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Configuration Guidelines
How to configure a new instance.
File Permissions
For Linux installations only.
chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/cron chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/cron/crontab chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/cache/ chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/databases/ chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/errors/ chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/sessions/ chown web2py ~web2py/applications/admin/uploads/ cd web2py/applications bzr branch lp:sahana-eden eden chown web2py eden/cron chown web2py eden/cache/ chown web2py eden/databases/ chown web2py eden/errors/ chown web2py eden/sessions/ chown web2py eden/static/img/markers chown web2py eden/static/scripts/tools chown web2py eden/static/styles/S3/sahana.css chown web2py eden/static/styles/S3/sahana.min.css chown web2py eden/uploads/ mkdir eden/uploads/gis_cache mkdir eden/uploads/images mkdir eden/uploads/tracks chown web2py eden/uploads/gis_cache chown web2py eden/uploads/images chown web2py eden/uploads/tracks
Useful Aliases
For Linux installations only.
vim ~/.bashrc alias w2p='cd ~web2py;sudo -H -u web2py python web2py.py -S eden -M' alias compile='cd ~web2py;python web2py.py -S eden -R applications/eden/static/scripts/tools/compile.py' alias pull="cd ~web2py/applications/eden;sed '/deployment_settings.base.migrate = False/ s/deployment_settings.base.migrate = False/deployment_settings.base.migrate = True/g' models/000_config.py > models/000_config.py.new;mv models/000_config.py.new models/000_config.py;bzr pull;/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload" alias migrateoff="cd ~web2py/applications/eden;sed '/deployment_settings.base.migrate = True/ s/deployment_settings.base.migrate = True/deployment_settings.base.migrate = False/g' models/000_config.py > models/000_config.py.new;mv models/000_config.py.new models/000_config.py"
Database Setup
Production system should use MySQL:
- Edit
models/000_config.py
Security
Before the 1st login, edit models/000_config.py
:
deployment_settings.auth.hmac_key = "akeytochange"
Roles
By default the 1st user to register will gain the Administrator role.
All other users have just the 'Authenticated' level of access, which by default allows full Read/Update/Delete access to all records.
If allowing public self-registration, then you probably want to enable 'Editor' secturiy policy (Administration menu | Settings) which means that the general public can add records (& modify their own) but cannot modify other records.
To add roles to users, go to the Administration menu & within User Management choose 'Membership'.
Old: Security policy is configured in models/zzz.py
Configurable Options
These can be set via http://127.0.0.1:8000/sahana/admin/setting/1/update
- Admin Name/Email/Tel
In time these will be configured by Web Setup.
Some options are currently only configurable via editing models/000_config.py
:
deployment_settings.auth.registration_requires_verification = False deployment_settings.auth.registration_requires_approval = False deployment_settings.base.public_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8000" deployment_settings.base.migrate = True deployment_settings.mail.server = "127.0.0.1:25" deployment_settings.mail.sender = "sahana@your.org" deployment_settings.mail.approver = "useradmin@your.org" deployment_settings.L10n.utc_offset = "UTC +0000"
We would like to expose these to a Web Setup, although it's low priority as these are mostly installation-time decisions.
Disable unnecessary modules, which is currently done in models/000_config.py
Can also reorganise the Applications menu completely to better display those relevant to the instance:
- edit file
models/01_modules.py
- section:
s3.menu_modules
If you wish to hide some fields which you don't want to confuse your system, then you can do something like this models/zzz_local.py
instead of amending the main model (this means that future merges from trunk won't clobber your changes):
# Hide unnecessary fields tablename = 'pr_person' table = db[table] table.pr_pe_label.readable = False table.pr_pe_label.writable = False table.local_name.readable = False table.local_name.writable = False table.opt_pr_gender.readable = False table.opt_pr_gender.writable = False table.opt_pr_age_group.readable = False table.opt_pr_age_group.writable = False table.email.readable = False table.email.writable = False table.mobile_phone.readable = False table.mobile_phone.writable = False table.date_of_birth.readable = False table.date_of_birth.writable = False table.opt_pr_nationality.readable = False table.opt_pr_nationality.writable = False table.opt_pr_country.readable = False table.opt_pr_country.writable = False table.opt_pr_religion.readable = False table.opt_pr_religion.writable = False table.opt_pr_marital_status.readable = False table.opt_pr_marital_status.writable = False table.occupation.readable = False table.occupation.writable = False
Mapping Options
http://localhost:8000/sahana/gis/config/update/1
Default Map Portal:
- Lat
- Lon
- Zoom
Bounds of relevant area:
- Min Lon
- Max Lat
- Min Lon
- Max Lat
Selecting Base Layers:
Test out whether OpenStreetMap, Google, Yahoo or Bing have the best road maps & Satellite imagery
API Keys for Google, Yahoo & MultiMap layers:
For *.sahanafoundation.org, we can use this Google Key:
- ABQIAAAAgB-1pyZu7pKAZrMGv3nksRR1-chREdZE62d-MGawPNPOGidOJBQQCwHsElsSGbD5VMpNj7DBMNxjTg
Import Admin Boundaries:
- The locations hierarchy should be populated with L0->L3 data, which are often available in the form of shapefiles
Enable Scheduled Tasks
Edit cron/crontab to enable sending of emails & SMS:
# Send outgoing emails every 5 minutes */5 * * * * root *msg/process_email_via_api # Send outgoing SMS every 5 minutes */5 * * * * root *msg/process_sms_via_api
Ticket Viewer
Add the following to routes.py
of your web2py installation for pretty error pages & the ability to view Tickets.
- copy from
routes.example.py
, if one doesn't yet exist.
routes_logging = False routes_onerror = [ ('eden/401', '/eden/default/user/login'), ('eden/*', '/eden/errors/index'), ('*/*', '/eden/errors/index'), ]
favicon.ico
& robots.txt
These can be provided via 2 different means:
- mod_rewrite
web2py/routes.py
: copyroutes.example.py
& edit
Themes
Ensure these files are writable by the webserver:
chown www-data /path/to/web2py/applications/eden/static/scripts/tools chown www-data /path/to/web2py/applications/eden/static/styles/S3/sahana.css chown www-data /path/to/web2py/applications/eden/static/styles/S3/sahana.min.css
Colour scheme:
- select using Admin Panel:
Logo:
- copy new logo to
static/img
- point to this using Admin Panel
Footer:
- amend
views/footer.html
Internet Hosting
Can switch to having users download files from CDNs instead of your server.
This can improve performance in 2 ways:
- The CDN may have faster/closer servers to the client
- Increases the number of files being downloaded simultaneously, since pulled from different hostnames: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/parallel/
jQuery from Google by uncommenting the line in views/sahana_scripts_min.html
ext-all.js & ext-all.css from Cachefly by uncommenting the lines in views/gis/gis_scripts_min.html
& views/gis/ol_js_loaders.html
Performance Optimisation
- Disable DB migrations in
000_config.py
: deployment_settings.base.migrate = False - Bytecode compile the application:
cd /home/web2py python web2py.py -S eden -M -R applications/eden/static/scripts/tools/compile.py
- Disable DB prepopulation in
000_config.py
: deployment_settings.base.prepopulate = False - Use MySQL or PostgreSQL instead of SQLite
- Create Indexes on commonly-accessed tables
- set modules to load from a hardcoded app name instead of substituting request.application in
models/00_db.py
- Use YSlow Firefox plugin to analyse the site
- Ensure images are optimised: http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/index.php
- DeveloperGuidelinesOptimisation#JavaScript
- Compress JavaScript: http://compressorrater.thruhere.net
- Use Slimmer on HTML/CSS?
- GZip static files in Apache: http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip
- Set Expires on static files in Apache
- Enable caching
- return response.render('customview.html', data=data): http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/39210d40d8a729c0
- http://groups.google.co.uk/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/218bb58c96883578
- Clustering with Pound: http://www.web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/33 (Discussion)
- Add Squid in front of Apache for caching?
- HAProxy, etc: http://www.slideshare.net/zeeg/djangocon-2010-scaling-disqus
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