InstallingAboutUsOnLinux
See also InstallingAboutUsOnOSX
Contents
What (summary)
Create instructions and mechanisms for interested people to install AboutUs on Linux machines.
Why this is important
- We want to reach to the open source community so that more interested people can become part of the DevelopmentTeam
- We want to on board new hires as seamlessly as possible. New hires often have problems getting their hands ready on the AboutUs version of MediaWiki
DoneDone
- The git repository of the AboutUs version of MediaWiki is publicly available.
- We have instructions set so that sophisticated new development team member can install AboutUs version of MediaWiki
Next
- Figure out where the code is that connects to the database and make sure that we are succeeding.
- Attach a GPL to our source
- Expose our GIT repository
- Further develop our instructions.
Instructions
- Install Packages
- Install and configure GIT
- Install Ruby and Gems
- Install and configure Apache
- Install and configure Mysql
- Install and configure PHP
- Configure VIM
Gitting the AboutUs repository
git clone nimbus.aboutus.com:/opt/git/aboutus $AboutUsPath/aboutus
Apache Configuration
svn co https://nimbus.aboutus.com/svn/aboutus_config/trunk $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config vim $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config/LocalSettings.php # update $wgEmergencyContact, $wgPasswordSender, $wgDBserver, $wgDBname, $wgDBuser, $wgDBpassword, $wgDBprefix, $wgDBtype cp $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config/LocalSettings.php $AboutUsPath/aboutus/wiki/ cd $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config/apache vim mediawiki.conf # update DocumentRoot and Directory, the value should be ... $AboutUsPath/aboutus/wiki/ cp mediawiki.conf /var/www/conf/sites/ cp mediawiki.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
Getting the AboutUs Dev Mediawiki running
svn co https://nimbus.aboutus.com/svn/aboutus_config/trunk aboutus-config
Commands
Mysql
ssh-keygen -t rsa cd ~/.ssh/ scp id_rsa nimbus: ssh nimbus cp id_rsa .ssh/authorized_keys exit ssh-agent
mysql -u root -p create database compost_test create database compost_dev create database aboutusbot_test create database wiki_dev create database wiki_test grant all on *.* to 'arif'@'localhost'; grant all on *.* to 'compost'@'localhost' identified by 'default'; grant all on *.* to 'compost'@'localhost'; create database aboutusbot;
cd compost rake test rake db:migrate rake db:test:prepare rake test mysqldump aboutusbot > bot.sql mysql aboutusbot_test < bot.sql RAILS_ENV=test rake test