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 IPs are "4.3.2.1" and

"4.3.2.2" respectively.

.. note:: It is import that the two machines are under the same domain name.

    If they are not, you can do this by editting the file ``/etc/hosts``

    on both machines, and add the following lines:

    .. code-block:: console

        4.3.2.1     node1.example.com

        4.3.2.2     node2.example.com

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)

    * gunicorn (WSGI http server)

    * postgresql (database)

    * rabbitmq (message queue)

    * ntp (NTP daemon)

    * gevent

You can install apache2, progresql 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

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

Create the file ``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo`` containing the following:

.. code-block:: console

    CONFIG = {

     'mode': 'django',

     'environment': {

       'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE': 'synnefo.settings',

     },

     'working_dir': '/etc/synnefo',

     'user': 'www-data',

     'group': 'www-data',

     'args': (

       '--bind=127.0.0.1:8080',

       '--worker-class=gevent',

       '--workers=8',

       '--log-level=debug',

     ),

    }

.. 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 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

.. 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

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

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

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

Create the file ``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo`` containing the following

(same contents as in node1; you can just copy/paste the file):

.. code-block:: console

    CONFIG = {

     'mode': 'django',

     'environment': {

      'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE': 'synnefo.settings',

     },

     'working_dir': '/etc/synnefo',

     'user': 'www-data',

     'group': 'www-data',

     'args': (

       '--bind=127.0.0.1:8080',

       '--worker-class=gevent',

       '--workers=4',

       '--log-level=debug',

       '--timeout=43200'

     ),

    }

.. 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

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

       # /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

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

After successful installation of snf-astakos-app, make sure that also

snf-webproject has been installed (marked as "Recommended" package). By default

Debian installs "Recommended" packages, but if you have changed your

configuration and the package didn't install automatically, you should

explicitly install it manually running:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install snf-webproject

The reason snf-webproject is "Recommended" and not a hard dependency, is to give

the experienced administrator the ability to install Synnefo in a custom made

`Django <https://www.djangoproject.com/>`_ project. This corner case

concerns only very advanced users that know what they are doing and want to

experiment with synnefo.

.. _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': '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_DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL = None

    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.

``ASTAKOS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL`` refers to the administrator's email.

Every time a new account is created a notification is sent to this email.

For this we need access to a running mail server, so we have disabled

it for now by setting its value to None. For more informations on this,

read the relative :ref:`section <mail-server>`.

.. 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>`.

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': '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 its base

installation URL as well as the UI URL (to appear in the Cloudbar).

Moreover, the command will automatically register the resource definitions

offered by the services.

.. code-block:: console

    # snf-register-components

.. 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 astakos_ui_url

       astakos-host$ snf-manage component-add cyclades cyclades_ui_url

       astakos-host$ snf-manage component-add pithos 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

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 --limit-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

"verified" set to False. Now run:

.. code-block:: console

    root@node1:~ # snf-manage user-modify 1 --verify --accept

This verifies the user email and activates the user.

When running in production, the activation is done automatically with different

types of moderation, that Astakos supports. You can see the moderation methods

(by invitation, whitelists, matching regexp, etc.) at the Astakos specific

documentation. In production, you can also manually activate a user, by sending

him/her an activation email. See how to do this at the :ref:`User

activation <user_activation>` section.

Now let's go back to the homepage. Open ``http://node1.example.com/astkos/ui/`` with

your browser again. Try to sign in using your new credentials. If the astakos

menu appears and you can see your profile, then you have successfully setup

Astakos.

Let's continue to install Pithos now.

Installation of Pithos on node2

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

To install Pithos, grab the packages 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-pithos-app snf-pithos-backend

After successful installation of snf-pithos-app, make sure that also

snf-webproject has been installed (marked as "Recommended" package). Refer to

the "Installation of Astakos on node1" section, if you don't remember why this

should happen. Now, install the pithos web interface:

.. code-block:: console

   # apt-get install snf-pithos-webclient

This package provides the standalone pithos web client. The web client is the

web UI for Pithos and will be accessible by clicking "pithos" on the Astakos

interface's cloudbar, at the top of the Astakos homepage.

.. _conf-pithos:

Configuration of Pithos

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

Conf Files

----------

After Pithos is successfully installed, you will find the directory

``/etc/synnefo`` and some configuration files inside it, as you did in node1

after installation of astakos. Here, you will not have to change anything that

has to do with snf-common or snf-webproject. Everything is set at node1. You

only need to change settings that have to do with Pithos. Specifically:

Edit ``/etc/synnefo/20-snf-pithos-app-settings.conf``. There you need to set

this options:

.. code-block:: console

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

   PITHOS_BASE_URL = 'https://node2.example.com/pithos'

   PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_CONNECTION = 'postgresql://synnefo:example_passw0rd@node1.example.com:5432/snf_pithos'

   PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_PATH = '/srv/pithos/data'

   PITHOS_SERVICE_TOKEN = 'pithos_service_token22w=='

   # Set to False if astakos & pithos are on the same host

   #PITHOS_PROXY_USER_SERVICES = True

The ``PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_CONNECTION`` option tells to the Pithos app where to

find the Pithos backend database. Above we tell Pithos that its database is

``snf_pithos`` at node1 and to connect as user ``synnefo`` with password

``example_passw0rd``.  All those settings where setup during node1's "Database

setup" section.

The ``PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_PATH`` option tells to the Pithos app where to find

the Pithos backend data. Above we tell Pithos to store its data under

``/srv/pithos/data``, which is visible by both nodes. We have already setup this

directory at node1's "Pithos data directory setup" section.

The ``ASTAKOS_BASE_URL`` option informs the Pithos app where Astakos is.

The Astakos service is used for user management (authentication, quotas, etc.)

The ``PITHOS_BASE_URL`` setting must point to the top-level Pithos URL.

The ``PITHOS_SERVICE_TOKEN`` is the token used for authentication with astakos.

It can be retrieved by running on the Astakos node (node1 in our case):

.. code-block:: console

   # snf-manage component-list

The token has been generated automatically during the :ref:`Pithos service

registration <services-reg>`.

Then we need to setup the web UI and connect it to astakos. To do so, edit

``/etc/synnefo/20-snf-pithos-webclient-settings.conf``:

.. code-block:: console

    PITHOS_UI_LOGIN_URL = "https://node1.example.com/ui/login?next="

    PITHOS_UI_FEEDBACK_URL = "https://node2.example.com/feedback"

The ``PITHOS_UI_LOGIN_URL`` option tells the client where to redirect you, if

you are not logged in. The ``PITHOS_UI_FEEDBACK_URL`` option points at the

Pithos feedback form. Astakos already provides a generic feedback form for all

services, so we use this one.

The ``PITHOS_UPDATE_MD5`` option by default disables the computation of the

object checksums. This results to improved performance during object uploading.

However, if compatibility with the OpenStack Object Storage API is important

then it should be changed to ``True``.

Then edit ``/etc/synnefo/20-snf-pithos-webclient-cloudbar.conf``, to connect the

Pithos web UI with the astakos web UI (through the top cloudbar):

.. 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'

The ``CLOUDBAR_LOCATION`` tells the client where to find the astakos common

cloudbar.

The ``CLOUDBAR_SERVICES_URL`` and ``CLOUDBAR_MENU_URL`` options are used by the

Pithos web client to get from astakos all the information needed to fill its

own cloudbar. So we put our astakos deployment urls there.

Pooling and Greenlets

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

Pithos is pooling-ready without the need of further configuration, because it

doesn't use a Django DB. It pools HTTP connections to Astakos and pithos

backend objects for access to the Pithos DB.

However, as in Astakos, since we are running with Greenlets, it is also

recommended to modify psycopg2 behavior so it works properly in a greenlet

context. This means adding the following lines at the top of your

``/etc/synnefo/10-snf-webproject-database.conf`` file:

.. code-block:: console

    from synnefo.lib.db.psyco_gevent import make_psycopg_green

    make_psycopg_green()

Furthermore, add the ``--worker-class=gevent`` (or ``--worker-class=sync`` as

mentioned above, depending on your setup) argument on your

``/etc/gunicorn.d/synnefo`` configuration file. The file should look something

like this: