 "``|/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>``"
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354 In some installations (e.g. RedHat 6.2 I think) you'll need to set up smrsh so
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355 sendmail will accept the pipe command. In that case, symlink
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356 ``/etc/smrsh/roundup-mailgw`` to "``/usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw``" and change
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357 the command to::
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359 |roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support
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361 To test the mail gateway on unix systems, try::
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363 echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' support@YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE
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365 As a regular job using a mailbox source
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368 Set ``roundup-mailgw`` up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example::
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370 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support mailbox <mail_spool_file>
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372 Where the ``mail_spool_file`` argument is the location of the roundup submission
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373 user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user "issue_tracker"
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374 will be "``/var/mail/issue_tracker``".
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376 As a regular job using a POP source
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379 To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a *cron* entry to the mailbox one::
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381 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop <pop_spec>
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383 where pop_spec is "``username:password@server``" that specifies the roundup
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384 submission user's POP account name, password and server.
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389 Shared Environment Steps
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392 Each tracker ideally should have its own UNIX group, so create
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393 a UNIX group (edit ``/etc/group`` or your appropriate NIS map if
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394 you're using NIS). To continue with my examples so far, I would
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395 create the UNIX group 'support', although the name of the UNIX
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396 group does not have to be the same as the tracker name. To this
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397 'support' group I then add all of the UNIX usernames who will be
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398 working with this Roundup tracker. In addition to 'real' users,
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399 the Roundup email gateway will need to have permissions to this
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401 group (typically "mail" or "daemon"). The UNIX group might then
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406 If you intend to use the web interface (as most people do), you
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407 should also add the username your web server runs as to the group.
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408 My group now looks like this::
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410 support:*:1002:jblaine,samh,geezer,mail,apache
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413 write to the database, and any new files created in the database will be owned
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414 by the group.
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416 An alternative to the above is to create a new user who has the sole
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417 responsibility of running roundup. This user:
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420 2. runs regular polls for email
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421 3. runs regular checks (using cron) to ensure the daemon is up
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422 4. optionally has no login password so that nobody but the "root" user
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423 may actually login and play with the roundup setup.
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426 Maintenance
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429 Read the separate `maintenance documentation`_ for information about how to
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433 Upgrading
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436 Read the separate `upgrading document`_, which describes the steps needed to
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438 released.
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444 If you intend to use Roundup with anything other than the defualt
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449 Running Multiple Trackers
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452 Things to think about before you jump off the deep end and install
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453 multiple trackers, which involve additional URLs, user databases, email
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454 addresses, databases to back up, etc.
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457 a new property to your issues called Product, and filter by that.
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458 2. Do you want to track internal software development issues and customer
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459 support issues separately? You can just set up an additiona "issue"
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460 class called "cust_issues" in the same tracker, mimicing the normal
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461 "issue" class, but with different properties.
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470 To have the Roundup web server start up when your machine boots up, set the
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473 Run
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474 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-server TheProject=/opt/roundup/trackers/support"``
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475 Start In
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476 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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477 Schedule
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478 At System Startup
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480 To have the Roundup mail gateway run periodically to poll a POP email address,
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481 set the following up in Scheduled Tasks:
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483 Run
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484 ``c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c "roundup-mailgw /opt/roundup/trackers/support pop roundup:roundup@mail-server"``
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485 Start In
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486 ``C:\cygwin\opt\roundup\bin``
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487 Schedule
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488 Every 10 minutes from 5:00AM for 24 hours every day
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489 Stop the task if it runs for 8 minutes
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495 If you use Sendmail's ``smrsh`` mechanism, you will need to tell
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499 This is usually done via the following 2 steps:
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502 which points to the full path of your actual ``roundup-mailgw``
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503 script.
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505 2. change your alias to ``"|roundup-mailgw <tracker_home>"``
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508 Linux
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511 Make sure you read the instructions under `shared environment steps`_.
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513 Python 2.1.1 as shipped with SuSE7.3 might be missing module
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514 ``_weakref``.
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517 Solaris
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520 You'll need to build Python.
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522 Make sure you read the instructions under `shared environment steps`_.
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526 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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528 Next: `User Guide`_
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530 .. _`table of contents`: index.html
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533 .. _`tracker configuration`: customizing.html#tracker-configuration
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538 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
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539 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
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