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--- development [2014/09/13 15:50]
stylesuxx [Developing]
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 ==== Web Interface ====
+The following HowTo is based upong Archlinux and running lighttpd. It also applies only to the development branch (version >= 1.1).
+The ''development/lighttpd_extra.conf'' is prepared to setup a test environment in you homefolder's tmp directory. You can change it to something wich is more suitable. The configuration file ''development/lighttpd_inside.conf'' makes lighttpd run inside the the github repository. Each configuration has a disabled default redirect, because it won't help you much during development.
+ The lighttpd runs with your userid and uses the highport ''8001'' and has no 404 redirect enabled per default.
+The imageboard is currently not tested to run in this environment.
+The WebUI should run in a configured apache2 environment. You need to setup cgi-bin to use .py files and react on python2 only.
+The file ''www/chat_content.html'' and ''www/cgi-bin/data.pso'' must be writeable for the apache user. Unfortunately the directory listing won't work.
+Requirements are needed to get the UI working:
+  * Python2
+  * PHP  including php-cgi (for lighttpd)
+The following steps need to get the www folder working:
+Get the latest development branch, if you want to contribute, please exchange the URL with the one of the forked repository.
+  # git clone git@github.com:PirateBox-Dev/PirateBoxScripts_Webserver.git
+  # cd PirateBoxScripts_Webserver
+  # git checkout development
+=== Create a dev. environment in an separate folder ===
+This shows how to create a working web environment in ~/tmp
+Create the web development environment for lighttpd in another directory:
+  # mkdir -p ~/tmp
+  # cp -rv piratebox/piratebox/www ~/tmp
+  # cp -rv piratebox/piratebox/python_lib/*  ~/tmp/www/cgi-bin
+  # touch ~/tmp/www/chat_content.html
+  # mkdir -p  ~/tmp/www/Shared
+  # mkdir -p  ~/tmp/www/board
+Adjust the following line in the lighttpd configuration file in the PIrateBoxScripts_Webserver folder ''development/lighttpd_extra.conf''. Be sure it is the full non relative path.
+  var.basedir=<change this to your desired folder>
+Uploaded files will be placed in the Shared folder. Run lighttpd with the following command
+ # lighttpd -D -f development/lighttpd_extra.conf
+Point your browser now to ''http://127.0.0.1:8001/''. You will find error logs and logs from HTTP-Code 500 in ''/tmp/break.log'' & ''/tmp/error.log''
+=== Create run lighttpd inside github directory ===
+You can run lighttpd inside the cloned repository. To do so, you should take care during the commits to not add unwanted files to the repository during working on it.
+Create the web development environment for lighttpd:
+  # touch piratebox/piratebox/www/chat_content.html
+  # mkdir -p  piratebox/piratebox/www/Shared
+  # mkdir -p  piratebox/piratebox/www/board
+Usually during startup of the PirateBox, ''HEADER.txt'' and ''README.txt'' two files will be distributed across the directories.  We are creating links to the original files, that you can adjust it transparently.
+  # ln piratebox/piratebox/src/HEADER.txt piratebox/piratebox/www/Shared/
+  # ln piratebox/piratebox/src/README.txt piratebox/piratebox/www/Shared/
+Uploaded files will be placed in the Shared folder. Run lighttpd with the following command
+   lighttpd -D -f development/lighttpd_inside.conf
+Point your browser now to ''http://127.0.0.1:8001/''. You will find error logs and logs from HTTP-Code 500 in ''/tmp/break.log'' & ''/tmp/error.log''