Activity Library/Devel/Installing
Activities.sugarlabs.org
Over the last several months, there have been on and off discussions about how to adapt the addons.mozilla.org server software to manage Sugar activities.
Background
Information about Remora, the codename for a.m.o version 3, is at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Remora.
Why base a.s.o on a.m.o
Pros
- The function of a.m.o is exactly the same as the desired functionality of a.s.o.
Cons
- A.m.o is currently only used my mozilla.
- A.m.o is written in cake-php (yet another web framework)
Installing activities.sugarlabs.org
Mozilla.org runs a.m.o on CentOS5.0. For capability reasons these instructions will also use CentOS5.2.
Install centOS5.2 as server
It is handy to set up a development system as a server-gui in a virtual machine.
Set up Apache
Apache is pre-installed on CentOS.
Configure Apache to start on system boot.
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
Create Apache test page
vim /var/www/html/index.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Start Apache
service httpd start
Install Firefox
yum install firefox
Test 127.0.0.1
verify mod_rewrite and mod_expires are loaded
Set up php
look for PHP5.1.6
rpm -q php
look for php-gettext ( in php-common)
rpm -q php-common
install required php modules
install php-pear
install php-gd
install php-mbstring
pear config-set preferred_state beta
pear install Archive_Zip
Install subversion
yum install subversion
Checkout amo trunk via svn
svn co http://svn.mozilla.org/addons/trunk /var/www
Set up server
Set permissions
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/site
Edit DocumentRoot
vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Edit DocumentRoot /var/www/site/app/webroot
Edit AllowOverride All
Add to hosts
vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 activities.sugarlabs.org
Test server
service httpd restart
mv /var/www/site/app/webroot/index.php /var/www/site/app/webroot/index.php.old
mv /var/www/html/index.php /var/www/site/app/webroot/index.php
open activities.sugarlabs.org in firefox
Install mysql
yum install mysql-server
yum install php-mysql
start mysql on system boot
chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on
Start mysqld
service mysqld start
Test server
service httpd restart
open activities.sugarlabs.org in firefox. Make sure mysql is enabled
Setup mysql
mysqladmin -u root password remora
mysqladmin -u root -p create remora
mysqladmin -u root -p create remora-test
mysql -u root -p
GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'remora'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'remora';
exit;
Populate tables
mysql -u remora -p -D remora </var/www/site/app/config/sql/remora.sql
mysql -u remora -p -D remora-test </var/www/site/app/config/sql/remora.sql
mysql -u remora -p -D remora </var/www/site/app/tests/data/remora-test-data.sql
mysql -u remora -p -D remora-test </var/www/site/app/tests/data/remora-test-data.sql
Configure aso
Edit config.php
cp /var/www/site/app/config/config.php.default /var/www/site/app/config/config.php
vim /var/www/site/app/config/config.php
<?php
/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
* Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
* 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* License.
*
* The Original Code is addons.mozilla.org site.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
* The Mozilla Foundation.
* Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2006
* the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
* Wil Clouser <wclouser@mozilla.com> (Original Author)
* Mike Morgan <morgamic@mozilla.com>
* Justin Scott <fligtar@gmail.com>
* Frederic Wenzel <fwenzel@mozilla.com>
*
* Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
* either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
* the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
* in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
* of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
* under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
* use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your
* decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
* and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
* the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
* the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
*
* ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
/**
* Global configuration document.
*
* This document covers both the CakePHP based site (/site) and its service scripts.
* Unless otherwise noted, trailing slashes should not be used.
* @package amo
*/
/**
* Site URL
* Example: http://addons.mozilla.org
* Example: http://khan-vm.mozilla.org (dev)
* Example of getting a full controller url:
* echo SITE_URL.$html->url('/users/register');
* Will default to http://addons.mozilla.org unless defined below
*/
// define('SITE_URL', '');
/**
* Services URL.
* Example: http://addons.mozilla.org/services
* Example: http://khan-vm.mozilla.org/amo/services (dev)
*/
define('SERVICE_URL','htp://activities.sugarlabs.org');
/**
* Site State
* Example: production
* Example: staging
* Example: dev
* All uses should default to dev
*/
define('SITE_STATE', 'dev');
/**
* Files
* The application uses these paths to piece together the URL for files.
*
* HOST and URL are separated because CakePHP has $html->webroot, and only appends
* FILES_URL while the services need both since it doesn't have
* Cake's context.
*
* No trailing slashes.
*/
/**
* Host, including http://. Should be everything leading up to addon ids.
* Example: http://releases.mozilla.org/addons
*/
define('FILES_HOST', 'http://activities.sugarlabs.org');
/**
* Relative web path of the files directory. Tacking this on to FILES_HOST should get you
* the complete URL where your files are. This is the location of the downloads controller
* and it should not normally need to be changed, the default is set in constants.php,
* and shown commented out here.
*
* Example: downloads/file
*/
define('FILES_URL', 'downloads');
/**
* File path for storing XPI/JAR files (or any files associated with an add-on).
* Example: /data/www/app/webroot/files
*/
define('REPO_PATH', '/var/www/files');
/**
* File path for storing public files to be rsynced for updates
* If left commented out, files will not be copied there and will use only REPO_PATH
*/
//define('PUBLIC_STAGING_PATH', '');
/**
* The path to the gnu diff program (or any diff program able to create a unified diff).
* If left commented out, it will use the xdiff package
*/
//define('DIFF_PATH', '/usr/bin/diff');
/**
* This is the number of seconds for which repeat downloads will not
* be counted, since Firefox does multiple gets during a single install process.
*/
define('DL_COUNT_DELAY', '10');
/**
* Path to directory where detailed logfiles are kept. Files will be created in
* this directory in the format: {DETAILED_LOG_PATH}/Y-M-D.txt
*/
//define('DETAILED_LOG_PATH', '');
/**
* Path to directory for misc. AMO storage accessible by all webheads.
*/
define('NETAPP_STORAGE', '');
/**
* Facebook Configuration
*/
// Whether the Facebook controller is enabled
define('FB_ENABLED', 'false');
// Facebook API keys
define('FB_API_KEY', '');
define('FB_API_SECRET', '');
// Facebook App URL
define('FB_URL', 'http://apps.facebook.com/add-ons');
// Facebook Image site - where images are pulled from
define('FB_IMAGE_SITE', 'https://addons.mozilla.org');
// Facebook Install site - where the add-on install page goes
define('FB_INSTALL_SITE', 'https://addons.mozilla.org');
// Facebook Bounce Percentage - percent of hits to bounce
//define('FB_BOUNCE_PERCENTAGE', 0);
/**
* Database configuration.
*/
/**
* DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME, DB_HOST, DB_PORT
* This database has read/write capabilities. Host and port default to localhost and 3306.
*/
define('DB_USER','remora');
define('DB_PASS','remora');
define('DB_NAME','remora');
/**
* SHADOW_DB_USER, SHADOW_DB_PASS, SHADOW_DB_NAME, SHADOW_DB_HOST, SHADOW_DB_PORT
* Array of shadow databases that have read-only access.
* - If left alone, will default to DB_* above.
* - DB_WEIGHTs must sum to 1. i.e., a weight of 0 will never get hit, a weight
* of .50 will get hit half of the time, and a weight of 1 will always get hit.
* - The array keys need not be numeric and could be used for descriptive purposes
* that would appear in the monitor script.
*/
global $shadow_databases;
$shadow_databases = array(
0 => array(
'DB_HOST' => '',
'DB_PORT' => 3306,
'DB_NAME' => '',
'DB_USER' => '',
'DB_PASS' => '',
'DB_WEIGHT' => 0
)
);
/**
* TEST_DB_USER, TEST_DB_PASS, TEST_DB_NAME, TEST_DB_HOST, TEST_DB_PORT
* The test database. All fields default to their DB_* counterparts, except
* for TEST_DB_NAME, which is DB_NAME . "-test".
*/
/**
* memcache configuration.
*
* The memcache_config array lists all possible memcached servers to use in case the default server does not have the appropriate key.
*/
global $memcache_config;
$memcache_config = array(
'localhost' => array(
'port' => '11211',
'persistent' => true,
'weight' => '1',
'timeout' => '1',
'retry_interval' => 15
)
);
/**
* Recaptcha (recaptcha.net) configuration
*/
define('RECAPTCHA_ENABLED', false);
define('RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY', '...');
define('RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY', '...');
/**
* Compatibility Center Versions
*/
define('COMPAT_DEFAULT_VERSION', '3.1');
global $compatibility_versions;
$compatibility_versions = array(
'3.0', '3.1'
);
?>
</nowiki>
Edit config-local.php
vim /var/www/site/app/config/config-local.php
<?php
define('DEBUG', 1);
define('DEV', true);
?>
chown apache:apache /var/www/site/app/config/config-local.php
This is necessary to generate debug message. Without it you get a somewhat disconcerting blankscreen.
Open activities.sugarlabs.org in firefox.
Create download directory
mkdir /var/www/downloads
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/downloads
Create repo directories
mkdir /var/www/files
mkdir /var/www/files/temp
mkdir /var/www/files/extracted
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/files
Install php-memcache
yum install php-devel
yum install gcc
yum install zlib-devel
pecl install memcache
vim /etc/php.ini
You should add "extension=memcache.so" to php.ini
service httpd restart
Install memcached
rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
yum install memcached
service memcached start
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
Test activities.sugarlabs.org
open activities.sugarlabs.org/tests?case=installation.test.php in firefox.