Mediagoblin graduates to working status

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+** Install Mediagoblin
+
+For a mediagoblin site it is recommended to use a separate domain/subdomain, so see [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to create an Apache configuration for your microblog.  If you're using freedns then you will need to create a new subdomain.
+
+Install some dependencies.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+apt-get install git-core python python-dev python-lxml python-imaging python-virtualenv python-gst0.10 libjpeg8-dev sqlite3 libapache2-mod-fcgid
+#+END_SRC
+
+Create a user, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
+adduser mediagoblin
+#+END_SRC
+
+Give the user a long random password.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+mkdir -p /srv/$HOSTNAME
+chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /srv/$HOSTNAME
+su - mediagoblin
+export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
+cd /srv/$HOSTNAME
+git clone git://gitorious.org/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.git
+cd mediagoblin
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+virtualenv --system-site-packages .
+./bin/python setup.py develop
+./bin/easy_install flup
+cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini
+cp paste.ini paste_local.ini
+emacs mediagoblin_local.ini
+#+END_SRC
+
+Change *email_sender_address* to your email address and set *email_debug_mode* to false, then save and exit.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+./bin/gmg dbupdate
+exit # to go back to the root user
+emacs /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
+#+END_SRC
+
+Add the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+#!/bin/bash
+# /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          mediagoblin
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: starts mediagoblin
+# Description:       Other methods may work, but I found this the easiest
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Author: Bob Mottram <bob@robotics.uk.to>
+
+#Settings
+SERVICE='mediagoblin'
+LOGFILE='/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin.log'
+COMMAND="./lazyserver.sh > $LOGFILE"
+USERNAME='mediagoblin'
+NICELEVEL=15 # from 0-19 the bigger the number, the less the impact on system resources
+HISTORY=1024
+MG_LOCATION="/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin"
+INVOCATION="nice -n ${NICELEVEL} ${COMMAND}"
+PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/core_perl:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin'
+
+
+
+mg_start() {
+echo "Starting $SERVICE..."
+cd ${MG_LOCATION}
+su --command "screen -h ${HISTORY} -dmS ${SERVICE} ${INVOCATION}" $USERNAME
+}
+
+
+mg_stop() {
+echo "Stopping $SERVICE"
+su --command "screen -p 0 -S ${SERVICE} -X stuff "'^C'"" $USERNAME
+}
+
+
+#Start-Stop here
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    mg_start
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    mg_stop
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    mg_stop
+    sleep 10s
+    mg_start
+    ;;
+    *)
+  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
+#+END_SRC
+
+Save and exit.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/mediagoblin
+update-rc.d mediagoblin defaults
+service mediagoblin start
+#+END_SRC
+
+Edit the Apache configuration for your mediagoblin site.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mymediagoblindomain
+#+END_SRC
+
+Delete the existing configuration (in Emacs it's CTRL-x h then CTRL-w) and paste the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with your mediagoblin domain name and /myusername@mydomainname.com/ with your email address.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+    ServerAdmin myusername@mydomainname.com
+
+    DocumentRoot /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin
+    ServerName mymediagoblindomain
+
+    <Directory />
+        Options FollowSymLinks
+        AllowOverride None
+    </Directory>
+    <Directory /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/>
+        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
+        AllowOverride All
+        Order allow,deny
+        allow from all
+    </Directory>
+
+    LogLevel warn
+
+    ProxyVia On
+
+    ProxyRequests off
+    ProxyPreserveHost on
+
+    ProxyPass / http://localhost:6543/
+
+    ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/error_log"
+    CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/access_log" combined
+
+    RewriteEngine On
+    RewriteOptions Inherit
+</VirtualHost>
+#+END_SRC
+
+Save and exit.
+
+Now in a browser visit http://mymediagoblindomain and create a user.  If you wish this to be a single user installation to prevent a lot of spammers signing up.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+emacs /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
+#+END_SRC
+
+Then set:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
+allow_registration = false
+#+END_SRC
+
+Save and exit.
+
 ** Install Tripwire
 
 #+BEGIN_VERSE
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-** Install Mediagoblin
-
-For a mediagoblin site it is recommended to use a separate domain/subdomain, so see [[Setting up a web site]] for details of how to create an Apache configuration for your microblog.  If you're using freedns then you will need to create a new subdomain.
-
-Install some dependencies.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-apt-get install git-core python python-dev python-lxml python-imaging python-virtualenv python-gst0.10 libjpeg8-dev sqlite3 libapache2-mod-fcgid
-#+END_SRC
-
-Create a user, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
-adduser mediagoblin
-#+END_SRC
-
-Give the user a long random password.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-mkdir -p /srv/$HOSTNAME
-chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /srv/$HOSTNAME
-su - mediagoblin
-export HOSTNAME=mymediagoblindomain
-cd /srv/$HOSTNAME
-git clone git://gitorious.org/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.git
-cd mediagoblin
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-virtualenv --system-site-packages .
-./bin/python setup.py develop
-./bin/easy_install flup
-cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini
-cp paste.ini paste_local.ini
-emacs mediagoblin_local.ini
-#+END_SRC
-
-Change *email_sender_address* to your email address, then save and exit.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-./bin/gmg dbupdate
-exit # to go back to the root user
-emacs /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-paster
-#+END_SRC
-
-Add the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-#!/bin/sh
-# /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-paster
-#
-## LICENSE: CC0 <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>
-# To the extent possible under law, Joar Wandborg <http://wandborg.se> has
-# waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to
-# mediagoblin-paster. This work is published from Sweden.
-#
-## CREDIT
-# Credit goes to jpope <http://jpope.org/> and
-# chimo <http://chimo.chromic.org/>. From which' Arch init scripts this is
-# based upon.
-#
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          mediagoblin-paster
-# Required-Start:    $network $named $local_fs
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog $network $named $local_fs
-# Should-Start:      postgresql $syslog
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: MediaGoblin paster FCGI server init script
-# Description:       This script will initiate the GNU MediaGoblin paster
-#                    fcgi server.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-################################################################################
-# CHANGE THIS
-# to suit your environment
-################################################################################
-MG_ROOT=/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin
-MG_USER=mediagoblin
-MG_GROUP=mediagoblin
-################################################################################
-# NOW STOP
-# You probably won't have to change anything else.
-################################################################################
-
-set -e
-
-DAEMON_NAME=mediagoblin-paster
-
-MG_BIN=$MG_ROOT/bin
-MG_PASTER_BIN=$MG_BIN/paster
-MG_PASTE_INI=$MG_ROOT/paste_local.ini
-MG_FCGI_HOST=127.0.0.1
-MG_FCGI_PORT=26543
-MG_PASTER_PID_FILE=/var/run/mediagoblin/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
-MG_PASTER_LOG_FILE=/var/log/mediagoblin/$DAEMON_NAME.log
-
-set_up_directories() {
-    install -o $MG_USER -g $MG_GROUP -d -m 755 /var/log/mediagoblin
-    install -o $MG_USER -g $MG_GROUP -d -m 755 /var/run/mediagoblin
-}
-
-set_up_directories
-
-# Include LSB helper functions
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-getPID () {
-    # Discard any errors from cat
-    cat $MG_PASTER_PID_FILE 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-    start)
-        # Start the MediaGoblin paster process
-        log_daemon_msg "Starting GNU MediaGoblin paster fcgi server" "$DAEMON_NAME"
-		if [ ! -f $MG_PASTE_INI ]; then
-            MG_PASTE_INI=$MG_ROOT/paste.ini
-			fi
-        if [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            su -s /bin/sh -c "CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER=False $MG_PASTER_BIN serve \
-                $MG_PASTE_INI \
-                --server-name=fcgi \
-                fcgi_host=$MG_FCGI_HOST fcgi_port=$MG_FCGI_PORT \
-                --pid-file=$MG_PASTER_PID_FILE \
-                --log-file=$MG_PASTER_LOG_FILE \
-                --daemon" - $MG_USER 2>&1 > /dev/null
-
-            PASTER_RESULT=$?
-
-            # Sleep for a while until we're kind of certain that paster has
-            # had it's time to initialize
-            TRIES=0
-            while ! [ "X$PASTER_RESULT" != "X" ]; do
-                log_action_msg "Tried $TRIES time(s)"
-                sleep 0.1
-                TRIES=$((TRIES+1))
-            done
-
-            log_end_msg $PASTER_RESULT
-        else
-            # Failed because the PID file indicates it's running
-            log_action_msg "PID file $MG_PASTER_BIN already exists"
-            log_end_msg 1
-        fi
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        log_daemon_msg "Stopping GNU MediaGoblin paster fcgi server" "$DAEMON_NAME"
-        if [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            # Failed because the PID file indicates it's not running
-            RET=1
-        else
-            kill $(getPID)
-
-            if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-                RET=1
-            else
-                RET=0
-            fi
-        fi
-        log_end_msg $RET
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        $0 stop
-        $0 start
-        ;;
-    status)
-        if ! [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            echo "$DAEMON_NAME start/running, process $(getPID)"
-        else
-            echo "$DAEMON_NAME stopped."
-        fi
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: $0 {restart|start|stop|status}"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0
-#+END_SRC
-
-Save and exit.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-emacs /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-celeryd
-#+END_SRC
-
-Add the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with the domain name for your mediagoblin site.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-#!/bin/bash
-# /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-celeryd
-#
-## LICENSE: CC0 <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>
-# To the extent possible under law, Joar Wandborg <http://wandborg.se> has
-# waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to
-# mediagoblin-celeryd. This work is published from Sweden.
-#
-## CREDIT
-# Credit goes to jpope <http://jpope.org/> and
-# chimo <http://chimo.chromic.org/>. From which' Arch init scripts this is
-# based upon.
-#
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          mediagoblin-celeryd
-# Required-Start:    $network $named $local_fs
-# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog $network $named $local_fs
-# Should-Start:      postgres $syslog
-# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: MediaGoblin Celery task processor init script
-# Description:       This script will initiate the GNU MediaGoblin Celery
-#                    task processor
-### END INIT INFO
-
-################################################################################
-# CHANGE THIS
-# to suit your environment
-################################################################################
-MG_ROOT=/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin
-MG_USER=mediagoblin
-MG_GROUP=mediagoblin
-################################################################################
-# NOW STOP
-# You probably won't have to change anything else.
-################################################################################
-
-set -e
-
-DAEMON_NAME=mediagoblin-celeryd
-
-MG_BIN=$MG_ROOT/bin
-MG_CELERYD_BIN=$MG_BIN/celeryd
-MG_CONFIG=$MG_ROOT/mediagoblin_local.ini
-MG_CELERY_CONFIG_MODULE=mediagoblin.init.celery.from_celery
-MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE=/var/run/mediagoblin/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
-MG_CELERYD_LOG_FILE=/var/log/mediagoblin/$DAEMON_NAME.log
-
-set_up_directories() {
-    install -o $MG_USER -g $MG_GROUP -d -m 755 /var/log/mediagoblin
-    install -o $MG_USER -g $MG_GROUP -d -m 755 /var/run/mediagoblin
-}
-
-set_up_directories
-
-# Include LSB helper functions
-. /lib/lsb/init-functions
-
-wait_for_death() {
-    pid=$1
-    seconds=1
-
-    if [ -z "$2" ]; then
-        kill_at=20
-    else
-        kill_at=$2
-    fi
-
-    if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
-        log_action_msg "Could not get PID. Aborting"
-        log_end_msg 1
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    while ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $pid > /dev/null; do
-        sleep 1
-        seconds=$(expr $seconds + 1)
-        if [ $seconds -ge $kill_at ]; then
-            log_action_msg "Failed to shut down after $kill_at seconds. Aborting"
-            log_end_msg 1
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    done
-    log_end_msg 0
-}
-
-wait_for_pidfile() {
-    pidfile=$1
-    kill_at=20
-    seconds=1
-
-    while ! [[ -f $pidfile ]]; do
-        sleep 1
-        seconds=$(expr $seconds + 1)
-
-        if [ $seconds -ge $kill_at ]; then
-            log_action_msg "Can't find the PID file," \
-                " the application must have crashed."
-            log_end_msg 1
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-getPID() {
-    # Discard any errors from cat
-    cat $MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE 2>/dev/null
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-    start)
-        # Start the MediaGoblin celeryd process
-        log_daemon_msg "Starting GNU MediaGoblin Celery task queue" "$DAEMON_NAME"
-        if [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            # TODO: Could we send things to log a little bit more beautiful?
-            su -s /bin/sh -c "cd $MG_ROOT && \
-                MEDIAGOBLIN_CONFIG=$MG_CONFIG \
-                CELERY_CONFIG_MODULE=$MG_CELERY_CONFIG_MODULE \
-                $MG_CELERYD_BIN \
-                --pidfile=$MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE \
-                -f $MG_CELERYD_LOG_FILE 2>&1 >> $MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE" \
-                - $MG_USER 2>&1 >> $MG_CELERYD_LOG_FILE &
-
-            CELERYD_RESULT=$?
-
-            wait_for_pidfile $MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE
-
-            log_end_msg $CELERYD_RESULT
-        else
-            # Failed because the PID file indicates it's running
-            log_action_msg "PID file $MG_CELERYD_PID_FILE already exists"
-            log_end_msg 1
-        fi
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        log_daemon_msg "Stopping GNU MediaGoblin Celery task queue" "$DAEMON_NAME"
-        if [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            # Failed because the PID file indicates it's not running
-            log_action_msg "Could not get PID"
-            log_end_msg 1
-            exit 1
-        else
-            kill $(getPID)
-
-            wait_for_death $(getPID)
-        fi
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        $0 stop
-        $0 start
-        ;;
-    status)
-        if ! [ -z "$(getPID)" ]; then
-            echo "$DAEMON_NAME start/running, process $(getPID)"
-        else
-            echo "$DAEMON_NAME stopped."
-        fi
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: $0 {restart|start|stop|status}"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0
-#+END_SRC
-
-Save and exit.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-chmod +x /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-paster
-chmod +x /etc/init.d/mediagoblin-celeryd
-update-rc.d mediagoblin-paster defaults
-update-rc.d mediagoblin-celeryd defaults
-service mediagoblin-paster start
-service mediagoblin-celeryd start
-#+END_SRC
-
-Create a script as follows:
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-emacs /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/mg.fcgi
-#+END_SRC
-
-Add the following, replacing /mymediagoblindomain/ with your mediagoblin domain name.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-#!/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/bin/python
-
-# Written in 2011 by Christopher Allan Webber
-#
-# To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
-# copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the
-# public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any
-# warranty.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
-# with this software. If not, see
-# <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
-
-from paste.deploy import loadapp
-from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer
-
-CONFIG_PATH = '/srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/paste_local.ini'
-
-## Uncomment this to run celery in "always eager" mode... ie, you don't have
-## to run a separate process, but submissions wait till processing finishes
-# import os
-# os.environ['CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER'] = 'true'
-
-def launch_fcgi():
-    ccengine_wsgi_app = loadapp('config:' + CONFIG_PATH)
-    WSGIServer(ccengine_wsgi_app).run()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    launch_fcgi()
-#+END_SRC
-
-Save and exit, then edit the Apache configuration for your mediagoblin site.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-chown -hR mediagoblin:mediagoblin /srv/$HOSTNAME
-emacs /etc/apache2/sites-available/mymediagoblindomain
-#+END_SRC
-
-Add the following to the section which begins with *<VirtualHost *:80>*, and remove the existing ScriptAlias sections.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC: bash
-    Options +ExecCGI
-
-    # Accept up to 16MB requests
-    FcgidMaxRequestLen 16777216
-
-    Alias /mgoblin_static/ /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/static/
-    Alias /mgoblin_media/ /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/user_dev/media/public/
-
-    ScriptAlias / /srv/mymediagoblindomain/mediagoblin/mg.fcgi/
-#+END_SRC
-
-Save and exit.
-
-http://mediagoblin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/siteadmin/deploying.html
-https://wiki.mediagoblin.org/HackingHowto
-https://github.com/joar/mediagoblin-init-scripts
-https://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment#Apache_2_Config_With_mod_wsgi
-
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