installation.rst

Setting up RhodeCode on Ubuntu Server 12.04

Preparation

1. Install Ubuntu Server.

2. Update Ubuntu with the commands:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get upgrade
   

3. Install pip and virtualenv with the commands:

   sudo apt-get install python-pip
   sudo pip install virtualenv
   

Installing RabbitMQ

1. Install RabbitMQ:

   sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server
   

2. Create RabbitMQ user:

   sudo rabbitmqctl add_user rhodeuser rhodepass
   sudo rabbitmqctl add_vhost rhodevhost
   sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p rhodevhost rhodeuser ".*" ".*" ".*"
   

Installing RhodeCode

1. Install Python sources:

   sudo apt-get install python-dev
   

2. Create the base directory and temporarily give yourself ownership:

   sudo mkdir /rhode
   sudo chown myusername /rhode
   

3. Create the data directory, virtual environment, and install RhodeCode:

   virtualenv --no-site-packages /rhode/venv
   source /rhode/venv/bin/activate
   (venv) pip install pastescript
   (venv) pip install rhodecode
   

4. Create directories and the production configuraton:

   mkdir /rhode/repos
   mkdir /rhode/data
   cd /rhode/data
   (venv) paster make-config RhodeCode production.ini
   

5. Edit at least the following settings in production.ini:

   [server:main]
   host = 0.0.0.0
   
   [app:main]
   use_celery = true
   broker.vhost = rhodevhost
   broker.user = rhodeuser
   broker.password = rhodepass
   

6. Generate the RhodeCode database and create the initial admin account:

   (venv) paster setup-rhodecode production.ini
   

7. Test the system by starting Celery and RhodeCode (access the server via http://127.0.0.1:5000):

   (venv) paster celeryd production.ini &
   (venv) paster serve production.ini
   

Enabling full-text search

1. Create a crontab file for the rhodecode user with sudo crontab -e -u rhodecode. Add this line to the crontab file:

   @hourly /rhode/venv/bin/paster make-index /rhode/data/production.ini

Starting RhodeCode on boot

1. Create the user to run the RhodeCode daemons and set ownership on the RhodeCode directory:

   sudo adduser --no-create-home \
                --disabled-login \
                --disabled-password \
                --system --group rhodecode
   sudo chown -R rhodecode:rhodecode /rhode
   

2. Download the init.d script and modify USER, VENV_DIR, and DATA_DIR as necessary:

   wget http://raw.github.com/gist/2866413/rhodecode-init.d.sh
   vim ./rhodecode-init.d.sh
   

3. Test the script:

   chmod +x ./rhodecode-init.d.sh
   sudo ./rhodecode-init.d.sh start
   
   ## access RhodeCode via web browser
   
   sudo ./rhodecode-init.d.sh stop
   
   ## verify that the Python processes have stopped
   

4. Install the script:

   sudo cp ./rhodecode-init.d.sh /etc/init.d/rhodecode
   cd /etc/init.d
   sudo update-rc.d rhodecode defaults
   

5. Test the script once more:

   sudo service rhodecode start
   sudo service rhodecode stop
   

Adding Active Directory support

1. Install python-ldap:

   sudo apt-get install libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev
   (venv) pip install python-ldap
   

2. Log in to RhodeCode as an administrator and open Settings --> LDAP. Add the following settings:

   Enable LDAP

   Checked

   Host

   dc.mydomain.local

   Port

   389

   Account

   <username>

   Password

   <password>

   Connection Security

   None

   Certificate Checks

   DEMAND

   Base DN

   CN=People,DC=mydomain,DC=local

   LDAP Filter

   <blank>

   LDAP Search Scope

   SUBTREE

   Login Attribute

   sAMAccountName

   First Name Attribute

   givenName

   Last Name Attribute

   sn

   E-mail Attribute

   mail

Adding Nginx as a front-end for SSL

1. Install the PCRE headers and essential build tools:

   sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev build-essential
   

2. Create the user for nginx:

   sudo adduser --no-create-home \
                --disabled-login \
                --disabled-password \
                --system --group nginx
   

3. Download and extract Nginx:

   wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.1.tar.gz
   tar -zxcf nginx-1.2.1.tar.gz
   cd nginx-1.2.1
   ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --with-http_ssl_module
   make
   sudo make install
   

4. Create SSL keys:

   cd /opt/nginx/conf
   
   sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
   sudo openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
   sudo cp server.key server.key.orig
   sudo openssl rsa -in server.key.orig -out server.key
   sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
   sudo rm server.csr
   sudo chmod 600 server.crt server.key
   

5. Replace /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf with nginx.conf from this repository.

6. Place rhodecode.conf from this repository into /opt/nginx/conf/rhodecode.conf.

7. Start and stop Nginx with the commands:

   /opt/nginx/sbin/nginx
   /opt/nbinx/sbin/nginx -s stop
   

8. Download the init.d script and modify PREFIX:

   wget http://raw.github.com/gist/2866413/nginx-init.d.sh
   vim ./nginx-init.d.sh
   

9. Test the script:

   chmod +x ./nginx-init.d.sh
   sudo ./nginx-init.d.sh start
   
   ## access Nginx via web browser
   
   sudo ./nginx-init.d.sh stop
   
   ## verify that the Nginx processes have stopped
   

10. Install the script:

    sudo cp ./nginx-init.d.sh /etc/init.d/nginx
    cd /etc/init.d
    sudo update-rc.d nginx defaults
    

11. Test the script once more:

    sudo service nginx start
    sudo service nginx stop
    

nginx-init.d.sh

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:       nginx
# Required-Start: $all
# Required-Stop:  $all
# Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:   0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts Nginx
### END INIT INFO

PREFIX=/opt/nginx

PID_FILE=$PREFIX/logs/nginx.pid

start() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --start \
        --pidfile $PID_FILE \
        --exec $PREFIX/sbin/nginx
}

stop() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --stop \
        --pidfile $PID_FILE \
        --exec $PREFIX/sbin/nginx -- -s stop
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "Starting Nginx"
        start
        ;;
    stop)
        echo "Stopping Nginx"
        stop
        ;;
    restart)
        echo "Stopping Nginx"
        stop
        echo "Starting Nginx"
        start
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: ./nginx {start|stop|restart}"
        exit 2
        ;;
esac

exit 0

nginx.conf

user                nginx;
worker_processes    1;


events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;

    keepalive_timeout  65;

    upstream rhodecode {
        server  127.0.0.1:5000;
    }
        
    server {
        listen       443 ssl;
        server_name  localhost;

        ssl_certificate      server.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key  server.key;

        ssl_session_timeout  5m;

        ssl_protocols  SSLv2 SSLv3 TLSv1;
        ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers   on;

        include     rhodecode.conf;

        location / {
            try_files   $uri    @rhodecode;
        }

        location @rhodecode {
            proxy_pass  http://rhodecode;
        }
    }
}

rhodecode-init.d.sh

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:       rhodecode
# Required-Start: $all
# Required-Stop:  $all
# Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:   0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts RhodeCode
### END INIT INFO

USER=rhodecode

VENV_DIR=/rhode/venv
DATA_DIR=/rhode/data

CELERY_ARGS="$VENV_DIR/bin/paster celeryd $DATA_DIR/production.ini"
RHODECODE_ARGS="$VENV_DIR/bin/paster serve $DATA_DIR/production.ini"

CELERY_PID_FILE=/var/run/celeryd.pid
RHODECODE_PID_FILE=/var/run/rhodecode.pid

start_celery() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --start \
        --background \
        --chuid $USER \
        --pidfile $CELERY_PID_FILE \
        --make-pidfile \
        --exec $VENV_DIR/bin/python -- $CELERY_ARGS
}

start_rhodecode() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --start \
        --background \
        --chuid $USER \
        --pidfile $RHODECODE_PID_FILE \
        --make-pidfile \
        --exec $VENV_DIR/bin/python -- $RHODECODE_ARGS
}

stop_rhodecode() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --stop \
        --user $USER \
        --pidfile $RHODECODE_PID_FILE
}

stop_celery() {
    /sbin/start-stop-daemon \
        --stop \
        --user $USER \
        --pidfile $CELERY_PID_FILE
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "Starting Celery"
        start_celery
        echo "Starting RhodeCode"
        start_rhodecode
        ;;
    start_celery)
        echo "Starting Celery"
        start_celery
        ;;
    start_rhodecode)
        echo "Starting RhodeCode"
        start_rhodecode
        ;;
    stop)
        echo "Stopping RhodeCode"
        stop_rhodecode
        echo "Stopping Celery"
        stop_celery
        ;;
    stop_rhodecode)
        echo "Stopping RhodeCode"
        stop_rhodecode
        ;;
    stop_celery)
        echo "Stopping Celery"
        stop_celery
        ;;
    restart)
        echo "Stopping RhodeCode and Celery"
        stop
        echo "Starting Celery"
        start_celery
        echo "Starting RhodeCode"
        start_rhodecode
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: ./rhodecode {start|stop|restart|start_celery|stop_celery|start_rhodecode|stop_rhodecode}"
        exit 2
        ;;
esac

exit 0

rhodecode.conf

proxy_redirect              off;
proxy_set_header            Host $host;
proxy_set_header            X-Url-Scheme $scheme;
proxy_set_header            X-Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header            X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header            Proxy-host $proxy_host;
client_max_body_size        400m;
client_body_buffer_size     128k;
proxy_buffering             off;
proxy_connect_timeout       7200;
proxy_send_timeout          7200;
proxy_read_timeout          7200;
proxy_buffers               8 32k;

Thank you for writing this up!
Unfortunately in section "Installing RhodeCode" #6 ((venv) paster setup-rhodecode production.ini) doesn't work. It exits with .. setup-app unknown rhodecode, or similar. After running "easy_install.py rhodecode" it worked.

If I understood it right, you add the cron job for the user rhodecode, but at this point the user doesn't exist. You create the user in the next step. Should it not be the opposite?

But the major problem here is the init.d script. If I run it with

$ sudo ./rhodecode-init.d.sh start

everything works perfect. As soon as I run it as root

./rhodecode-init.d.sh start

no service starts. The same if installing it in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d. ...,

service rhodecode start

doesn't work, nor does the service start at boot.

Can you give any hint how to accomplish that, please?

Thank you!!!

framartini

Solved the init script issue, by adding the environment variable HOME' to it. After the declaration ofVENV_DIR' in the init script just insert:

...
export HOME=$VENV_DIR
...

Now rhodecode will start at boot and the command `service rhodecode ...' works like a charm.

Cheers,

framartini