docs/server.txt


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Installing the server using the www-apps/gentoostats ebuild, or copy the files
in the server directory to a location.

Plugin the following wsgi script in some subdirectory of /var/www/

    import sys
    sys.path.append('<path to webapp directory>')
    from app import app
    application = app.wsgifunc()

Edit mod_wsgi.conf and add the following lines or similar, depending upon the
appropriate path.

    <IfDefine WSGI>
        LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so
        WSGIScriptAlias <prefix> <path to wsgi handler>
        Alias /<prefix>/static /var/www/<prefix>/static/
        AddType text/html .py
        <Directory /var/www/<prefix>/>
            Order deny,allow
            Allow from all
        </Directory>
    </IfDefine>

Copy db.cfg.example to db.cfg in the webapp directory, and modify the database
configuration as necessary. The database should be initialized using the sql
scripts in the sql/ subdirectory.

To run tests, make sure the server is running, and execute the runtests.py
script in the webapp directory.