diff -r 49075f57cf2c -r aa09e20dd8c0 doc/book/en/C010-setup.en.txt --- a/doc/book/en/C010-setup.en.txt Tue May 05 17:18:49 2009 +0200 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,207 +0,0 @@ -.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- - -.. _SetUpEnv: - -=================================================== -Installation and set-up of a `CubicWeb` environment -=================================================== - -Installation of `Cubicweb` and its dependencies ------------------------------------------------ - -`CubicWeb` is packaged for Debian and Ubuntu, but can be installed from source -using a tarball or the Mercurial version control system. - -.. _DebianInstallation: - -Debian and Ubuntu packages -``````````````````````````` - -Depending on the distribution you are using, add the appropriate line to your list -of sources (for example by editing ``/etc/apt/sources.list``). - -For Debian Lenny:: - - deb http://ftp.logilab.org/dists/ lenny/ - -For Debian Sid:: - - deb http://ftp.logilab.org/dists/ sid/ - -For Ubuntu Hardy:: - - deb http://ftp.logilab.org/dists/ hardy/ - - -You can now install the required packages with the following command:: - - apt-get update - apt-get install cubicweb cubicweb-dev - -`cubicweb` installs the framework itself, allowing you to create -new applications. - -`cubicweb-dev` installs the development environment allowing you to -develop new cubes. - -There is also a wide variety of cubes listed on http://www.cubicweb.org/Project available as debian packages and tarball. - - -Install from source -``````````````````` - -You can download the archive containing the sources from our `ftp site`_ at:: - - http://ftp.logilab.org/pub/cubicweb/ - -.. _`ftp site`: http://ftp.logilab.org/pub/cubicweb/ - -or keep up to date with on-going development by using Mercurial and its forest -extension:: - - hg fclone http://www.logilab.org/hg/forests/cubicweb - -See :ref:`MercurialPresentation` for more details about Mercurial. - -Postgres installation -````````````````````` - -Please refer to the `Postgresql project online documentation`_. - -.. _`Postgresql project online documentation`: http://www.postgresql.org/ - -You need to install the three following packages: `postgres-8.3`, -`postgres-contrib-8.3` and `postgresql-plpython-8.3`. - - -Then you can install: - -* `pyro` if you wish the repository to be accessible through Pyro - or if the client and the server are not running on the same machine - (in which case the packages will have to be installed on both - machines) - -* `python-ldap` if you plan to use a LDAP source on the server - -.. _ConfigurationEnv: - -Environment configuration -------------------------- - -If you installed `CubicWeb` by cloning the Mercurial forest, then you -will need to update the environment variable PYTHONPATH by adding -the path to the forest ``cubicweb``: - -Add the following lines to either `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile` to configure -your development environment :: - - export PYTHONPATH=/full/path/to/cubicweb-forest - -If you installed the debian packages, no configuration is required. -Your new cubes will be placed in `/usr/share/cubicweb/cubes` and -your applications will be placed in `/etc/cubicweb.d`. - -To use others directories then you will have to configure the -following environment variables as follows:: - - export CW_CUBES_PATH=~/lib/cubes - export CW_REGISTRY=~/etc/cubicweb.d/ - export CW_INSTANCE_DATA=$CW_REGISTRY - export CW_RUNTIME=/tmp - -.. note:: - The values given above are our suggestions but of course - can be different. - - -Databases configuration ------------------------ - - - -.. _ConfigurationPostgres: - -Postgres configuration -`````````````````````` - -.. note:: - If you already have an existing cluster and postgres server - running, you do not need to execute the initilization step - of your Postgres database. - -* First, initialize the database Postgres with the command ``initdb``. - :: - - $ initdb -D /path/to/pgsql - - Once initialized, start the database server Postgres - with the command:: - - $ postgres -D /path/to/psql - - If you cannot execute this command due to permission issues, please - make sure that your username has write access on the database. - :: - - $ chown username /path/to/pgsql - -* The database authentication can be either set to `ident sameuser` - or `md5`. - If set to `md5`, make sure to use an existing user - of your database. - If set to `ident sameuser`, make sure that your - client's operating system user name has a matching user in - the database. If not, please do as follow to create a user:: - - $ su - $ su - postgres - $ createuser -s -P username - - The option `-P` (for password prompt), will encrypt the password with - the method set in the configuration file ``pg_hba.conf``. - If you do not use this option `-P`, then the default value will be null - and you will need to set it with:: - - $ su postgres -c "echo ALTER USER username WITH PASSWORD 'userpasswd' | psql" - - This login/password will be requested when you will create an - instance with `cubicweb-ctl create` to initialize the database of - your application. - -.. note:: - The authentication method can be configured in ``pg_hba.conf``. - - -.. FIXME Are these steps really necessary? It seemed to work without. - -* Installation of plain-text index extension :: - - cat /usr/share/postgresql/8.3/contrib/tsearch2.sql | psql -U username template1 - -* Installation of plpythonu language by default :: - - createlang -U pgadmin plpythonu template1 - -MySql configuration -``````````````````` -Yout must add the following lines in /etc/mysql/my.cnf file:: - - transaction-isolation = READ-COMMITTED - default-storage-engine=INNODB - default-character-set=utf8 - max_allowed_packet = 128M - -Pyro configuration ------------------- - -If you use Pyro, it is required to have a name server Pyro running on your -network (by default it is detected by a broadcast request). - -To do so, you need to : - -* launch the server manually before starting cubicweb as a server with - `pyro-nsd start` - -* edit the file ``/etc/default/pyro-nsd`` so that the name server pyro - will be launched automatically when the machine fire up -