Tested requirements:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS amd64
- PostgreSQL 9.3.4
- lf-core 3.0.1
- webmcp 1.2.5
- rocketwiki-lqfb 0.4
- lf-frontend 2.2.5
- lighttpd 1.4.33-1+nmu2ubuntu2
Add postgresql repository (check distro version). Create /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list. Add there deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Install debian security updates:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Install the neccessary debian packages:
apt-get install lua5.1 postgresql postgresql-server-${version}-dev build-essential libpq-dev liblua5.1-0-dev lighttpd ghc libghc-parsec3-dev imagemagick exim4 nano
+500MB
Create a database role for www-data:
createuser www-data
passwd postgres
su - postgres
psql
postgres-# ALTER ROLE postgres WITH PASSWORD 'postgres';
postgres-# CREATE USER liquid WITH PASSWORD 'feedback';
postgres-# CREATE DATABASE lf;
postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE lf to liquid;
postgres=# \q
exit
Make www-data user possible to login with. Edit /etc/passwd. Find www-data entry and change shell from /usr/sbin/nologin to /bin/bash (or what you prefer)
Configure db connection. Edit /etc/postgres/${version}/main/pg_hba.conf, change peer to md5
local all postgres md5
# TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all md5
Reload postgres configuration:
service postgresql reload
Create a directory for unpacking source tarballs:
cd /root
mkdir install
Install and configure LiquidFeedback Core:
cd /root/install
wget http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/liquid_feedback/backend/v3.0.1/liquid_feedback_core-v3.0.1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf liquid_feedback_core-v3.0.1.tar.gz
cd liquid_feedback_core-v3.0.1
make
mkdir /opt/liquid_feedback_core
cp core.sql lf_update /opt/liquid_feedback_core/
chmod u+rwXs,g+rwXs -R /opt/liquid_feedback_core/
chown www-data:www-data -R /opt/liquid_feedback_core/
su - www-data
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_core
psql -U liquid -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -f core.sql lf
psql -U liquid -d lf
lf=> SELECT * FROM liquid_feedback_version;
string | major | minor | revision
--------+-------+-------+----------
3.0.1 | 3 | 0 | 1
(1 row)
lf=> SELECT * FROM system_setting;
member_ttl
------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO system_setting (member_ttl) VALUES ('1 year');
INSERT 0 1
lf=> SELECT * FROM contingent;
polling | time_frame | text_entry_limit | initiative_limit
---------+------------+------------------+------------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (false, '1 hour', 20, 6);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (false, '1 day', 80, 12);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (true, '1 hour', 200, 60);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (true, '1 day', 800, 120);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> SELECT * FROM policy;
id | index | active | name | description | polling | admission_time | discussion_time | verification_time | voting_time | issue_quorum_num | issue_quorum_den | initiative_quorum_num | initiative_quorum_den | direct_majority_num | direct_majority_den | direct_majority_strict | direct_majority_positive | direct_majority_non_negative | indirect_majority_num | indirect_majority_den | indirect_majority_strict | indirect_majority_positive | indirect_majority_non_negative | no_reverse_beat_path | no_multistage_majority
----+-------+--------+------+-------------+---------+----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO policy (index, name, admission_time, discussion_time, verification_time, voting_time, issue_quorum_num, issue_quorum_den, initiative_quorum_num, initiative_quorum_den) VALUES (1, 'Default policy', '8 days', '15 days', '8 days', '15 days', 10, 100, 10, 100);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> SELECT * FROM policy;
id | index | active | name | description | polling | admission_time | discussion_time | verification_time | voting_time | issue_quorum_num | issue_quorum_den | initiative_quorum_num | initiative_quorum_den | direct_majority_num | direct_majority_den | direct_majority_strict | direct_majority_positive | direct_majority_non_negative | indirect_majority_num | indirect_majority_den | indirect_majority_strict | indirect_majority_positive | indirect_majority_non_negative | no_reverse_beat_path | no_multistage_majority
----+-------+--------+----------------+-------------+---------+----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-------------+------------------+------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------------+--------------------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------------
1 | 1 | t | Default policy | | f | 8 days | 15 days | 8 days| 15 days | 10 | 100 |10 | 100 | 1 | 2 | t |0 |0 | 1 | 2 | t| 0 | 0 | t| f
(1 row)
lf=> SELECT * FROM unit;
id | parent_id | active | name | description | member_count | text_search_data
----+-----------+--------+------+-------------+--------------+------------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO unit (name) VALUES ('Our organization');
INSERT 0 1
lf=> SELECT * FROM unit;
id | parent_id | active | name | description | member_count | text_search_data
----+-----------+--------+------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------
1 | | t | Our organization | | | 'organization':2 'our':1
(1 row)
lf=> SELECT * FROM area;
id | unit_id | active | name | description | direct_member_count | member_weight | text_search_data
----+---------+--------+------+-------------+---------------------+---------------+------------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO area (unit_id, name) VALUES (1, 'Default area');
INSERT 0 1
lf=> SELECT * FROM area;
id | unit_id | active | name | description | direct_member_count | member_weight | text_search_data
----+---------+--------+--------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------+----------------------
1 | 1 | t | Default area | | | | 'area':2 'default':1
(1 row)
lf=> SELECT * FROM allowed_policy;
area_id | policy_id | default_policy
---------+-----------+----------------
(0 rows)
lf=> INSERT INTO allowed_policy (area_id, policy_id, default_policy) VALUES (1, 1, TRUE);
INSERT 0 1
liquid_feedback=> \q
exit
Install WebMCP:
cd /root/install
wget http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/webmcp/v1.2.5/webmcp-v1.2.5.tar.gz
tar -xvzf webmcp-v1.2.5.tar.gz
cd webmcp-v1.2.5
nano Makefile.options
# append -I /usr/include/lua5.1 at end of CFLAGS line
# change -I /usr/include/postgresql -I /usr/include/postgresql/server to
# -I /usr/include/postgresql/${version} -I /usr/include/postgresql/${version}/server
# append -I /usr/include/postgresql at end of CFLAGS_PGSQL
make
mkdir /opt/webmcp
cp -RL framework/* /opt/webmcp/
chown www-data:www-data -R /opt/webmcp/
chmod u+rwXs,g+rwXs -R /opt/webmcp/
Install RocketWiki LqFb-Edition:
cd /root/install
wget http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/rocketwiki/liquid_feedback_edition/v0.4/rocketwiki-lqfb-v0.4.tar.gz
tar -xvzf rocketwiki-lqfb-v0.4.tar.gz
cd rocketwiki-lqfb-v0.4
make
mkdir /opt/rocketwiki-lqfb
cp rocketwiki-lqfb rocketwiki-lqfb-compat /opt/rocketwiki-lqfb/
chown www-data:www-data -R /opt/rocketwiki-lqfb/
chmod u+rwXs,g+rwXs -R /opt/rocketwiki-lqfb/
Install LiquidFeedback-Frontend:
cd /root/install
wget http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/liquid_feedback/frontend/v2.2.5/liquid_feedback_frontend-v2.2.5.tar.gz
tar -xvzf liquid_feedback_frontend-v2.2.5.tar.gz
mv liquid_feedback_frontend-v2.2.5 /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend
chown www-data:www-data -R /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend
chmod u+rwXs,g+rwXs -R /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend
Create HTML code for help texts:
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/locale
PATH=/opt/rocketwiki-lqfb:$PATH make
Make tmp directory of LiquidFeedback-Frontend writable for webserver:
chown www-data /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/tmp
Compile binary for fast delivery of member images:
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/fastpath
nano getpic.c
check#define GETPIC_CONNINFO "dbname=lf"
make
Configure mail system:
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Create webserver configuration for LiquidFeedback:
cd /etc/lighttpd
nano conf-available/60-liquidfeedback.conf
server.modules += ("mod_cgi", "mod_rewrite", "mod_setenv")
Enable CGI-Execution of *.lua files through lua binary
cgi.assign += ( ".lua" => "/usr/bin/lua5.1" )
alias.url += ( "/lf/fastpath/" => "/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/fastpath/",
"/lf/static"=> "/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/static",
"/lf" => "/opt/webmcp/cgi-bin" )
Configure environment for demo application
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/lf" {
setenv.add-environment += (
"LANG" => "en_US.UTF-8",
"WEBMCP_APP_BASEPATH" => "/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/",
"WEBMCP_CONFIG_NAME" => "myconfig")
}
URL beautification
url.rewrite-once += (
# do not rewrite static URLs
"^/lf/fastpath/(.*)$" => "/lf/fastpath/$1",
"^/lf/static/(.*)$" => "/lf/static/$1",
# dynamic URLs
"^/lf/([^\?]*)(\?(.*))?$" => "/lf/webmcp-wrapper.lua?_webmcp_path=$1&$3",
)
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/lf/fastpath/" {
cgi.assign = ( "" => "" )
setenv.add-response-header = ( "Cache-Control" => "private; max-age=86400" )
}
cd /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/60-liquidfeedback.conf .
Configure LiquidFeedback-Frontend:
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/config
cp example.lua myconfig.lua
nano myconfig.lua
While configuring the LiquidFeedback-Frontend, use the following option to enable fast image loading:
config.fastpath_url_func = function(member_id, image_type)
return request.get_absolute_baseurl() .. "fastpath/getpic?" .. tostring(member_id) .. "+" .. tostring(image_type)
end
Set database options
config.database = { engine='postgresql', dbname='lf', user='liquid', password='feedback' }
Edit vHost name:
config.absolute_base_url = "http://liquid-feedback.local/"
Execute lf_update once:
su - www-data
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_core
./lf_update dbname=lf user=liquid password=feedback && echo OK
exit
The commands lf_update dbname=lf user=liquid password=feedback and lf_update_suggestion_order dbname=lf user=liquid password=feedback have to be executed regulary. Create the following shell script to call this command in an endless loop:
nano /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_updated
#!/bin/sh
PIDFILE="/var/run/lf_updated.pid"
PID=$$
if [ -f "${PIDFILE}" ] && kill -CONT $( cat "${PIDFILE}" ); then
echo "lf_updated is already running."
exit 1
fi
echo "${PID}" "${PIDFILE}"
while true; do
su - www-data -c 'nice /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update dbname=lf user=liquid password=feedback 2>&1 | logger -t "lf_updated"'
su - www-data -c 'nice /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update_suggestion_order dbname=lf user=liquid password=feedback 2>&1 | logger -t "lf_updated"'
sleep 5
done
chmod +x /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_updated
Create the following init-script for lf_updated...
nano /etc/init.d/lf_updated
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: lf_updated
# Required-Start:$syslog
# Required-Stop: $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: lf_updated
# Description: Calls LiquidFeedback lf_update regulary
### END INIT INFO
# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="lf_updated"
NAME=lf_updated
DAEMON=/opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_updated
DAEMON_ARGS=""
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
do_start()
{
start-stop-daemon -b --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null || return 1
start-stop-daemon -b --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS || return 2
}
do_stop()
{
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
RETVAL="$?"
[ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
[ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
rm -f $PIDFILE
return "$RETVAL"
}
case "$1" in
start)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
do_start
case "$?" in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1)
do_start
case "$?" in
0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
esac
;;
*)
# Failed to stop
log_end_msg 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
and make the init script executable and let it start automatically at boot time
chmod +x /etc/init.d/lf_updated
update-rc.d lf_updated defaults
Start sending of event notifications:
su - www-data -c 'cd /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/ && nohup echo "Event:send_notifications_loop()" | ../webmcp/bin/webmcp_shell myconfig &>/dev/null &'
Restart the webserver:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Create an administrator account:
su - www-data
cd /opt/liquid_feedback_core
psql -U liquid -d lf
lf=> INSERT INTO member (login, name, admin, invite_code) VALUES ('admin', 'Administrator', TRUE, _INSERT_ADMIN_INVITE_CODE_IN_SINGLE_QUOTES_HERE_);
INSERT 0 1
lf=> \q
exit
Same as @basneve. I get the static content from my document root, but no liquid feedback. I do get content under /lf/static/ but /lf/ gives a 404.
'''Problem Solved:''' I had a typo in the url alias ("cig-bin"). I was able to find it by adding debug.log-request-handling = "enable" to the liquid feedback lighttpd config.