Synnefo

.. _quick-install-admin-guide:

Administrator's Installation Guide

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the Administrator's installation guide.

It describes how to install the whole synnefo stack on two (2) physical nodes,

with minimum configuration. It installs synnefo from Debian packages, and

assumes the nodes run Debian Squeeze. After successful installation, you will

have the following services running:

    * Identity Management (Astakos)

    * Object Storage Service (Pithos)

    * Compute Service (Cyclades)

    * Image Service (part of Cyclades)

    * Network Service (part of Cyclades)

and a single unified Web UI to manage them all.

The Volume Storage Service (Archipelago) and the Billing Service (Aquarium) are

not released yet.

If you just want to install the Object Storage Service (Pithos), follow the

guide and just stop after the "Testing of Pithos" section.

Installation of Synnefo / Introduction

======================================

We will install the services with the above list's order. The last three

services will be installed in a single step (at the end), because at the moment

they are contained in the same software component (Cyclades). Furthermore, we

will install all services in the first physical node, except Pithos which will

be installed in the second, due to a conflict between the snf-pithos-app and

snf-cyclades-app component (scheduled to be fixed in the next version).

For the rest of the documentation we will refer to the first physical node as

"node1" and the second as "node2". We will also assume that their domain names

are "node1.example.com" and "node2.example.com" and their public IPs are "4.3.2.1" and

"4.3.2.2" respectively. It is important that the two machines are under the same domain name.

In case you choose to follow a private installation you will need to

set up a private dns server, using dnsmasq for example. See node1 below for more.

General Prerequisites

=====================

These are the general synnefo prerequisites, that you need on node1 and node2

and are related to all the services (Astakos, Pithos, Cyclades).

To be able to download all synnefo components you need to add the following

lines in your ``/etc/apt/sources.list`` file:

| ``deb http://apt.dev.grnet.gr squeeze/``

| ``deb-src http://apt.dev.grnet.gr squeeze/``

and import the repo's GPG key:

| ``curl https://dev.grnet.gr/files/apt-grnetdev.pub | apt-key add -``

Also add the following line to enable the ``squeeze-backports`` repository,

which may provide more recent versions of certain packages. The repository

is deactivated by default and must be specified expicitly in ``apt-get``

operations:

| ``deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main``

You also need a shared directory visible by both nodes. Pithos will save all

data inside this directory. By 'all data', we mean files, images, and pithos

specific mapping data. If you plan to upload more than one basic image, this

directory should have at least 50GB of free space. During this guide, we will

assume that node1 acts as an NFS server and serves the directory ``/srv/pithos``

to node2 (be sure to set no_root_squash flag). Node2 has this directory

mounted under ``/srv/pithos``, too.

Before starting the synnefo installation, you will need basic third party

software to be installed and configured on the physical nodes. We will describe

each node's general prerequisites separately. Any additional configuration,

specific to a synnefo service for each node, will be described at the service's

section.

Finally, it is required for Cyclades and Ganeti nodes to have synchronized

system clocks (e.g. by running ntpd).

Node1

-----

General Synnefo dependencies

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

		* apache (http server)

		* public certificate

		* gunicorn (WSGI http server)

		* postgresql (database)

		* rabbitmq (message queue)

		* ntp (NTP daemon)

		* gevent

		* dns server

You can install apache2, postgresql and ntp by running:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install apache2 postgresql ntp

Make sure to install gunicorn >= v0.12.2. You can do this by installing from

the official debian backports:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get -t squeeze-backports install gunicorn

Also, make sure to install gevent >= 0.13.6. Again from the debian backports:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get -t squeeze-backports install python-gevent

On node1, we will create our databases, so you will also need the

python-psycopg2 package:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install python-psycopg2

To install RabbitMQ>=2.8.4, use the RabbitMQ APT repository by adding the

following line to ``/etc/apt/sources.list``:

.. code-block:: console

    deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian testing main

Add RabbitMQ public key, to trusted key list:

.. code-block:: console

  # wget http://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc

  # apt-key add rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc

Finally, to install the package run:

.. code-block:: console

  # apt-get update

  # apt-get install rabbitmq-server

Database setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On node1, we create a database called ``snf_apps``, that will host all django

apps related tables. We also create the user ``synnefo`` and grant him all

privileges on the database. We do this by running:

.. code-block:: console

    root@node1:~ # su - postgres

    postgres@node1:~ $ psql

    postgres=# CREATE DATABASE snf_apps WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' TEMPLATE=template0;

    postgres=# CREATE USER synnefo WITH PASSWORD 'example_passw0rd';

    postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE snf_apps TO synnefo;

We also create the database ``snf_pithos`` needed by the Pithos backend and

grant the ``synnefo`` user all privileges on the database. This database could

be created on node2 instead, but we do it on node1 for simplicity. We will

create all needed databases on node1 and then node2 will connect to them.

.. code-block:: console

    postgres=# CREATE DATABASE snf_pithos WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' TEMPLATE=template0;

    postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE snf_pithos TO synnefo;

Configure the database to listen to all network interfaces. You can do this by

editting the file ``/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf`` and change

``listen_addresses`` to ``'*'`` :

.. code-block:: console

    listen_addresses = '*'

Furthermore, edit ``/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf`` to allow node1 and

node2 to connect to the database. Add the following lines under ``#IPv4 local

connections:`` :

.. code-block:: console

    host		all	all	4.3.2.1/32	md5

    host		all	all	4.3.2.2/32	md5

Make sure to substitute "4.3.2.1" and "4.3.2.2" with node1's and node2's

actual IPs. Now, restart the server to apply the changes:

.. code-block:: console

   # /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

Gunicorn setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rename the file ``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo.example`` to

``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo``, to make it a valid gunicorn configuration file:

.. code-block:: console

    # mv /etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo.example /etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo

.. warning:: Do NOT start the server yet, because it won't find the

    ``synnefo.settings`` module. Also, in case you are using ``/etc/hosts``

    instead of a DNS to get the hostnames, change ``--worker-class=gevent`` to

    ``--worker-class=sync``. We will start the server after successful

    installation of astakos. If the server is running::

       # /etc/init.d/gunicorn stop

Certificate Creation

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Node1 will host Cyclades. Cyclades should communicate with the other snf tools over a trusted connection.

In order for the connection to be trusted, the keys provided to apache below should be signed with a certificate.

This certificate should be added to all nodes. In case you don't have signed keys you can create a self-signed certificate

and sign your keys with this. To do so on node1 run

.. code-block:: console

		# aptitude install openvpn

		# mkdir /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa

		# cp -ai /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa/2.0/ /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa

		# cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0

		# vim vars

In vars you can set your own parameters such as KEY_COUNTRY

.. code-block:: console

	# . ./vars

	# ./clean-all

Now you can create the certificate

.. code-block:: console

		# ./build-ca

The previous will create a ``ca.crt`` file. Copy this file under

``/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/`` directory and run :

.. code-block:: console

		# update-ca-certificates

to update the records. You will have to do the following on node2 as well.

Now you can create the keys and sign them with the certificate

.. code-block:: console

		# ./build-key-server node1.example.com

This will create a .pem and a .key file in your current folder. Copy these in

``/etc/ssl/certs/`` and ``/etc/ssl/private/`` respectively and

use them in the apache2 configuration file below instead of the defaults.

Apache2 setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Create the file ``/etc/apache2/sites-available/synnefo`` containing the

following:

.. code-block:: console

    <VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName node1.example.com

        RewriteEngine On

        RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*(\\r|\\n|%0A|%0D).* [NC]

        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

        RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

    </VirtualHost>

Create the file ``/etc/apache2/sites-available/synnefo-ssl`` containing the

following:

.. code-block:: console

    <IfModule mod_ssl.c>

    <VirtualHost _default_:443>

        ServerName node1.example.com

        Alias /static "/usr/share/synnefo/static"

        #  SetEnv no-gzip

        #  SetEnv dont-vary

       AllowEncodedSlashes On

       RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Protocol "https"

    <Proxy * >

        Order allow,deny

        Allow from all

    </Proxy>

        SetEnv                proxy-sendchunked

        SSLProxyEngine        off

        ProxyErrorOverride    off

        ProxyPass        /static !

        ProxyPass        / http://localhost:8080/ retry=0

        ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

        RewriteEngine On

        RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*(\\r|\\n|%0A|%0D).* [NC]

        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

        SSLEngine on

        SSLCertificateFile    /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

    </VirtualHost>

    </IfModule>

Now enable sites and modules by running:

.. code-block:: console

   # a2enmod ssl

   # a2enmod rewrite

   # a2dissite default

   # a2ensite synnefo

   # a2ensite synnefo-ssl

   # a2enmod headers

   # a2enmod proxy_http

.. note:: This isn't really needed, but it's a good security practice to disable

    directory listing in apache::

        # a2dismod autoindex

.. warning:: Do NOT start/restart the server yet. If the server is running::

       # /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

.. _rabbitmq-setup:

Message Queue setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The message queue will run on node1, so we need to create the appropriate

rabbitmq user. The user is named ``synnefo`` and gets full privileges on all

exchanges:

.. code-block:: console

   # rabbitmqctl add_user synnefo "example_rabbitmq_passw0rd"

   # rabbitmqctl set_permissions synnefo ".*" ".*" ".*"

We do not need to initialize the exchanges. This will be done automatically,

during the Cyclades setup.

Pithos data directory setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As mentioned in the General Prerequisites section, there is a directory called

``/srv/pithos`` visible by both nodes. We create and setup the ``data``

directory inside it:

.. code-block:: console

   # cd /srv/pithos

   # mkdir data

   # chown www-data:www-data data

   # chmod g+ws data

DNS server setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If your machines are not under the same domain nameyou have to set up a dns server.

In order to set up a dns server using dnsmasq do the following

.. code-block:: console

				# apt-get install dnsmasq

Then edit you ``/etc/hosts/`` as follows

.. code-block:: console

		4.3.2.1     node1.example.com

		4.3.2.2     node2.example.com

Finally edit the ``/etc/dnsmasq.conf`` file and specify the ``listen-address`` and

the ``interface`` you would like to listen to.

Also add the following in your ``/etc/resolv.conf`` file

.. code-block:: console

		nameserver 4.3.2.1

You are now ready with all general prerequisites concerning node1. Let's go to

node2.

Node2

-----

General Synnefo dependencies

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    * apache (http server)

    * gunicorn (WSGI http server)

    * postgresql (database)

    * ntp (NTP daemon)

    * gevent

    * certificates

    * dns setup

You can install the above by running:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install apache2 postgresql ntp

Make sure to install gunicorn >= v0.12.2. You can do this by installing from

the official debian backports:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get -t squeeze-backports install gunicorn

Also, make sure to install gevent >= 0.13.6. Again from the debian backports:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get -t squeeze-backports install python-gevent

Node2 will connect to the databases on node1, so you will also need the

python-psycopg2 package:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install python-psycopg2

Database setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All databases have been created and setup on node1, so we do not need to take

any action here. From node2, we will just connect to them. When you get familiar

with the software you may choose to run different databases on different nodes,

for performance/scalability/redundancy reasons, but those kind of setups are out

of the purpose of this guide.

Gunicorn setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rename the file ``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo.example`` to

``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo``, to make it a valid gunicorn configuration file

(as happened for node1):

.. code-block:: console

    # mv /etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo.example /etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo

.. warning:: Do NOT start the server yet, because it won't find the

    ``synnefo.settings`` module. Also, in case you are using ``/etc/hosts``

    instead of a DNS to get the hostnames, change ``--worker-class=gevent`` to

    ``--worker-class=sync``. We will start the server after successful

    installation of astakos. If the server is running::

       # /etc/init.d/gunicorn stop

Apache2 setup

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Create the file ``/etc/apache2/sites-available/synnefo`` containing the

following:

.. code-block:: console

    <VirtualHost *:80>

        ServerName node2.example.com

        RewriteEngine On

        RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*(\\r|\\n|%0A|%0D).* [NC]

        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

        RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

    </VirtualHost>

Create the file ``synnefo-ssl`` under ``/etc/apache2/sites-available/``

containing the following:

.. code-block:: console

    <IfModule mod_ssl.c>

    <VirtualHost _default_:443>

        ServerName node2.example.com

        Alias /static "/usr/share/synnefo/static"

        SetEnv no-gzip

        SetEnv dont-vary

        AllowEncodedSlashes On

        RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Protocol "https"

        <Proxy * >

            Order allow,deny

            Allow from all

        </Proxy>

        SetEnv                proxy-sendchunked

        SSLProxyEngine        off

        ProxyErrorOverride    off

        ProxyPass        /static !

        ProxyPass        / http://localhost:8080/ retry=0

        ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/

        SSLEngine on

        SSLCertificateFile    /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

    </VirtualHost>

    </IfModule>

As in node1, enable sites and modules by running:

.. code-block:: console

   # a2enmod ssl

   # a2enmod rewrite

   # a2dissite default

   # a2ensite synnefo

   # a2ensite synnefo-ssl

   # a2enmod headers

   # a2enmod proxy_http

.. note:: This isn't really needed, but it's a good security practice to disable

    directory listing in apache::

        # a2dismod autoindex

.. warning:: Do NOT start/restart the server yet. If the server is running::

       # /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

Acquire certificate

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Copy the certificate you created before on node1 (`ca.crt`) under the directory

``/usr/local/share/ca-certificate``

and run:

.. code-block:: console

		# update-ca-certificates

to update the records.

DNS Setup

~~~~~~~~~

Add the following line in ``/etc/resolv.conf`` file

.. code-block:: console

		nameserver 4.3.2.1

to inform the node about the new dns server.

We are now ready with all general prerequisites for node2. Now that we have

finished with all general prerequisites for both nodes, we can start installing

the services. First, let's install Astakos on node1.

Installation of Astakos on node1

================================

To install astakos, grab the package from our repository (make sure  you made

the additions needed in your ``/etc/apt/sources.list`` file, as described

previously), by running:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install snf-astakos-app snf-pithos-backend

.. _conf-astakos:

Configuration of Astakos

========================

Conf Files

----------

After astakos is successfully installed, you will find the directory

``/etc/synnefo`` and some configuration files inside it. The files contain

commented configuration options, which are the default options. While installing

new snf-* components, new configuration files will appear inside the directory.

In this guide (and for all services), we will edit only the minimum necessary

configuration options, to reflect our setup. Everything else will remain as is.

After getting familiar with synnefo, you will be able to customize the software

as you wish and fits your needs. Many options are available, to empower the

administrator with extensively customizable setups.

For the snf-webproject component (installed as an astakos dependency), we

need the following:

Edit ``/etc/synnefo/10-snf-webproject-database.conf``. You will need to

uncomment and edit the ``DATABASES`` block to reflect our database:

.. code-block:: console

    DATABASES = {

     'default': {

         # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql','mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'

         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',

         # ATTENTION: This *must* be the absolute path if using sqlite3.

         # See: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#name

         'NAME': 'snf_apps',

         'USER': 'synnefo',                      # Not used with sqlite3.

         'PASSWORD': 'example_passw0rd',         # Not used with sqlite3.

         # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.

         'HOST': '4.3.2.1',

         # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.

         'PORT': '5432',

     }

    }

Edit ``/etc/synnefo/10-snf-webproject-deploy.conf``. Uncomment and edit

``SECRET_KEY``. This is a Django specific setting which is used to provide a

seed in secret-key hashing algorithms. Set this to a random string of your

choice and keep it private:

.. code-block:: console

    SECRET_KEY = 'sy6)mw6a7x%n)-example_secret_key#zzk4jo6f2=uqu!1o%)'

For astakos specific configuration, edit the following options in

``/etc/synnefo/20-snf-astakos-app-settings.conf`` :

.. code-block:: console

    ASTAKOS_COOKIE_DOMAIN = '.example.com'

    ASTAKOS_BASE_URL = 'https://node1.example.com/astakos'

The ``ASTAKOS_COOKIE_DOMAIN`` should be the base url of our domain (for all

services). ``ASTAKOS_BASE_URL`` is the astakos top-level URL. Appending an

extra path (``/astakos`` here) is recommended in order to distinguish

components, if more than one are installed on the same machine.

.. note:: For the purpose of this guide, we don't enable recaptcha authentication.

    If you would like to enable it, you have to edit the following options:

    .. code-block:: console

        ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = 'example_recaptcha_public_key!@#$%^&*('

        ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = 'example_recaptcha_private_key!@#$%^&*('

        ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_USE_SSL = True

        ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_ENABLED = True

    For the ``ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY`` and ``ASTAKOS_RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY``

    go to https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create and create your own pair.

Then edit ``/etc/synnefo/20-snf-astakos-app-cloudbar.conf`` :

.. code-block:: console

    CLOUDBAR_LOCATION = 'https://node1.example.com/static/im/cloudbar/'

    CLOUDBAR_SERVICES_URL = 'https://node1.example.com/astakos/ui/get_services'

    CLOUDBAR_MENU_URL = 'https://node1.example.com/astakos/ui/get_menu'

Those settings have to do with the black cloudbar endpoints and will be

described in more detail later on in this guide. For now, just edit the domain

to point at node1 which is where we have installed Astakos.

If you are an advanced user and want to use the Shibboleth Authentication

method, read the relative :ref:`section <shibboleth-auth>`.

.. _email-configuration:

Email delivery configuration

----------------------------

Many of the ``astakos`` operations require server to notify service users and

administrators via email. e.g. right after the signup process the service sents

an email to the registered email address containing an email verification url,

after the user verifies the email address astakos once again needs to notify

administrators with a notice that a new account has just been verified.

More specifically astakos sends emails in the following cases

- An email containing a verification link after each signup process.

- An email to the people listed in ``ADMINS`` setting after each email

  verification if ``ASTAKOS_MODERATION`` setting is ``True``. The email

  notifies administrators that an additional action is required in order to

  activate the user.

- A welcome email to the user email and an admin notification to ``ADMINS``

  right after each account activation.

- Feedback messages submited from astakos contact view and astakos feedback

  API endpoint are sent to contacts listed in ``HELPDESK`` setting.

- Project application request notifications to people included in ``HELPDESK``

  and ``MANAGERS`` settings.

- Notifications after each project members action (join request, membership

  accepted/declinde etc.) to project members or project owners.

Astakos uses the Django internal email delivering mechanism to send email

notifications. A simple configuration, using an external smtp server to

deliver messages, is shown below. Alter the following example to meet your

smtp server characteristics. Notice that the smtp server is needed for a proper

installation

.. code-block:: python

    # /etc/synnefo/00-snf-common-admins.conf

    EMAIL_HOST = "mysmtp.server.synnefo.org"

    EMAIL_HOST_USER = "<smtpuser>"

    EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "<smtppassword>"

    # this gets appended in all email subjects

    EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = "[example.synnefo.org] "

    # Address to use for outgoing emails

    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "server@example.synnefo.org"

    # Email where users can contact for support. This is used in html/email

    # templates.

    CONTACT_EMAIL = "server@example.synnefo.org"

    # The email address that error messages come from

    SERVER_EMAIL = "server-errors@example.synnefo.org"

Notice that since email settings might be required by applications other than

astakos they are defined in a different configuration file than the one

previously used to set astakos specific settings.

Refer to

`Django documentation <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/email/>`_

for additional information on available email settings.

As refered in the previous section, based on the operation that triggers

an email notification, the recipients list differs. Specifically for

emails whose recipients include contacts from your service team

(administrators, managers, helpdesk etc) synnefo provides the following

settings located in ``10-snf-common-admins.conf``:

.. code-block:: python

    ADMINS = (('Admin name', 'admin@example.synnefo.org'),

              ('Admin2 name', 'admin2@example.synnefo.org))

    MANAGERS = (('Manager name', 'manager@example.synnefo.org'),)

    HELPDESK = (('Helpdesk user name', 'helpdesk@example.synnefo.org'),)

Alternatively, it may be convenient to send e-mails to a file, instead of an actual smtp server, using the file backend. Do so by creating a configuration file ``/etc/synnefo/99-local.conf`` including the folowing:

.. code-block:: python

    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.filebased.EmailBackend'

    EMAIL_FILE_PATH = '/tmp/app-messages' 

Enable Pooling

--------------

This section can be bypassed, but we strongly recommend you apply the following,

since they result in a significant performance boost.

Synnefo includes a pooling DBAPI driver for PostgreSQL, as a thin wrapper

around Psycopg2. This allows independent Django requests to reuse pooled DB

connections, with significant performance gains.

To use, first monkey-patch psycopg2. For Django, run this before the

``DATABASES`` setting in ``/etc/synnefo/10-snf-webproject-database.conf``:

.. code-block:: console

    from synnefo.lib.db.pooled_psycopg2 import monkey_patch_psycopg2

    monkey_patch_psycopg2()

Since we are running with greenlets, we should modify psycopg2 behavior, so it

works properly in a greenlet context:

.. code-block:: console

    from synnefo.lib.db.psyco_gevent import make_psycopg_green

    make_psycopg_green()

Use the Psycopg2 driver as usual. For Django, this means using

``django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2`` without any modifications. To enable

connection pooling, pass a nonzero ``synnefo_poolsize`` option to the DBAPI

driver, through ``DATABASES.OPTIONS`` in Django.

All the above will result in an ``/etc/synnefo/10-snf-webproject-database.conf``

file that looks like this:

.. code-block:: console

    # Monkey-patch psycopg2

    from synnefo.lib.db.pooled_psycopg2 import monkey_patch_psycopg2

    monkey_patch_psycopg2()

    # If running with greenlets

    from synnefo.lib.db.psyco_gevent import make_psycopg_green

    make_psycopg_green()

    DATABASES = {

     'default': {

         # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql','mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'

         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',

         'OPTIONS': {'synnefo_poolsize': 8},

         # ATTENTION: This *must* be the absolute path if using sqlite3.

         # See: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#name

         'NAME': 'snf_apps',

         'USER': 'synnefo',                      # Not used with sqlite3.

         'PASSWORD': 'example_passw0rd',         # Not used with sqlite3.

         # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.

         'HOST': '4.3.2.1',

         # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.

         'PORT': '5432',

     }

    }

Database Initialization

-----------------------

After configuration is done, we initialize the database by running:

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-manage syncdb

At this example we don't need to create a django superuser, so we select

``[no]`` to the question. After a successful sync, we run the migration needed

for astakos:

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-manage migrate im

    # snf-manage migrate quotaholder_app

Then, we load the pre-defined user groups

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-manage loaddata groups

.. _services-reg:

Services Registration

---------------------

When the database is ready, we need to register the services. The following

command will ask you to register the standard Synnefo components (astakos,

cyclades, and pithos) along with the services they provide. Note that you

have to register at least astakos in order to have a usable authentication

system. For each component, you will be asked to provide two URLs: its base

URL and its UI URL.

The former is the location where the component resides; it should equal

the ``<component_name>_BASE_URL`` as specified in the respective component

settings. For example, the base URL for astakos would be

``https://node1.example.com/astakos``.

The latter is the URL that appears in the Cloudbar and leads to the

component UI. If you want to follow the default setup, set

the UI URL to ``<base_url>/ui/`` where ``base_url`` the component's base

URL as explained before. (You can later change the UI URL with

``snf-manage component-modify <component_name> --url new_ui_url``.)

The command will also register automatically the resource definitions

offered by the services.

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-component-register

.. note::

   This command is equivalent to running the following series of commands;

   it registers the three components in astakos and then in each host it

   exports the respective service definitions, copies the exported json file

   to the astakos host, where it finally imports it:

    .. code-block:: console

       astakos-host$ snf-manage component-add astakos --base-url astakos_base_url --ui-url astakos_ui_url

       astakos-host$ snf-manage component-add cyclades --base-url cyclades_base_url --ui-url cyclades_ui_url

       astakos-host$ snf-manage component-add pithos --base-url pithos_base_url --ui-url pithos_ui_url

       astakos-host$ snf-manage service-export-astakos > astakos.json

       astakos-host$ snf-manage service-import --json astakos.json

       cyclades-host$ snf-manage service-export-cyclades > cyclades.json

       # copy the file to astakos-host

       astakos-host$ snf-manage service-import --json cyclades.json

       pithos-host$ snf-manage service-export-pithos > pithos.json

       # copy the file to astakos-host

       astakos-host$ snf-manage service-import --json pithos.json

Notice that in this installation astakos and cyclades are in node1 and pithos is in node2

Setting Default Base Quota for Resources

----------------------------------------

We now have to specify the limit on resources that each user can employ

(exempting resources offered by projects).

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-manage resource-modify --default-quota-interactive

Servers Initialization

----------------------

Finally, we initialize the servers on node1:

.. code-block:: console

    root@node1:~ # /etc/init.d/gunicorn restart

    root@node1:~ # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

We have now finished the Astakos setup. Let's test it now.

Testing of Astakos

==================

Open your favorite browser and go to:

``http://node1.example.com/astakos``

If this redirects you to ``https://node1.example.com/astakos/ui/`` and you can see

the "welcome" door of Astakos, then you have successfully setup Astakos.

Let's create our first user. At the homepage click the "CREATE ACCOUNT" button

and fill all your data at the sign up form. Then click "SUBMIT". You should now

see a green box on the top, which informs you that you made a successful request

and the request has been sent to the administrators. So far so good, let's

assume that you created the user with username ``user@example.com``.

Now we need to activate that user. Return to a command prompt at node1 and run:

.. code-block:: console

    root@node1:~ # snf-manage user-list

This command should show you a list with only one user; the one we just created.

This user should have an id with a value of ``1`` and flag "active" and