Synnefo

.. _intgrt-guide:

Synnefo Integrator's Guide

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

This is the complete Synnefo Integrator's Guide

Developer's quick start

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

This section describes how to setup quickly a synnefo development environment.

The setup uses ``pip`` and ``virtualenv`` and we assume you do it on a working

debian system. The purpose of this section is to provide the synnefo developer

with a quick installation, so that he can have all the synnefo components

up and running to start developing.

| :ref:`Integrator's quick installation guide <quick-install-intgrt-guide>`

| This guide will walk you through a complete installation using ``pip``.

Synnefo internals

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snf-vncauthproxy

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To support OOB console access to the VMs over VNC, the vncauthproxy

daemon must be running on every :ref:`APISERVER <APISERVER_NODE>` node.

.. note:: The Debian package for vncauthproxy undertakes all configuration

   automatically.

Download and install the latest vncauthproxy from its own repository,

at `https://code.grnet.gr/git/vncauthproxy`, or a specific commit:

.. code-block:: console

    $ bin/pip install -e git+https://code.grnet.gr/git/vncauthproxy@INSERT_COMMIT_HERE#egg=vncauthproxy

Create ``/var/log/vncauthproxy`` and set its permissions appropriately.

Alternatively, build and install Debian packages.

.. code-block:: console

    $ git checkout debian

    $ dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us

    # dpkg -i ../vncauthproxy_1.0-1_all.deb

.. warning::

    **Failure to build the package on the Mac.**

    ``libevent``, a requirement for gevent which in turn is a requirement for

    vncauthproxy is not included in `MacOSX` by default and installing it with

    MacPorts does not lead to a version that can be found by the gevent

    build process. A quick workaround is to execute the following commands::

        $ cd $SYNNEFO

        $ sudo pip install -e git+https://code.grnet.gr/git/vncauthproxy@5a196d8481e171a#egg=vncauthproxy

        <the above fails>

        $ cd build/gevent

        $ sudo python setup.py -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib build

        $ cd $SYNNEFO

        $ sudo pip install -e git+https://code.grnet.gr/git/vncauthproxy@5a196d8481e171a#egg=vncauthproxy

.. todo:: Mention vncauthproxy bug, snf-vncauthproxy, inability to install using pip

.. todo:: kpap: fix installation commands

Components

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