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bsw@1657 1 <html><head><title>LiquidFeedback Installation Instructions</title></head><body>
jbe@1046 2 <h1>LiquidFeedback Installation Instructions</h1>
jbe@1046 3
jbe@1046 4 <p>This document gives a short outline about the necessary steps to setup a
jbe@1046 5 LiquidFeedback system.</p>
jbe@1046 6
jbe@1046 7 <h2>1. Install necessary dependencies</h2>
jbe@1046 8
jbe@1046 9 <p>If you're using a Debian system, make sure that the following packages are
jbe@1046 10 installed:</p>
jbe@1046 11
bsw@1045 12 <ul>
jbe@1156 13 <li>build-essential</li>
bsw@1657 14 <li>postgresql</li>
bsw@1657 15 <li>postgresql-server-dev-12</li>
jbe@1308 16 <li>libbsd-dev</li>
bsw@1657 17 <li>lua5.3</li>
bsw@1657 18 <li>liblua5.3-dev</li>
bsw@1657 19 <li>mercurial</li>
bsw@1657 20 <li>bmake</li>
bsw@1657 21 <li>lsb-release</li>
bsw@1045 22 <li>imagemagick</li>
bsw@1839 23 <li>sassc</li>
bsw@1045 24 </ul>
jbe@1046 25
jbe@1046 26 <p>If you're using any other Linux distribution or BSD system, install the
jbe@1046 27 necessary software components accordingly.</p>
jbe@1046 28
jbe@1046 29 <h2>2. Ensure that the user account of your webserver has access to the database</h2>
jbe@1046 30
bsw@1657 31 <p>The useraccount of Moonbridge server process needs to have access to your
bsw@1657 32 PostgreSQL installation. This is done by executing PostgreSQL's shell command
bsw@1657 33 <code>createuser</code> as database superuser (usually <code>pgsql</code>, or <code>postgres</code> for
bsw@1657 34 Debian installations):</p>
jbe@1046 35
bsw@1657 36 <pre><code>su - postgres -s $SHELL
jbe@1191 37 createuser --no-superuser --createdb --no-createrole www-data
jbe@1046 38 exit
jbe@1046 39 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 40
jbe@1046 41 <h2>3. Install and configure LiquidFeedback-Core</h2>
jbe@1046 42
jbe@1046 43 <p>We recommend to create the database with the same user as your webserver
jbe@1046 44 (usually <code>www-data</code>) to avoid having to setup database privileges.</p>
jbe@1046 45
bsw@1657 46 <p>The example below installs the database as <code>www-data</code> and stores the three
bsw@1657 47 executables <code>lf_update</code>, <code>lf_update_issue_order</code> and
bsw@1657 48 <code>lf_update_suggestion_order</code> in the directory <code>/opt/liquid_feedback_core/</code>:</p>
jbe@1046 49
bsw@1045 50 <pre><code># Download and unpack LiquidFeedback-Core
bsw@1045 51 # from http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/liquid_feedback/backend/
bsw@1045 52 make
bsw@1045 53 mkdir /opt/liquid_feedback_core
jbe@1196 54 cp core.sql lf_update lf_update_issue_order lf_update_suggestion_order /opt/liquid_feedback_core
jbe@1191 55 su www-data -s $SHELL
bsw@1045 56 cd /opt/liquid_feedback_core
bsw@1045 57 createdb liquid_feedback
jbe@1046 58 psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -f core.sql liquid_feedback
jbe@1046 59 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 60
bsw@1045 61 <p>A simple configuration may look as follows:</p>
jbe@1046 62
bsw@1045 63 <pre><code>psql liquid_feedback
bsw@1045 64
jbe@1046 65 INSERT INTO system_setting (member_ttl) VALUES ('1 year');
jbe@1046 66 INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (false, '1 hour', 20, 6);
jbe@1046 67 INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (false, '1 day', 80, 12);
jbe@1046 68 INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (true, '1 hour', 200, 60);
jbe@1046 69 INSERT INTO contingent (polling, time_frame, text_entry_limit, initiative_limit) VALUES (true, '1 day', 800, 120);
jbe@1046 70 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 71
bsw@1657 72 <p>Create an invite code for an admin user:</p>
jbe@1046 73
bsw@1657 74 <pre><code>INSERT INTO member (invite_code, admin) VALUES ('sesam', true);
jbe@1046 75 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 76
bsw@1045 77 <p>Exit the <code>psql</code> interface by typing:</p>
jbe@1046 78
jbe@1046 79 <pre><code>\q
jbe@1046 80 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 81
bsw@1045 82 <p>And don't forget to quit the <code>www-data</code> shell:</p>
jbe@1046 83
jbe@1046 84 <pre><code>exit
jbe@1046 85 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 86
jbe@1244 87 <h2>4. Install Moonbridge</h2>
jbe@1046 88
jbe@1156 89 <pre><code># Download and unpack Moonbridge
jbe@1156 90 # from http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/moonbridge/
jbe@1156 91 pmake MOONBR_LUA_PATH=/opt/moonbridge/?.lua
jbe@1156 92 mkdir /opt/moonbridge
jbe@1156 93 cp moonbridge /opt/moonbridge/
jbe@1156 94 cp moonbridge_http.lua /opt/moonbridge/
jbe@1156 95 </code></pre>
jbe@1156 96
jbe@1156 97 <h2>5. Install WebMCP</h2>
jbe@1156 98
bsw@1045 99 <pre><code># Download and unpack WebMCP
bsw@1045 100 # from http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/webmcp/
bsw@1045 101 make
bsw@1045 102 mkdir /opt/webmcp
jbe@1046 103 cp -RL framework/* /opt/webmcp/
jbe@1046 104 </code></pre>
bsw@1045 105
jbe@1156 106 <h2>6. Install the LiquidFeedback-Frontend</h2>
bsw@1045 107
bsw@1045 108 <p>Unpack source tree into appropriate directory, e.g. <code>/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend</code>:</p>
jbe@1046 109
bsw@1045 110 <pre><code># Download LiquidFeedback-Frontend
bsw@1045 111 # from http://www.public-software-group.org/pub/projects/liquid_feedback/frontend/
jbe@1046 112 mv liquid_feedback_frontend-vX.X.X /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend
jbe@1046 113 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 114
bsw@1045 115 <p>Make <code>tmp/</code> directory of LiquidFeedback-Frontend writable for webserver:</p>
jbe@1046 116
jbe@1046 117 <pre><code>chown www-data /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/tmp
jbe@1046 118 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 119
jbe@1156 120 <h2>7. Configure mail system</h2>
jbe@1046 121
bsw@1657 122 <p>It may be necessary to configure your server's mail system.</p>
jbe@1046 123
jbe@1244 124 <h2>8. Configure the LiquidFeedback-Frontend</h2>
jbe@1046 125
bsw@1045 126 <pre><code>cd /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/config
bsw@1045 127 cp example.lua myconfig.lua
jbe@1046 128 # edit myconfig.lua according to your needs
jbe@1046 129 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 130
jbe@1244 131 <h2>9. Setup regular execution of <code>lf_update</code> and related commands </h2>
jbe@1046 132
jbe@1051 133 <p>The executables <code>lf_update</code>, <code>lf_update_issue_order</code>, and
jbe@1051 134 <code>lf_update_suggestion_order</code> must be executed regularly. This may be achieved
bsw@1657 135 by creating a file named <code>/opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update.sh</code> with the
jbe@1051 136 following contents:</p>
jbe@1046 137
bsw@1045 138 <pre><code>#!/bin/sh
bsw@1045 139
bsw@1045 140 while true; do
bsw@1661 141 nice /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update dbname=liquid_feedback 2&gt;&amp;1 | logger -t "lf_core"
bsw@1661 142 nice /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update_issue_order dbname=liquid_feedback 2&gt;&amp;1 | logger -t "lf_core"
bsw@1661 143 nice /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update_suggestion_order dbname=liquid_feedback 2&gt;&amp;1 | logger -t "lf_core"
bsw@1045 144 sleep 5
jbe@1046 145 done
jbe@1046 146 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 147
bsw@1045 148 <p>This file must be marked as executable:</p>
jbe@1046 149
jbe@1046 150 <pre><code>chmod +x /opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_updated
jbe@1046 151 </code></pre>
jbe@1046 152
bsw@1657 153 <p>And this file should be started automatically at system boot. On systems with
bsw@1657 154 systemd, create a file named <code>/etc/systemd/system/liquid_feedback_core.service</code>:</p>
bsw@1657 155
bsw@1657 156 <pre><code>[Unit]
bsw@1657 157 Description=LiquidFeedback Core update
bsw@1657 158
bsw@1657 159 [Service]
bsw@1661 160 User=www-data
bsw@1657 161 ExecStart=/opt/liquid_feedback_core/lf_update.sh
jbe@1046 162
bsw@1657 163 [Install]
bsw@1657 164 WantedBy=multi-user.target
bsw@1657 165 </code></pre>
bsw@1657 166
bsw@1673 167 <p>Enable and start the service:</p>
bsw@1673 168
bsw@1673 169 <pre><code>systemctl start liquid_feedback_core
bsw@1673 170 systemctl enable liquid_feedback_core
bsw@1673 171 </code></pre>
bsw@1657 172
bsw@1657 173 <h2>10. Start the frontend</h2>
jbe@1046 174
jbe@1244 175 <p>After <code>lf_update</code> has been executed at least once, you should be able to use
jbe@1244 176 your LiquidFeedback system.</p>
jbe@1046 177
bsw@1674 178 <p>Create a file named <code>/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/run.sh</code>:</p>
bsw@1657 179
bsw@1657 180 <pre><code>#/bin/bash
bsw@1657 181
bsw@1661 182 /opt/moonbridge/moonbridge /opt/webmcp/bin/mcp.lua /opt/webmcp/ /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/ main myconfig 2&gt;&amp;1 | logger -t "lf_frontend"
bsw@1657 183 </code></pre>
bsw@1657 184
bsw@1657 185 <p>Make it executable:</p>
bsw@1657 186
bsw@1657 187 <pre><code>chmod +x /opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/run.sh
bsw@1657 188 </code></pre>
bsw@1657 189
bsw@1657 190 <p>On systemd based systems, create a file named
bsw@1657 191 <code>/etc/systemd/system/liquid_feedback_frontend.service</code>:</p>
jbe@1156 192
bsw@1657 193 <pre><code>[Unit]
bsw@1657 194 Description=LiquidFeedback Frontend
bsw@1657 195
bsw@1657 196 [Service]
bsw@1661 197 User=www-data
bsw@1657 198 ExecStart=/opt/liquid_feedback_frontend/run.sh
bsw@1657 199
bsw@1657 200 [Install]
bsw@1657 201 WantedBy=multi-user.target
jbe@1156 202 </code></pre>
jbe@1162 203
bsw@1673 204 <p>Enable and start the service:</p>
bsw@1673 205
bsw@1673 206 <pre><code>systemctl start liquid_feedback_frontend
bsw@1673 207 systemctl enable liquid_feedback_frontend
bsw@1673 208 </code></pre>
bsw@1657 209
jbe@1162 210 <p>In the latter case, the Moonbridge server will open a TCP port according to
jbe@1162 211 your configuration. Directly accessing this TCP port through your webbrowser
jbe@1162 212 is helpful for development purposes. For real-life deployment, however, it is
jbe@1162 213 recommended to further proxy the application (e.g. using nginx). The proxy can
jbe@1190 214 also add HTTPS and/or HTTP/2 support (which is not supported by Moonbridge
jbe@1190 215 itself).</p>
bsw@1657 216 </body></html>

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