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 +DjangoSiteDevelopment
 +
 +====== Remote Development ====== 
 +
 +Remote development refers to development on your own computer, not "tux" the
 +machine serving the OCLUG web site.  Developing remotely allows experimentation
 +with the site without broadcasting your changes to everyone.  It also allows
 +users without accounts on tux to work on the site.
 +
 +
 +====== Required Software ======
 +
 +For remote development of the OCLUG web site you will need the following:
 +
 +  * Apache 2.x with mod_wsgi
 +  * Python, python-markdown and python-imaging
 +  * Subversion
 +  * Sqlite (or PostgreSQL or MySQL if you prefer)
 +  * [[http://www.djangoproject.com/|Django]] 1.4
 +
 +===== Virtualenv/pip packages =====
 +
 +If you prefer you may use the requirements.txt to install the python requirements
 +into a virtualenv.  Setting up a virtualenv is outside the scope of this document.
 +
 +===== Debian/Ubuntu packages =====
 +
 +Everything can be installed on recent Debian or Ubuntu systems with this command
 +run as root (or with `sudo`):
 +<code>
 +sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi subversion \
 +python python-markdown python-imaging python-pysqlite2 \
 +python-django 
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +===== RedHat packages =====
 +
 +or on Ret Hat/Fedora systems you will first have to download python-markdown by following
 +the link from http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/ then do the following:
 +<code>
 +cd python-markdown-*
 +python setup.py install
 +yum install httpd mod_wsgi subversion python python-imaging python-sqlite
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +You can verify your installation by running:
 +<code>
 +python -c 'import django; print django.VERSION'
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +It should print something like `(1, 4, 1, 'final', 0)`.
 +
 +====== Setting up the Working Directory ======
 +
 +These instructions suggest installing the code in a regular user account's home direcory.  
 +Make sure the user account's home directory is accessible by apache by running:
 +<code>
 +ls -ald $HOME
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +If the set of characters printed starting with `drwx` ends with a `-` instead of an `x`
 +then you need to change the default permissions.  
 +If you do not want to make your home directory world-traversable
 +you may want to create a separate user account at this time.
 +This command will make the home directory world-traversable:
 +<code>
 +chmod a+x $HOME
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +====== Downloading the Code and Site data ======
 +
 +Run these commands starting from your home directory to create an `oclug_site` directory 
 +and download the OCLUG site code and data:
 +<code>
 +cd
 +mkdir oclug_site
 +cd oclug_site
 +svn co http://devel.oclug.on.ca/svn/oclug_django_site/trunk oclug_django_site
 +svn co http://devel.oclug.on.ca/svn/site_data/trunk site_data
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +====== Site Configuration ======
 +
 +You will need to create a settings file called `local_settings.py` in your `oclug_django_site` directory:
 +<code>
 +cd $HOME/oclug_site/oclug_django_site
 +sed "s/PUT-RANDOM-STUFF-HERE/$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM/;
 +s{USERS-HOME-DIRECTORY{$HOME{;" < local_settings.sample.py > local_settings.py
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +Next set up a database and a writable directory for Apache:
 +<code>
 +sudo mkdir -p /var/local/apache_writable/oclug_uploaded/
 +sudo cp -r $HOME/oclug_site/site_data/uploaded/* /var/local/apache_writable/oclug_uploaded/
 +cd $HOME/oclug_site/oclug_django_site
 +sudo python manage.py syncdb  # this will let you create an admin account
 +sudo python manage.py loaddata $HOME/oclug_site/site_data/db.xml
 +sudo chown -R www-data: /var/local/apache_writable/  # use "apache" instead of www-data on Red Hat systems
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +The account you created will be used to access the `/admin/` pages on the web site.
 +
 +We also need to create two symlinks to allow Apache to find some of the media files.
 +The first one lets Apache find the uploaded files in the directory writable by
 +Apache, which we created above.  The second allows the admin site to be displayed
 +with all its images and formatting:
 +<code>
 +ln -s /var/local/apache_writable/oclug_uploaded/ $HOME/oclug_site/uploaded
 +ln -s `python -c'import django, os; print os.path.dirname(django.__file__)'`/contrib/admin/media/ \
 +$HOME/oclug_site/admin
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +====== Apache Configuration ======
 +
 +General apache configuration is covered in
 +[[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/wsgi/|"How to deploy with WSGI"]].
 +
 +If your apache is configured to use virtual hosts with a `NameVirtualHost *`
 +directive then your configuration for the
 +OCLUG Django site would look something like:
 +<code>
 +<VirtualHost *>
 +    WSGIScriptAlias / /home/(MY-USER-NAME)/oclug_site/oclug_django_site/apache/oclug.conf
 +    Alias /images/ /home/(MY-USER-NAME)/oclug_site/oclug_django_site/docroot/images/
 +    Alias /media/ /home/(MY-USER-NAME)/oclug_site/oclug_django_site/docroot/media/
 +    Alias favicon.ico /home/(MY-USER-NAME)/oclug_site/oclug_django_site/docroot/favicon.ico
 +</VirtualHost>
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +The `/images/`, `/media/` and `/favicon.ico` location blocks allow images and files to be served by Apache.
 +All other URLs are handled by the Django site.
 +
 +Restart apache and browse to `http://localhost/` to see if everything worked.  
 +You can browse to `http://localhost/admin/` to use the site administration interface
 +with the account created above.
 +
 +====== Making Changes ======
 +
 +You can make changes to the files in the `oclug_django_site` directory and restart
 +Apache to test your changes.  When you are happy with you change you can post the
 +patch containing your changes to the oclug-www mailing list.  To create a patch use
 +this command from the `oclug_django_site` directory:
 +<code>
 +svn diff > my_changes.patch
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list by the web site maintainers.
 +
 +Changes made through the administration page on the web site exist in your local
 +copy of the database and can't be moved to the OCLUG site as a patch.  If you
 +want to suggest that sort of change, just post your request to the oclug-www mailing
 +list.
 +
 +====== Updating Your Copy ======
 +
 +You can use `svn update` to update your `oclug_django_site` directory.
 +
 +To update your `site_data` and reset your local copy of the database, use these
 +commands:
 +<code>
 +cd oclug_site/site_data
 +svn update
 +sudo cp -r $HOME/oclug_site/site_data/uploaded/* /var/local/apache_writable/oclug_uploaded/
 +cd ../oclug_django_site
 +sudo python manage.py loaddata ../site_data/db.xml
 +</code>
 +
  
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