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## Installing in Production ## Installing in Production
This project is still young and isn't, at the momoment, very stable, so please procede with caution when running in production. This project is still young and isn't, at the momoment, very stable, so please procede with caution when running in production.
### Server setup ### Server setup
- Get a domain name and set up DNS for your server - Get a domain name and set up DNS for your server
- Set your server up with appropriate firewalls for running a web application (this instruction set is tested again Ubuntu 20.04) - Set your server up with appropriate firewalls for running a web application (this instruction set is tested again Ubuntu 20.04)
- Set up a mailgun account and the appropriate DNS settings - Set up an email service (such as mailgun) and the appropriate SMTP/DNS settings
- Install Docker and docker-compose - Install Docker and docker-compose
### Install and configure BookWyrm ### Install and configure BookWyrm
The `production` branch of BookWyrm contains a number of tools not on the `main` branch that are suited for running in production, such as `docker-compose` changes to update the default commands or configuration of containers, and indivudal changes to container config to enable things like SSL or regular backups.
Instructions for running BookWyrm in production:
- Get the application code: - Get the application code:
`git clone git@github.com:mouse-reeve/bookwyrm.git` `git clone git@github.com:mouse-reeve/bookwyrm.git`
- Switch to the `production` branch - Switch to the `production` branch
`git checkout production` `git checkout production`
- Create your environment variables file - Create your environment variables file
`cp .env.example .env` `cp .env.example .env`
- Add your domain, email address, mailgun credentials - Add your domain, email address, SMTP credentials
- Set a secure redis password and secret key - Set a secure redis password and secret key
- Set a secure database password for postgres - Set a secure database password for postgres
- Update your nginx configuration in `nginx/default.conf` - Update your nginx configuration in `nginx/default.conf`
- Replace `your-domain.com` with your domain name - Replace `your-domain.com` with your domain name
- Run the application (this should also set up a Certbot ssl cert for your domain) - Run the application (this should also set up a Certbot ssl cert for your domain) with
`docker-compose up --build` `docker-compose up --build`, and make sure all the images build successfully
Make sure all the images build successfully
- When docker has built successfully, stop the process with `CTRL-C` - When docker has built successfully, stop the process with `CTRL-C`
- Comment out the `command: certonly...` line in `docker-compose.yml` - Comment out the `command: certonly...` line in `docker-compose.yml`
- Run docker-compose in the background - Run docker-compose in the background with: `docker-compose up -d`
`docker-compose up -d` - Initialize the database with: `./bw-dev initdb`
- Initialize the database - Set up schedule backups with cron that runs that `docker-compose exec db pg_dump -U <databasename>` and saves the backup to a safe location
`./bw-dev initdb`
- Set up schedule backups with cron that runs that `docker-compose exec db pg_dump -U <databasename>` and saves the backup to a safe locationgi Congrats! You did it, go to your domain and enjoy the fruits of your labors.
- Congrats! You did it, go to your domain and enjoy the fruits of your labors
### Configure your instance ### Configure your instance
- Register a user account in the applcation UI - Register a user account in the application UI
- Make your account a superuser (warning: do *not* use django's `createsuperuser` command) - Make your account a superuser (warning: do *not* use django's `createsuperuser` command)
- On your server, open the django shell - On your server, open the django shell
`./bw-dev shell` `./bw-dev shell`