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1 | .. MediaGoblin Documentation |
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fd5c35e5 | 3 | Written in 2011, 2012, 2013 by MediaGoblin contributors |
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5 | To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all | |
6 | copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to | |
7 | the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without | |
8 | any warranty. | |
9 | ||
10 | You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain | |
11 | Dedication along with this software. If not, see | |
12 | <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. | |
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14 | .. _deploying-chapter: |
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4e893b6e | 16 | ===================== |
17 | Deploying MediaGoblin | |
18 | ===================== | |
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20 | GNU MediaGoblin is fairly new, and so at the time of writing there aren't |
21 | easy package-manager-friendly methods to install it. However, doing a basic | |
22 | install isn't too complex in and of itself. Following this deployment guide | |
23 | will take you step-by-step through setting up your own instance of MediaGoblin. | |
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25 | Of course, when it comes to setting up web applications like MediaGoblin, |
26 | there's an almost infinite way to deploy things, so for now, we'll keep it | |
27 | simple with some assumptions. We recommend a setup that combines MediaGoblin + | |
28 | virtualenv + fastcgi + nginx on a .deb- or .rpm-based GNU/Linux distro. | |
29 | ||
30 | Other deployment options (e.g., deploying on FreeBSD, Arch Linux, using | |
31 | Apache, etc.) are possible, though! If you'd prefer a different deployment | |
32 | approach, see our | |
33 | `Deployment wiki page <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment>`_. | |
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35 | .. note:: |
36 | ||
37 | These tools are for site administrators wanting to deploy a fresh | |
44db13fa | 38 | install. If you want to join in as a contributor, see our |
076bf0cf | 39 | `Hacking HOWTO <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/HackingHowto>`_ instead. |
e260065a | 40 | |
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41 | .. note:: |
42 | ||
43 | Throughout the documentation we use the ``sudo`` command to indicate that | |
44 | an instruction requires elevated user privileges to run. You can issue | |
45 | these commands as the ``root`` user if you prefer. | |
46 | ||
47 | If you need help configuring ``sudo``, see the | |
48 | `Debian wiki <https://wiki.debian.org/sudo/>`_ or the | |
49 | `Fedora Project wiki <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Configuring_Sudo/>`_. | |
50 | ||
4d8a3cd8 | 51 | |
4e893b6e | 52 | Prepare System |
53 | -------------- | |
e260065a | 54 | |
4e893b6e | 55 | Dependencies |
56 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
e260065a | 57 | |
4e893b6e | 58 | MediaGoblin has the following core dependencies: |
e260065a | 59 | |
2acf47d8 | 60 | - Python 2.7 |
4e893b6e | 61 | - `python-lxml <http://lxml.de/>`_ |
62 | - `git <http://git-scm.com/>`_ | |
775ec9e8 | 63 | - `SQLite <http://www.sqlite.org/>`_/`PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org/>`_ |
4e893b6e | 64 | - `Python Imaging Library <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/>`_ (PIL) |
65 | - `virtualenv <http://www.virtualenv.org/>`_ | |
4ec1af11 | 66 | - `nodejs <https://nodejs.org>`_ |
e260065a | 67 | |
4e893b6e | 68 | On a DEB-based system (e.g Debian, gNewSense, Trisquel, Ubuntu, and |
7798f911 | 69 | derivatives) issue the following command:: |
e260065a | 70 | |
44db13fa | 71 | sudo apt-get install git-core python python-dev python-lxml \ |
ef2642f7 | 72 | python-imaging python-virtualenv npm nodejs-legacy automake |
e260065a | 73 | |
4e893b6e | 74 | On a RPM-based system (e.g. Fedora, RedHat, and derivatives) issue the |
7798f911 | 75 | following command:: |
4e893b6e | 76 | |
44db13fa | 77 | sudo yum install python-paste-deploy python-paste-script \ |
076bf0cf | 78 | git-core python python-devel python-lxml python-imaging \ |
4ec1af11 | 79 | python-virtualenv npm automake |
e260065a | 80 | |
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81 | Configure PostgreSQL |
82 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
83 | ||
84 | .. note:: | |
85 | ||
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86 | MediaGoblin currently supports PostgreSQL and SQLite. The default is a |
87 | local SQLite database. This will "just work" for small deployments. | |
775ec9e8 | 88 | |
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89 | For medium to large deployments we recommend PostgreSQL. |
90 | ||
91 | If you don't want/need postgres, skip this section. | |
92 | ||
44db13fa | 93 | These are the packages needed for Debian Jessie (stable):: |
775ec9e8 | 94 | |
44db13fa | 95 | sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client python-psycopg2 |
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96 | |
97 | These are the packages needed for an RPM-based system:: | |
98 | ||
44db13fa | 99 | sudo yum install postgresql postgresql-server python-psycopg2 |
c3075e91 | 100 | |
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101 | An rpm-based system also requires that you initialize and start the |
102 | PostgresSQL database with a few commands. The following commands are | |
103 | not needed on a Debian-based platform, however:: | |
c3075e91 | 104 | |
44db13fa | 105 | sudo /usr/bin/postgresql-setup initdb |
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106 | sudo systemctl enable postgresql |
107 | sudo systemctl start postgresql | |
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108 | |
109 | The installation process will create a new *system* user named ``postgres``, | |
c3075e91 | 110 | which will have privilegies sufficient to manage the database. We will create a |
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111 | new database user with restricted privilegies and a new database owned by our |
112 | restricted database user for our MediaGoblin instance. | |
113 | ||
114 | In this example, the database user will be ``mediagoblin`` and the database | |
115 | name will be ``mediagoblin`` too. | |
116 | ||
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117 | We'll add these entities by first switching to the *postgres* account:: |
118 | ||
44db13fa | 119 | sudo su - postgres |
775ec9e8 | 120 | |
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121 | This will change your prompt to a shell prompt, such as *-bash-4.2$*. Enter |
122 | the following *createuser* and *createdb* commands at that prompt. We'll | |
123 | create the *mediagoblin* database user first:: | |
775ec9e8 | 124 | |
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125 | # this command and the one that follows are run as the ``postgres`` user: |
126 | createuser -A -D mediagoblin | |
775ec9e8 | 127 | |
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128 | Then we'll create the database where all of our MediaGoblin data will be stored:: |
129 | ||
44db13fa | 130 | createdb -E UNICODE -O mediagoblin mediagoblin |
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131 | |
132 | where the first ``mediagoblin`` is the database owner and the second | |
133 | ``mediagoblin`` is the database name. | |
134 | ||
7bba6d2e | 135 | Type ``exit`` to exit from the 'postgres' user account.:: |
c3075e91 | 136 | |
7bba6d2e | 137 | exit |
c3075e91 | 138 | |
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139 | .. caution:: Where is the password? |
140 | ||
141 | These steps enable you to authenticate to the database in a password-less | |
142 | manner via local UNIX authentication provided you run the MediaGoblin | |
143 | application as a user with the same name as the user you created in | |
144 | PostgreSQL. | |
145 | ||
146 | More on this in :ref:`Drop Privileges for MediaGoblin <drop-privileges-for-mediagoblin>`. | |
147 | ||
148 | ||
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149 | .. _drop-privileges-for-mediagoblin: |
150 | ||
4e893b6e | 151 | Drop Privileges for MediaGoblin |
152 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
17c71230 | 153 | |
fd5c35e5 | 154 | MediaGoblin does not require special permissions or elevated |
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155 | access to run. As such, the preferred way to run MediaGoblin is to |
156 | create a dedicated, unprivileged system user for the sole purpose of running | |
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157 | MediaGoblin. Running MediaGoblin processes under an unpriviledged system user |
158 | helps to keep it more secure. | |
159 | ||
160 | The following command (entered as root or with sudo) will create a | |
161 | system account with a username of ``mediagoblin``. You may choose a different | |
162 | username if you wish.:: | |
163 | ||
44db13fa | 164 | sudo useradd -c "GNU MediaGoblin system account" -d /home/mediagoblin -U -m -r mediagoblin |
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165 | |
166 | No password will be assigned to this account, and you will not be able | |
9a1ba0e8 | 167 | to log in as this user. To switch to this account, enter:: |
fd5c35e5 | 168 | |
44db13fa | 169 | sudo su mediagoblin -s /bin/bash |
fd5c35e5 | 170 | |
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171 | To return to your regular user account after using the system account, type |
172 | ``exit``. | |
fd5c35e5 | 173 | |
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174 | .. _create-mediagoblin-directory: |
175 | ||
176 | Create a MediaGoblin Directory | |
177 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
17c71230 | 178 | |
4e893b6e | 179 | You should create a working directory for MediaGoblin. This document |
076bf0cf | 180 | assumes your local git repository will be located at |
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181 | ``/srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/``. |
182 | Substitute your prefered local deployment path as needed. | |
183 | ||
184 | Setting up the working directory requires that we first create the directory | |
185 | with elevated priviledges, and then assign ownership of the directory | |
186 | to the unpriviledged system account. | |
17c71230 | 187 | |
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188 | To do this, enter either of the following commands, changing the defaults |
189 | to suit your particular requirements:: | |
17c71230 | 190 | |
44db13fa | 191 | sudo mkdir -p /srv/mediagoblin.example.org && sudo chown -hR mediagoblin: /srv/mediagoblin.example.org |
fd5c35e5 | 192 | |
c3075e91 | 193 | .. note:: |
fd5c35e5 | 194 | |
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195 | Unless otherwise noted, the remainder of this document assumes that all |
196 | operations are performed using this unpriviledged account. | |
17c71230 | 197 | |
4e893b6e | 198 | |
e260065a | 199 | Install MediaGoblin and Virtualenv |
4e893b6e | 200 | ---------------------------------- |
e260065a | 201 | |
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202 | We will now switch to our 'mediagoblin' system account, and then set up |
203 | our MediaGoblin source code repository and its necessary services. | |
204 | You should modify these commands to suit your own environment. | |
17c71230 | 205 | |
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206 | Change to the MediaGoblin directory that you just created:: |
207 | ||
44db13fa | 208 | sudo su mediagoblin -s /bin/bash # to change to the 'mediagoblin' account |
9a1ba0e8 | 209 | $ cd /srv/mediagoblin.example.org |
17c71230 | 210 | |
d3b1fd2e | 211 | Clone the MediaGoblin repository and set up the git submodules:: |
e260065a | 212 | |
a35b7c7f | 213 | $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mediagoblin.git -b stable |
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214 | $ cd mediagoblin |
215 | $ git submodule init && git submodule update | |
e260065a | 216 | |
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217 | .. note:: |
218 | ||
219 | The MediaGoblin repository used to be on gitorious.org, but since | |
220 | gitorious.org shut down, we had to move. We are presently on | |
221 | Savannah. You may need to update your git repository location:: | |
222 | ||
44db13fa | 223 | $ git remote set-url origin git://git.savannah.gnu.org/mediagoblin.git |
e260065a | 224 | |
41dbb27a | 225 | Set up the hacking environment:: |
3b8251f3 | 226 | |
9a1ba0e8 | 227 | $ ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make |
f0e137ab | 228 | |
4e893b6e | 229 | The above provides an in-package install of ``virtualenv``. While this |
230 | is counter to the conventional ``virtualenv`` configuration, it is | |
231 | more reliable and considerably easier to configure and illustrate. If | |
232 | you're familiar with Python packaging you may consider deploying with | |
c356dc16 | 233 | your preferred method. |
e260065a | 234 | |
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235 | .. note:: |
236 | ||
237 | What if you don't want an in-package ``virtualenv``? Maybe you | |
238 | have your own ``virtualenv``, or you are building a MediaGoblin | |
239 | package for a distribution. There's no need necessarily for the | |
240 | virtualenv produced by ``./configure && make`` by default other | |
241 | than attempting to simplify work for developers and people | |
242 | deploying by hiding all the virtualenv and bower complexity. | |
243 | ||
244 | If you want to install all of MediaGoblin's libraries | |
245 | independently, that's totally fine! You can pass the flag | |
246 | ``--without-virtualenv`` which will skip this step. | |
247 | But you will need to install all those libraries manually and make | |
248 | sure they are on your ``PYTHONPATH`` yourself! (You can still use | |
249 | ``python setup.py develop`` to install some of those libraries, | |
250 | but note that no ``./bin/python`` will be set up for you via this | |
251 | method, since no virtualenv is set up for you!) | |
252 | ||
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253 | Assuming you are going to deploy with FastCGI, you should also install |
254 | flup:: | |
99192f24 | 255 | |
9a1ba0e8 | 256 | $ ./bin/easy_install flup |
71ef2007 | 257 | |
4e893b6e | 258 | This concludes the initial configuration of the development |
8d9aa03f | 259 | environment. In the future, when you update your |
076bf0cf | 260 | codebase, you should also run:: |
e260065a | 261 | |
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262 | $ git submodule update && ./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
263 | ||
264 | .. note:: | |
e260065a | 265 | |
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266 | Note: If you are running an active site, depending on your server |
267 | configuration, you may need to stop it first or the dbupdate command | |
268 | may hang (and it's certainly a good idea to restart it after the | |
269 | update) | |
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270 | |
271 | ||
4e893b6e | 272 | Deploy MediaGoblin Services |
273 | --------------------------- | |
e260065a | 274 | |
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275 | Edit site configuration |
276 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
277 | ||
041d2fd7 | 278 | A few basic properties must be set before MediaGoblin will work. First |
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279 | make a copy of ``mediagoblin.ini`` and ``paste.ini`` for editing so the original |
280 | config files aren't lost (you likely won't need to edit the paste configuration, | |
281 | but we'll make a local copy of it just in case):: | |
a7d2a892 | 282 | |
ec255f63 | 283 | $ cp -av mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini && cp -av paste.ini paste_local.ini |
a7d2a892 | 284 | |
ec255f63 | 285 | Then edit mediagoblin_local.ini: |
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286 | - Set ``email_sender_address`` to the address you wish to be used as |
287 | the sender for system-generated emails | |
288 | - Edit ``direct_remote_path``, ``base_dir``, and ``base_url`` if | |
289 | your mediagoblin directory is not the root directory of your | |
290 | vhost. | |
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291 | |
292 | ||
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293 | Configure MediaGoblin to use the PostgreSQL database |
294 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
295 | ||
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296 | If you are using postgres, edit the ``[mediagoblin]`` section in your |
297 | ``mediagoblin_local.ini`` and put in:: | |
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298 | |
299 | sql_engine = postgresql:///mediagoblin | |
300 | ||
301 | if you are running the MediaGoblin application as the same 'user' as the | |
302 | database owner. | |
303 | ||
7798f911 | 304 | |
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305 | Update database data structures |
306 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
307 | ||
7798f911 | 308 | Before you start using the database, you need to run:: |
775ec9e8 | 309 | |
44db13fa | 310 | $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate |
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311 | |
312 | to populate the database with the MediaGoblin data structures. | |
313 | ||
314 | ||
4e893b6e | 315 | Test the Server |
316 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
e260065a | 317 | |
4e893b6e | 318 | At this point MediaGoblin should be properly installed. You can |
076bf0cf | 319 | test the deployment with the following command:: |
e260065a | 320 | |
44db13fa | 321 | $ ./lazyserver.sh --server-name=broadcast |
e260065a | 322 | |
4e893b6e | 323 | You should be able to connect to the machine on port 6543 in your |
324 | browser to confirm that the service is operable. | |
e260065a | 325 | |
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326 | The next series of commands will need to be run as a priviledged user. Type |
327 | exit to return to the root/sudo account.:: | |
328 | ||
329 | exit | |
330 | ||
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331 | .. _webserver-config: |
332 | ||
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334 | FastCGI and nginx |
335 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
336 | ||
337 | This configuration example will use nginx, however, you may | |
4e893b6e | 338 | use any webserver of your choice as long as it supports the FastCGI |
339 | protocol. If you do not already have a web server, consider nginx, as | |
340 | the configuration files may be more clear than the | |
341 | alternatives. | |
342 | ||
343 | Create a configuration file at | |
344 | ``/srv/mediagoblin.example.org/nginx.conf`` and create a symbolic link | |
345 | into a directory that will be included in your ``nginx`` configuration | |
346 | (e.g. "``/etc/nginx/sites-enabled`` or ``/etc/nginx/conf.d``) with | |
cd7af789 | 347 | one of the following commands. |
4e893b6e | 348 | |
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349 | On a DEB-based system (e.g Debian, gNewSense, Trisquel, Ubuntu, and |
350 | derivatives) issue the following commands:: | |
351 | ||
352 | sudo apt-get install nginx | |
44db13fa | 353 | sudo ln -s /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ |
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354 | sudo systemctl enable nginx |
355 | ||
356 | On a RPM-based system (e.g. Fedora, RedHat, and derivatives) issue the | |
357 | following commands:: | |
4e893b6e | 358 | |
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359 | sudo yum install nginx |
360 | sudo ln -s /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/ | |
361 | sudo systemctl enable nginx | |
362 | ||
363 | You can modify these commands and locations depending on your preferences and | |
4e893b6e | 364 | the existing configuration of your nginx instance. The contents of |
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365 | this ``nginx.conf`` file should be modeled on the following:: |
366 | ||
367 | server { | |
368 | ################################################# | |
369 | # Stock useful config options, but ignore them :) | |
370 | ################################################# | |
371 | include /etc/nginx/mime.types; | |
372 | ||
373 | autoindex off; | |
374 | default_type application/octet-stream; | |
375 | sendfile on; | |
376 | ||
377 | # Gzip | |
378 | gzip on; | |
379 | gzip_min_length 1024; | |
380 | gzip_buffers 4 32k; | |
cd7af789 | 381 | gzip_types text/plain application/x-javascript text/javascript text/xml text/css; |
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382 | |
383 | ##################################### | |
384 | # Mounting MediaGoblin stuff | |
385 | # This is the section you should read | |
386 | ##################################### | |
387 | ||
388 | # Change this to update the upload size limit for your users | |
389 | client_max_body_size 8m; | |
390 | ||
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391 | # prevent attacks (someone uploading a .txt file that the browser |
392 | # interprets as an HTML file, etc.) | |
393 | add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; | |
37b48053 | 394 | |
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395 | server_name mediagoblin.example.org www.mediagoblin.example.org; |
396 | access_log /var/log/nginx/mediagoblin.example.access.log; | |
397 | error_log /var/log/nginx/mediagoblin.example.error.log; | |
398 | ||
399 | # MediaGoblin's stock static files: CSS, JS, etc. | |
400 | location /mgoblin_static/ { | |
401 | alias /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/static/; | |
402 | } | |
403 | ||
404 | # Instance specific media: | |
405 | location /mgoblin_media/ { | |
406 | alias /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/user_dev/media/public/; | |
407 | } | |
408 | ||
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409 | # Theme static files (usually symlinked in) |
410 | location /theme_static/ { | |
411 | alias /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/user_dev/theme_static/; | |
412 | } | |
413 | ||
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414 | # Plugin static files (usually symlinked in) |
415 | location /plugin_static/ { | |
416 | alias /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/user_dev/plugin_static/; | |
417 | } | |
418 | ||
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419 | # Mounting MediaGoblin itself via FastCGI. |
420 | location / { | |
421 | fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:26543; | |
422 | include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; | |
423 | ||
424 | # our understanding vs nginx's handling of script_name vs | |
425 | # path_info don't match :) | |
426 | fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name; | |
427 | fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME ""; | |
4e893b6e | 428 | } |
076bf0cf | 429 | } |
4e893b6e | 430 | |
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431 | The first four ``location`` directives instruct Nginx to serve the |
432 | static and uploaded files directly rather than through the MediaGoblin | |
433 | process. This approach is faster and requires less memory. | |
434 | ||
435 | .. note:: | |
436 | ||
cd7af789 | 437 | The user who owns the Nginx process, normally ``www-data`` or ``nginx``, |
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438 | requires execute permission on the directories ``static``, |
439 | ``public``, ``theme_static`` and ``plugin_static`` plus all their | |
440 | parent directories. This user also requires read permission on all | |
441 | the files within these directories. This is normally the default. | |
442 | ||
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443 | Nginx is now configured to serve the MediaGoblin application. Perform a quick |
444 | test to ensure that this configuration works:: | |
445 | ||
446 | nginx -t | |
447 | ||
448 | If you encounter any errors, review your nginx configuration files, and try to | |
449 | resolve them. If you do not encounter any errors, you can start your nginx | |
450 | server with one of the following commands (depending on your environment):: | |
4e893b6e | 451 | |
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452 | sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart |
453 | sudo /etc/rc.d/nginx restart | |
44db13fa | 454 | sudo systemctl restart nginx |
4e893b6e | 455 | |
456 | Now start MediaGoblin. Use the following command sequence as an | |
076bf0cf | 457 | example:: |
4e893b6e | 458 | |
076bf0cf | 459 | cd /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin/ |
cd7af789 | 460 | su mediagoblin -s /bin/bash |
076bf0cf | 461 | ./lazyserver.sh --server-name=fcgi fcgi_host=127.0.0.1 fcgi_port=26543 |
4e893b6e | 462 | |
463 | Visit the site you've set up in your browser by visiting | |
518c5eb3 | 464 | <http://mediagoblin.example.org>. You should see MediaGoblin! |
4e893b6e | 465 | |
4e893b6e | 466 | .. note:: |
467 | ||
a085dda5 | 468 | The configuration described above is sufficient for development and |
469 | smaller deployments. However, for larger production deployments | |
470 | with larger processing requirements, see the | |
471 | ":doc:`production-deployments`" documentation. | |
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472 | |
473 | ||
474 | Apache | |
475 | ~~~~~~ | |
476 | ||
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477 | Instructions and scripts for running MediaGoblin on an Apache server |
478 | can be found on the `MediaGoblin wiki <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment>`_. | |
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479 | |
480 | ||
481 | Security Considerations | |
482 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
483 | ||
484 | .. warning:: | |
485 | ||
486 | The directory ``user_dev/crypto/`` contains some very | |
487 | sensitive files. | |
488 | Especially the ``itsdangeroussecret.bin`` is very important | |
489 | for session security. Make sure not to leak its contents anywhere. | |
490 | If the contents gets leaked nevertheless, delete your file | |
491 | and restart the server, so that it creates a new secret key. | |
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492 | All previous sessions will be invalidated. |
493 | ||
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494 | .. |
495 | Local variables: | |
496 | fill-column: 70 | |
497 | End: |