Patchwork uses the django framework - there is some background on deploying
django applications here:
- http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/chapter20/
+ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter12/
You'll need the following (applications used for patchwork development are
in brackets):
* A python interpreter
- * django
+ * django >= 1.5
* A webserver (apache)
* mod_python or flup
- * A database server (postgresql)
+ * A database server (postgresql, mysql)
+ * relevant python modules for the database server (e.g: python-mysqldb)
1. Database setup
> CREATE USER 'www-data'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
> CREATE USER 'nobody'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
+ Once that is done, you need to tell Django about the new Database
+ settings, using local_settings.py (see below) to override the defaults
+ in settings.py:
+
+ DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
+ DATABASE_NAME = 'patchwork'
+ DATABASE_USER = 'root'
+ DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'my_secret_root_password'
+ DATABSE_HOST = 'localhost'
+ DATABASE_PORT = ''
+
2. Django setup
Set up some initial directories in the patchwork base directory:
lib/packages is for stuff we'll download, lib/python is to add
to our python path. We'll symlink python modules into lib/python.
- At the time of release, patchwork depends on django version 1.0 or
+ At the time of release, patchwork depends on django version 1.5 or
later. Your distro probably provides this. If not, do a:
cd lib/packages
- svn checkout http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/tags/releases/1.2
+ git clone https://github.com/django/django.git -b stable/1.5.x
cd ../python
ln -s ../packages/django/django ./django
- We also use the django-registration infrastructure from
- http://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/. Your distro
- may provide the django-registration python module (in Ubuntu/Debian it's
- called 'python-django-registration'). If not, download the module
- and symlink it to lib/python/ :
-
- cd lib/packages/
- hg clone http://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/
- cd ../python
- ln -s ../lib/packages/django-registration/registration ./registration
-
- We also use some Javascript libraries:
-
- cd lib/packages
- mkdir jquery
- cd jquery
- wget http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.min.js
- wget http://www.isocra.com/articles/jquery.tablednd_0_5.js.zip
- unzip jquery.tablednd_0_5.js.zip jquery.tablednd_0_5.js
- cd ../../../htdocs/js/
- ln -s ../../lib/packages/jquery/jquery-1.3.min.js ./
- ln -s ../../lib/packages/jquery/jquery.tablednd_0_5.js ./
-
The settings.py file contains default settings for patchwork, you'll
need to configure settings for your own setup.
ADMINS
TIME_ZONE
LANGUAGE_CODE
+ DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
+ NOTIFICATION_FROM_EMAIL
You can generate the SECRET_KEY with the following python code:
chars = string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
print repr("".join([random.choice(chars) for i in range(0,50)]))
- If you have patchwork installed in somewhere other than /srv/patchwork,
- you'll also need to define:
-
- MEDIA_ROOT
- TEMPLATE_DIRS
-
If you wish to enable the XML-RPC interface, add the following to
your local_settings.py file:
3. Apache setup
-Example apache configuration files are in lib/apache/.
+Example apache configuration files are in lib/apache2/.
wsgi:
django has built-in support for WSGI, which supersedes the fastcgi
An example apache configuration file for mod_python is in:
- lib/apache/patchwork.mod_python.conf
+ lib/apache2/patchwork.mod_python.conf
However, mod_python and mod_php may not work well together. So, if your
web server is used for serving php files, the fastcgi method may suit
django has built-in support for fastcgi, which requires the
'flup' python module. An example configuration is in:
- lib/apache/patchwork.fastcgi.conf
+ lib/apache2/patchwork.fastcgi.conf
- this also requires the mod_rewrite apache module to be loaded.
sudo -u nobody /srv/patchwork/apps/patchwork/bin/parsemail.sh < mail
+7. Set up the patchwork cron script
+
+ Patchwork uses a cron script to clean up expired registrations, and
+ send notifications of patch changes (for projects with this enabled).
+
+ Something like this in your crontab should work:
+
+ # m h dom mon dow command
+ PYTHONPATH=apps:.
+ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings
+ */10 * * * * cd patchwork; python apps/patchwork/bin/patchwork-cron.py
+
+
+ - the frequency should be the same as the NOTIFICATION_DELAY_MINUTES
+ setting, which defaults to 10 minutes.
+
+8. Optional: Configure your VCS to automatically update patches
+
+ The tools directory of the patchwork distribution contains a file
+ named post-receive.hook which is an example git hook that can be
+ used to automatically update patches to the Accepted state when
+ corresponding comits are pushed via git.
+
+ To install this hook, simply copy it to the .git/hooks directory on
+ your server, name it post-receive, and make it executable.
+
+ This sample hook has support to update patches to different states
+ depending on which branch is being pushed to. See the STATE_MAP
+ setting in that file.
+
+ If you are using a system other than git, you can likely write a
+ similar hook using pwclient to update patch state. If you do write
+ one, please contribute it.
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