Hikers Log server

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 2.7.4 + dev (ubuntu package: python-dev)

• PostgreSQL (ubuntu packages: postgresql postgresql-server-dev-?.?)

• Postgis (ubuntu packages: postgresql-9.1-postgis)

• ubuntu package: daemontools (for "envdir")

• ubuntu package: pyflakes (for "flake8")

• ubuntu package: virtualenvwrapper (for "mkvirtualenv") (reopen a new shell after install)

• ubuntu package: libgeos-c1

• ubuntu package: libgdal1-1.7.0

• for "pillow", maybe some more native libs for image formats supports, check the setup summary is like the following (in pip output):

  SETUP SUMMARY (Pillow 1.7.8 / PIL 1.1.7)
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  version      1.7.8
  platform     linux2 2.7.4 (default, Apr 19 2013, 18:28:01)
               [GCC 4.7.3]
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  *** TKINTER support not available
  
  --- JPEG support available
  --- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available
  --- FREETYPE2 support available
  *** LITTLECMS support not available
  

Getting the code:

git clone https://github.com/themagicmushrooms/hikers-server
cd hikers-server
mkvirtualenv -p python2.7 hikers-server
add2virtualenv .
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Configuration

The hikers server relies on environment variables for its configuration. The required environment variables are:

• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: set it to hikers.settings.
• SECRET_KEY: set to a long random string.
• ALLOWED_HOSTS: space-separated list of hosts which serve the web app. E.g. www.hikerslog.com hikerslog.com.
• FROM_EMAIL: the email address that sends automated emails (password lost, etc.). E.g. Hikers Log <[email protected]>.
• REDIS_URL: a URL for configuring redis. E.g. redis://localhost:6354/1.
• DATABASE_URL: a heroku-like database URL. E.g. postgres://user:password@host:port/database.

Optionally you can customize:

• DEBUG: set it to a non-empty value to enable the Django debug mode.

Here is a bash command to show the current values:

(cd envdir/ && for i in *; do echo $i = $(cat $i) ; done)

Create a super user in postgres:

# inspired by http://obroll.com/how-to-reset-postgres-password-in-postgresql-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric/
sudo su postgres
   psql
      ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '123';

Create the db in postgres and upgrate it with postgis (adapt paths if needed):

for dbname in hikers template_postgis
do
    sudo -u postgres dropdb $dbname
    sudo -u postgres createdb $dbname
    sudo -u postgres psql -d $dbname -f /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/postgis.sql
    sudo -u postgres psql -d $dbname -f /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/spatial_ref_sys.sql
done

Note that if you drop and recreate the hikers database later, you can just call:

createdb -U postgres -T template_postgis hikers

"Sync" the db (django):

make syncdb
make user
   # enter a mail for your *admin* user and a password

Then you can run and create stuff manually to see the thing

make run http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin http://127.0.0.1:8000

Development

Listing available commands:

make <tab>

Before commiting anything, make sure to:

Run the tests:

make test

Run the source code checker:

flake8

The Django debug toolbar is enabled when the DEBUG environment variable is true and the django-debug-toolbar package is installed.

Environment variables for development are set in the envdir directory. For tests, they are located in the tests/envdir directory.