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 +====== The Trac Environment ======
 +
 +Trac uses a directory structure and a database for storing project data. The directory is referred to as the “environment”.
 +
 +===== Creating an Environment =====
 +
 +A new Trac environment is created using [[:TracAdmin|trac-admin]]:
 +<code>
 +$ trac-admin /path/to/projectenv initenv
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +[[:TracAdmin|trac-admin]] will ask you for the name of the project, the
 +database connection string (explained below), and the type and path to
 +your source code repository.
 +
 +''Note: The web server user will require file system write permission to 
 +the environment directory and all the files inside. Please remember to set
 +the appropriate permissions. The same applies to the Subversion repository 
 +Trac is eventually using, although Trac will only require read access as long 
 +as you're not using the BDB file system.''
 +
 +===== Database Connection Strings =====
 +
 +Since version 0.9, Trac supports both [[http://sqlite.org/|SQLite]],
 +[[http://www.postgresql.org/|PostgreSQL]] and [[http://mysql.com/|MySQL]] as
 +database backends.  The default is to use SQLite, which is probably sufficient
 +for most projects. The database file is then stored in the environment
 +directory, and can easily be [[:TracBackup|backed up]] together with the
 +rest of the environment.
 +
 +The connection string for an embedded SQLite database is:
 +<code>
 +sqlite:db/trac.db
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +If you want to use PostgreSQL or MySQL instead, you'll have to use a
 +different connection string. For example, to connect to a PostgreSQL
 +database on the same machine called `trac`, that allows access to the
 +user `johndoe` with the password `letmein`, use:
 +<code>
 +postgres://johndoe:letmein@localhost/trac
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +If PostgreSQL is running on a non-standard port (for example 9342), use:
 +<code>
 +postgres://johndoe:letmein@localhost:9342/trac
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +Note that with PostgreSQL you will have to create the database before running
 +`trac-admin initenv`.
 +
 +And make sure PostgreSQl DB name is "trac". What worked for me:
 +And didn't work uppercase trac-user-name
 +<code>
 +sudo su - postgres -c createdb trac
 +sudo su - postgres -c psql trac
 +CREATE USER trac-user-name WITH PASSWORD 'trac-pass-name';
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +(Just to remind you, if you don't have a sudo/su setup, you just need to do the createdb and psql statements. That threw me the first couple of times I read this.)
 +
 +===== Source Code Repository =====
 +
 +You'll first have to provide the //type// of your repository (e.g. `svn` for Subversion,
 +which is the default), then the //path// where the repository is located.
 +
 +If you don't want to use Trac with a source code repository, simply leave the //path// empty
 +(the //type// information doesn't matter, then).
 +
 +For some systems, it is possible to specify not only the path to the repository,
 +but also a //scope// within the repository. Trac will then only show information
 +related to the files and changesets below that scope. The Subversion backend for
 +Trac supports this; for other types, check the corresponding plugin's documentation.
 +
 +Example of a configuration for a Subversion repository:
 +<code>
 +[[:trac]]
 +repository_type = svn
 +repository_dir = /path/to/your/repository
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +The configuration for a scoped Subversion repository would be:
 +<code>
 +[[:trac]]
 +repository_type = svn
 +repository_dir = /path/to/your/repository/scope/within/repos
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +===== Directory Structure =====
 +
 +An environment directory will usually consist of the following files and directories:
 +
 +  * `README` - Brief description of the environment.
 +  * `VERSION` - Contains the environment version identifier.
 +  * `attachments` - Attachments to wiki pages and tickets are stored here.
 +  * `conf`
 +    * `trac.ini` - Main configuration file. See TracIni.
 +  * `db`
 +    * `trac.db` - The SQLite database (if you're using SQLite).
 +  * `plugins` - Environment-specific [[:TracPlugins|plugins]] (Python eggs)
 +  * `templates` - Custom environment-specific templates.
 +    * `site_css.cs` - Custom CSS rules.
 +    * `site_footer.cs` - Custom page footer.
 +    * `site_header.cs` - Custom page header.
 +  * `wiki-macros` - Environment-specific [[:WikiMacros|Wiki macros]].
 +
 +  '''Note: don't confuse a Trac environment directory with the source code repository directory.
 +It happens that the above structure is loosely modelled after the Subversion repository directory 
 +structure, but they are not and //must not// be located at the same place.'''
 +
 +----
 +See also: TracAdmin, TracBackup, TracIni, TracGuide
 +
  
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