Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracInstall


Ignore:
Timestamp:
Sep 10, 2012, 7:25:57 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
trac
Comment:

--

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified
  • TracInstall

    v1 v2  
    1 {{{
    2 #!div style="margin-top: .5em; padding: 0 1em; background-color: #ffd; border:1px outset #ddc;"
    3 
    4   '''NOTE: this page is for 0.12dev (trunk), the version currently in development. For installing previous Trac versions, please refer to [[0.11/TracInstall]]'''
    5 }}}
    6 = Trac Installation Guide for 0.12dev =
     1= Trac Installation Guide for 1.0 =
    72[[TracGuideToc]]
    83
     
    116Since version 0.12, Trac can also be localized, and there's probably a translation available for your language. If you want to be able to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you have installed the optional package [#OtherPythonPackages Babel]. Pay attention to the extra steps for localization support in the [#InstallingTrac Installing Trac] section below. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default english version, as usual.
    127
    13 If you're interested in contributing new translations for other languages or enhance the existing translations, then please have a look at ["TracL10N"].
    14 
    15 What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at TracInstallPlatforms on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
     8If you're interested in contributing new translations for other languages or enhance the existing translations, then please have a look at [[trac:TracL10N]].
     9
     10What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms] on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
    1611
    1712[[PageOutline(2-3,Installation Steps,inline)]]
     
    2116To install Trac, the following software packages must be installed:
    2217
    23  * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >= 2.4 and < 3.0
    24    (note that we dropped the support for Python 2.3 in this release)
    25  * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6
    26  * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6
     18 * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >= 2.5 and < 3.0
     19   (note that we dropped the support for Python 2.4 in this release)
     20 * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6, or better yet, [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute distribute]
     21 * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6 (unreleased version 0.7dev should work as well)
    2722
    2823You also need a database system and the corresponding python bindings.
     
    3126==== For the SQLite database #ForSQLite
    3227
    33 If you're using Python 2.5 or 2.6, you already have everything you need.
    34 
    35 If you're using Python 2.4 and need pysqlite, you can download from
    36 [http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/downloads/list google code] the Windows
    37 installers or the tar.gz archive for building from source:
     28As you must be using Python 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7, you already have the SQLite database bindings bundled with the standard distribution of Python (the `sqlite3` module).
     29
     30However, if you'd like, you can download the latest and greatest version of [[trac:Pysqlite]] from
     31[http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/downloads/list google code], where you'll find the Windows
     32installers or the `tar.gz` archive for building from source:
    3833{{{
    3934$ tar xvfz <version>.tar.gz
     
    4237}}}
    4338 
    44 This will extract the SQLite code and build the bindings.
    45 
    46 SQLite 2.x is no longer supported. For SQLite 3.x, the pysqlite 1.1.x
    47 bindings are also no longer supported, use pysqlite 2.x.
     39This will download the latest SQLite code and build the bindings.
     40
     41SQLite 2.x is no longer supported.
     42
     43A known bug PySqlite versions 2.5.2-4 prohibits upgrade of trac databases
     44from 0.11.x to 0.12. Please use versions 2.5.5 and newer or 2.5.1 and
     45older. See #9434 for more detail.
    4846
    4947See additional information in [trac:PySqlite PySqlite].
     
    5250
    5351You need to install the database and its Python bindings:
    54  * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL]
     52 * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], version 8.0 or later
    5553 * [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2 psycopg2]
    5654
     
    6563 * [http://sf.net/projects/mysql-python MySQLdb], version 1.2.2 or later
    6664
    67 It is '''very''' important to read carefully the  [trac:MySqlDb MySqlDb] page before creating the database.
     65It is '''very''' important to read carefully the  [trac:MySqlDb] page before creating the database.
    6866
    6967=== Optional Dependencies
     
    7472 * [http://subversion.apache.org/ Subversion], 1.5.x or 1.6.x and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings. Older versions starting from 1.0, like 1.2.4, 1.3.2 or 1.4.2, etc. should still work. For troubleshooting information, check the [trac:TracSubversion#Troubleshooting TracSubversion] page.
    7573
    76 There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. Note that Trac '''doesn't''' use [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN], neither does it work yet with the newer `ctype`-style bindings
     74There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. (Good luck finding precompiled SWIG bindings for any Windows package at that listing. TracSubversion points you to [http://alagazam.net Algazam], which works for me under Python 2.6.)
     75
     76Note that Trac '''doesn't''' use [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN], neither does it work yet with the newer `ctype`-style bindings.
    7777
    7878
     
    8282===== Others =====
    8383
    84 Support for other version control systems is provided via third-parties. See [trac:PluginList PluginList] and [trac:VersioningSystemBackend VersioningSystemBackend].
     84Support for other version control systems is provided via third-parties. See [trac:PluginList] and [trac:VersionControlSystem].
    8585
    8686==== Web Server ====
     
    9191   - [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi], see [wiki:TracModWSGI] and
    9292     http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithTrac
    93    - [http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], see TracModPython)
     93   - [http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], deprecated: see TracModPython)
    9494 * a [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI]-capable web server (see TracFastCgi)
    9595 * an [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web
    9696   server (see [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp TracOnWindowsIisAjp])
    97  * A CGI-capable web server (see TracCgi), '''but usage of Trac as a cgi script
    98    is highly discouraged''', better use one of the following options,
     97 * a CGI-capable web server (see TracCgi), '''but usage of Trac as a cgi script
     98   is highly discouraged''', better use one of the previous options.
    9999   
    100100
     
    102102
    103103 * [http://babel.edgewall.org Babel], version >= 0.9.5,
    104    needed for localization support
     104   needed for localization support (unreleased version 1.0dev should work as well)
    105105 * [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ docutils], version >= 0.3.9
    106106   for WikiRestructuredText.
     
    114114   an internal time zone implementation.
    115115
    116 '''Attention''': The various available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangable, so please pay attention to the version numbers above. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the [trac:MailingList MailingList] or [trac:IrcChannel IrcChannel].
     116'''Attention''': The various available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangable, so please pay attention to the version numbers above. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the [trac:MailingList] or [trac:IrcChannel].
    117117
    118118Please refer to the documentation of these packages to find out how they are best installed. In addition, most of the [trac:TracInstallPlatforms platform-specific instructions] also describe the installation of the dependencies. Keep in mind however that the information there ''probably concern older versions of Trac than the one you're installing'' (there are even some pages that are still talking about Trac 0.8!).
     
    121121== Installing Trac ==
    122122=== Using `easy_install`
    123 One way to install Trac is using `setuptools`.
     123One way to install Trac is using [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools setuptools].
    124124With setuptools you can install Trac from the subversion repository;
    125125
    126126A few examples:
    127127
    128  - install Trac 0.12 beta1::
     128 - install Trac 1.0:
    129129   {{{
    130    easy_install Trac==0.12b1
     130   easy_install Trac==1.0
    131131   }}}
    132 
    133  - install latest development version 0.12dev
     132   (NOT YET ENABLED)
     133 - install latest development version 1.0dev:
    134134   {{{
    135135   easy_install Trac==dev
     
    138138   either use a released version or install from source
    139139
     140=== Using `pip`
     141'pip' is an easy_install replacement that is very useful to quickly install python packages.
     142To get a trac installation up and running in less than 5 minutes:
     143
     144Assuming you want to have your entire pip installation in `/opt/user/trac`
     145
     146 -
     147{{{
     148pip -E /opt/user/trac install trac psycopg2
     149}}}
     150or
     151 -
     152{{{
     153pip -E /opt/user/trac install trac mysql-python
     154}}}
     155
     156Make sure your OS specific headers are available for pip to automatically build PostgreSQL (libpq-dev) or MySQL (libmysqlclient-dev) bindings.
     157
     158pip will automatically resolve all dependencies (like Genshi, pygments, etc.) and download the latest packages on pypi.python.org and create a self contained installation in `/opt/user/trac`.
     159
     160All commands (`tracd`, `trac-admin`) are available in `/opt/user/trac/bin`. This can also be leveraged for `mod_python` (using `PythonHandler` directive) and `mod_wsgi` (using `WSGIDaemonProcess` directive)
     161
     162Additionally, you can install several trac plugins (listed [http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=search&term=trac&submit=search here]) through pip.
     163
     164
     165
    140166=== From source
    141167Of course, using the python-typical setup at the top of the source directory also works.
    142168
    143 You can obtain the source for a .tar.gz or .zip file corresponding to a release (e.g. Trac-0.12b1.tar.gz), or you can get the source directly from the repository (see Trac:SubversionRepository for details).
     169You can obtain the source for a .tar.gz or .zip file corresponding to a release (e.g. Trac-1.0.tar.gz), or you can get the source directly from the repository (see Trac:SubversionRepository for details).
    144170
    145171{{{
     
    154180The script will also install the [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] command-line tool, used to create and maintain [wiki:TracEnvironment project environments], as well as the [wiki:TracStandalone tracd] standalone server.
    155181
    156 If you install from source and want to make Trac available in other languages, make sure you have installed Babel and then run this additional step before doing the `install` (or simply redo the `install` afterwards):
    157 {{{
    158 $ python ./setup.py compile_catalog -f
    159 }}}
    160 (the `-f` flag is needed as long as some translations are marked ''fuzzy'', i.e. incomplete, which will most probably be the case during the whole development period, as  strings are continuously added or modified)
    161 
     182If you install from source and want to make Trac available in other languages, make sure  Babel is installed. Only then, perform the `install` (or simply redo the `install` once again afterwards if you realize Babel was not yet installed):
     183{{{
     184$ python ./setup.py install
     185}}}
     186Alternatively, you can do a `bdist_egg` and copy the .egg from dist/ to the place of your choice, or you can create a Windows installer (`bdist_wininst`).
    162187
    163188=== Advanced Options ===
     
    206231}}}
    207232
    208 == Running the Standalone Server ==
     233{{{#!div class=important
     234'''Warning:''' Please only use ASCII-characters for account name and project path, unicode characters are not supported there.
     235}}}
     236
     237
     238== Deploying Trac
     239
     240=== Running the Standalone Server ===
    209241
    210242After having created a Trac environment, you can easily try the web interface by running the standalone server [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]:
     
    218250}}}
    219251
    220 == Running Trac on a Web Server ==
    221 
    222 Trac provides various options for connecting to a "real" web server: [wiki:TracCgi CGI], [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI], [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi] and [wiki:TracModPython mod_python]. For decent performance, it is recommended that you use either FastCGI or mod_wsgi.
    223 
    224 Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS.
    225 
    226 ==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ====
     252=== Running Trac on a Web Server ===
     253
     254Trac provides various options for connecting to a "real" web server:
     255 - [wiki:TracFastCgi FastCGI]
     256 - [wiki:TracModWSGI mod_wsgi]
     257 - //[wiki:TracModPython mod_python] (no longer recommended, as mod_python is not actively maintained anymore)//
     258 - //[wiki:TracCgi CGI] (should not be used, as the performance is far from optimal)//
     259
     260Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS. Other deployment scenarios are possible: [trac:TracNginxRecipe nginx], [http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Example#Traconapacheinasub-uri uwsgi], [trac:TracOnWindowsIisIsapi Isapi-wsgi] etc.
     261
     262==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ==== #cgi-bin
    227263
    228264In order for Trac to function properly with FastCGI you need to have a `trac.fcgi` file and for mod_wsgi a `trac.wsgi` file. These are Python scripts which load the appropriate Python code. They can be generated using the `deploy` option of [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin].
     
    236272}}}
    237273
     274
     275==== Mapping Static Resources ====
     276
     277Out of the box, Trac will pass static resources such as style sheets or images through itself. For anything but a tracd only based deployment, this is far from optimal as the web server could be set up to directly serve those static resources (for CGI setup, this is '''highly undesirable''' and will cause abysmal performance).
     278
     279Web servers such as [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] allow you to create “Aliases” to resources, giving them a virtual URL that doesn't necessarily reflect the layout of the servers file system. We also can map requests for static resources directly to the directory on the file system, avoiding processing these requests by Trac itself.
     280
     281There are two primary URL paths for static resources - `/chrome/common` and `/chrome/site`. Plugins can add their own resources, usually accessible by `/chrome/<plugin>` path, so its important to override only known paths and not try to make universal `/chrome` alias for everything.
     282
     283Note that in order to get those static resources on the filesystem, you need first to extract the relevant resources from Trac using the [TracAdmin trac-admin]` <environment> deploy` command:
     284[[TracAdminHelp(deploy)]]
     285
     286The target `<directory>` will then contain an `htdocs` directory with:
     287 - `site/` - a copy of the environment's directory `htdocs/`
     288 - `common/` - the static resources of Trac itself
     289 - `<plugins>/` - one directory for each resource directory managed by the plugins enabled for this environment
     290
     291===== Example: Apache and `ScriptAlias` ===== #ScriptAlias-example
     292
     293Assuming the deployment has been done this way:
     294{{{
     295$ trac-admin /var/trac/env deploy /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
     296}}}
     297
     298Add the following snippet to Apache configuration ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` (which map all the other requests to the Trac application), changing paths to match your deployment:
     299{{{
     300Alias /trac/chrome/common /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
     301Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/trac/htdocs/site
     302
     303<Directory "/path/to/www/trac/htdocs">
     304  Order allow,deny
     305  Allow from all
     306</Directory>
     307}}}
     308
     309If using mod_python, you might want to add this too (otherwise, the alias will be ignored):
     310{{{
     311<Location "/trac/chrome/common/">
     312  SetHandler None
     313</Location>
     314}}}
     315
     316Note that we mapped `/trac` part of the URL to the `trac.*cgi` script, and the path `/trac/chrome/common` is the path you have to append to that location to intercept requests to the static resources.
     317
     318Similarly, if you have static resources in a project's `htdocs` directory (which is referenced by `/trac/chrome/site` URL in themes), you can configure Apache to serve those resources (again, put this ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` for the .*cgi scripts, and adjust names and locations to match your installation):
     319{{{
     320Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/projectenv/htdocs
     321
     322<Directory "/path/to/projectenv/htdocs">
     323  Order allow,deny
     324  Allow from all
     325</Directory>
     326}}}
     327
     328Alternatively to aliasing `/trac/chrome/common`, you can tell Trac to generate direct links for those static resources (and only those), using the [[wiki:TracIni#trac-section| [trac] htdocs_location]] configuration setting:
     329{{{
     330[trac]
     331htdocs_location = http://static.example.org/trac-common/
     332}}}
     333Note that this makes it easy to have a dedicated domain serve those static resources (preferentially [http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/request.html#ServeFromCookielessDomain cookie-less]).
     334
     335Of course, you still need to make the Trac `htdocs/common` directory available through the web server at the specified URL, for example by copying (or linking) the directory into the document root of the web server:
     336{{{
     337$ ln -s /path/to/trac/htdocs/common /var/www/static.example.org/trac-common
     338}}}
     339
     340
    238341==== Setting up the Plugin Cache ====
    239342
     
    242345== Configuring Authentication ==
    243346
    244 The process of adding, removing, and configuring user accounts for authentication depends on the specific way you run Trac. The basic procedure is described in the [wiki:TracCgi#AddingAuthentication "Adding Authentication"] section on the TracCgi page. To learn how to setup authentication for the frontend you're using, please refer to one of the following pages:
    245 
    246  * TracStandalone if you use the standalone server, `tracd`.
    247  * TracCgi if you use the CGI or FastCGI web front ends.
    248  * [wiki:TracModWSGI] if you use the Apache mod_wsgi web front end.
    249  * TracModPython if you use the Apache mod_python web front end.
    250 
    251 
    252 == Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ==
     347Trac uses HTTP authentication. You'll need to configure your webserver to request authentication when the `.../login` URL is hit (the virtual path of the "login" button). Trac will automatically pick the REMOTE_USER variable up after you provide your credentials. Therefore, all user management goes through your web server configuration. Please consult the documentation of your web server for more info.
     348
     349The process of adding, removing, and configuring user accounts for authentication depends on the specific way you run Trac.
     350
     351Please refer to one of the following sections:
     352 * TracStandalone#UsingAuthentication if you use the standalone server, `tracd`.
     353 * [wiki:TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication] if you use the Apache web server, with any of its front end: `mod_wsgi` of course, but the same instructions applies also for `mod_python`, `mod_fcgi` or `mod_fastcgi`.
     354 * TracFastCgi if you're using another web server with FCGI support (Cherokee, Lighttpd, !LiteSpeed, nginx)
     355
     356== Granting admin rights to the admin user
     357Grant admin rights to user admin:
     358{{{
     359$ trac-admin /path/to/myproject permission add admin TRAC_ADMIN
     360}}}
     361This user will have an "Admin" entry menu that will allow you to admin your trac project.
     362
     363== Finishing the install
     364
     365=== Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ===
    253366
    254367You can configure SVN to automatically add a reference to the changeset into the ticket comments, whenever changes are committed to the repository. The description of the commit needs to contain one of the following formulas:
     
    262375For more information, see the documentation of the `CommitTicketUpdater` component in the "Plugins" admin panel.
    263376
    264 == Using Trac ==
     377=== Using Trac ===
    265378
    266379Once you have your Trac site up and running, you should be able to create tickets, view the timeline, browse your version control repository if configured, etc.
    267380
    268 Keep in mind that anonymous (not logged in) users can by default access most but not all of the features. You will need to configure authentication and grant additional [wiki:TracPermissions permissions] to authenticated users to see the full set of features.
     381Keep in mind that //anonymous// (not logged in) users can by default access only a few of the features, in particular they will have a read-only access to the resources. You will need to configure authentication and grant additional [wiki:TracPermissions permissions] to authenticated users to see the full set of features.
    269382
    270383'' Enjoy! ''
     
    273386
    274387----
    275 See also: [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms], TracGuide, TracCgi, TracFastCgi, TracModPython, [wiki:TracModWSGI], TracUpgrade, TracPermissions
     388See also: [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms], TracGuide, TracUpgrade, TracPermissions