Analysis

Overview

Sophie Community Server (SCS) is a community site project. In this task the goal is to design and implement a working community server.

Task requirements

Choose (buy) appropriate machine to handle the requirements. Discuss technologies that will be used. Requirements for the Community Server:

• Bandwidth (this may be done in later revision)
• Services
  • Wiki (we could use trac for this one)
  • Bugtracker (discuss what we will use - trac, bugzilla, matis or other bug tracking solution.
  • Probably Test Case System (TCW, should this one be on the SCS machine?)
  • Probably mailing services?
  • Probably setup a Subversion system. (in order to use cool trac features.)

Requirements to the task result

The result of this revision of the task should be a working community server (limited functionality).

Implementation idea

Server Setup:

• Setup needed services.
• Create user accounts.
• Design a backup solution (ex. script).
• Document Setup Instructions.
• Make some nice setup scripts.

Related

SCS_BACKUP_R0
SCS_WIKI_MAINTAINCE_R0
SCS_REPO_MIGRATE_R0
SCS_ISSUE_TRACKER_MAINTAINCE_R0
SCS_MAIL_LIST_R0
SCS_FORUM_R0
SCS_WIKI_SETUP_R0

How to demo

• Open ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/Sophie2/
• Browse the Wiki pages.
• View the source code in the repository from ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/sophie2/browser
• View issues from ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/sophie2/report
• View the TCW server from ​http://asteasolutions.net/tcw/login.php

Design

Research

Choose a target computer. Install a unix-like operating system (ubuntu). See if apache, mysql, php and trac are installed. Download latest stable versions if missing.

locate trac
locate apache
locate mysql
locate php5

​http://httpd.apache.org/
​http://www.mysql.com/
​http://www.php.net/downloads.php
​http://trac.edgewall.org/

Setup

Download and install missing apps. Enter /etc/apache2/sites-available and check for trac and tcw

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
ls | grep trac
ls | grep tcw

Create them (see example in that folder) if they are absent and soft-link them in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. Make sure apache is running

 ps ax | grep apache
 ps ax | grep trac
 ps ax | grep tcw

See SCS_WIKI_SETUP_R0
SCS_ISSUE_TRACKER_SETUP_R0
SCS_TEST_TRACKING_SETUP_R0
for more detailed setup information of trac and tcw.

Extra setup

Redirect from asteasolutions.net to the local machine.

Implementation

• Existing OS is Ubuntu
• Trac v0.11 was installed on 'dan-server'(10.10.117.11 - this is a local IP) using the ​Trac Installation Guide from the ​Trac website. The Trac server is ran as a standalone server using:

  tracd -p 8000 --auth=sophie2,/sophie-project/sophie2/conf/users.htdigest,sophie2 /sophie-project/sophie2/
  # this line has been added to /etc/rc.local so the server can start automatically in case of natural disasters. 
  

• Php5 ana Apache2 has been installed using "apt-get install". The server can be accessed locally from ​http://10.10.117.11:8000/ or remotely from ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/
• The location of the trac environment for the Sophie2 project is located in the /sophie-project/sophie2 folder. The repository for the project is located in the /sophie-project/repo folder on the 'dan-server' computer.
• User authentication is added using an htdigest password file - dan-server:/sophie-project/sophie2/conf/users.htdigest. All developers have Trac accounts. See ​http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracStandalone => How to set up an htdigest password file
• Wiki - see SCS_WIKI_SETUP_R0.
• Bugtracker - we'll use Trac's integrated issue tracker. See ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/sophie2/wiki/TracTickets.
• Test Case System - see SCS_TEST_TRACKING_SETUP_R0.
• We are using google groups for mailing services. See SCS_MAIL_LIST_R0
• The repository can be accessed locally from ​svn://10.10.117.11/sophie2 or remotely from ​svn://asteasolutions.net:7369/sophie2.
• Backup - see SCS_BACKUP_R0
• Current address for external access is ​http://asteasolutions.net:7080/sophie2

Testing

Log

• Analyzing : Deyan (done: 35 min)
  
  • Review: 3 by todor. Needs better how to demo section.
• Designing : Deyan
  
• Implementing : Pacitu (done: 4h)
  
  • Review: 4 by Deyan (done: 20 min). Current setup is perfect for internal use. Probably later for external use should be set up another machine.
• Testing :