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Add a ReverseProxy and fix the cache path everywhere
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2 Farol
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6 A Security Advisory Management Web Platform
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9 :version: 0.1
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10 :license: GPLv2+
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12 Introduction
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13 ------------
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15 Farol is a web platform dedicated to the management of Security Advisories.
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17 Dependencies
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18 ------------
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20 Farol has a dependency on FarolLuz, Flask, and (obviously) Python.
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22 Python can be either 2 or 3. 2.7 has been tested, as well as 3.3. 3.2 will not
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23 work due to Flask (and dependencies) not being compatible with it.
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25 Configuration
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26 -------------
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28 Configuration of Farol is done through a ``farol.cfg`` file that has to be set in the application *instance path*.
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30 Deployment
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33 .. note:: While there are dozen of ways to deploy a WSGI application, this
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34 section documents a simple yet working and scalable way of doing it.
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36 0. Get ``farol`` and ``farolluz`` source code.
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38 1. Start with a virtualenv::
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40 virtualenv farol_env
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42 2. Install FarolLuz and Farol in the virtualenv::
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44 farol_env/bin/pip install ./farolluz
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45 farol_env/bin/pip install ./farol
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47 3. Install gunicorn in the virtualenv::
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49 farol_env/bin/pip install gunicorn
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51 3b. (Optional) Test that farol can run in the virtualenv::
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53 farol_env/bin/gunicorn farol.main:app
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55 Visit the page http://localhost:8000 in a Web browser.
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57 4. Configure Farol: set ``DEBUG`` to ``False``, and set the SECRET_KEY to
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58 something stable (and secret), so that it remains between reboot. The path
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59 to the configuration file can be found on the About page in the Debug
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60 Section.
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62 4. Setup ``supervisord`` (that has previously been installed) to monitor the
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63 gunicorn process.
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65 5. Setup ``nginx`` (that has previously also been installed) to proxy the
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66 gunicorn socket.
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68 It is most probable that supervisord and nginx will also be used for other
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69 services in your server.
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71 Upgrade
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74 When new version are available, the following can be done:
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76 Upgrade FarolLuz and Farol installation in the virtualenv::
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78 farol_env/bin/pip install --upgrade ./farolluz ./farol
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80 Restart the gunicorn process::
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82 supervisorctl farol restart
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http://farol.wald.intevation.org