# Points to keep in mind The `state/` directory contains the database. You can download the current database of [guide.aelve.com](http://guide.aelve.com) by doing this: $ git clone https://github.com/aelve/guide-database $ mv guide-database state The `config.json` file contains the config (it will be created at the 1st start). There are 3 settings so far: * `tracking-enabled` enables tracking. If you do enable it, don't forget to replace the contents of `static/tracking.md` with your own tracking script. * `admin-password` is the password for the admin panel (at `/admin`). Leave it empty if you don't want any password. * `base-url` is the URL of the server (which should contain `http://` or `https://`). It's used for feed generation. # How to install locally $ cabal install --only-dependencies $ cabal build $ dist/build/guide/guide And go to . The status page is available at . # How to install on a server I'm going to use Digitalocean and Ubuntu, but you can use anything else. Create a droplet with Ubuntu. Install GHC: $ add-apt-repository ppa:hvr/ghc $ apt-get update $ apt-get install ghc-7.10.3 cabal-install-1.22 Add cabal-install, GHC, and the cabal dir to `PATH` by adding /opt/cabal/1.22/bin:/opt/ghc/7.10.3/bin:$HOME/.cabal/bin to `PATH` in `~/.bashrc` and then doing `source ~/.bashrc`. Clone and build `guide`: $ git clone https://github.com/aelve/guide $ cd guide $ cabal update $ cabal install --dependencies-only $ cabal build Make a new subdomain in Apache. For me, it means writing this to `/etc/apache2/sites-available/guide.conf`: ~~~ ServerName guide.aelve.com ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyPass / http://0.0.0.0:8080/ ProxyPassReverse / http://0.0.0.0:8080/ ~~~ If you want the status page to be available as well, write: ~~~ ServerName guide.aelve.com ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyPass /status/ http://0.0.0.0:5050/ ProxyPassReverse /status/ http://0.0.0.0:5050/ ProxyPass / http://0.0.0.0:8080/ ProxyPassReverse / http://0.0.0.0:8080/ ~~~ (Note that it will only be available at `/status/`, not `/status`.) Enable the site: $ a2ensite guide $ service apache2 reload Create a daemon. This goes to `/etc/init/guide.conf` (the path is going to be something other than `/root/guide` for you): ~~~ start on filesystem or runlevel [2345] stop on runlevel [!2345] chdir /root/guide env LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 exec dist/build/guide/guide ~~~ Start the daemon: $ service guide start ## Database You can set automatic backups of the database to your own repository. Create `.gitignore` in the `state/` folder: ~~~ events* *.lock ~~~ Create a repository locally and remotely. If you're using Github, you can avoid having to enter passwords by generate an access token and using it as username when adding a remote: $ git remote add origin https://@github.com/aelve/guide-database.git Next, create `upload.sh`: ~~~ cd /root/guide/state git add -A GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='auto' GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='' git commit --author="auto <>" -m "`date`" git push ~~~ $ chmod +x upload.sh Finally, make a cron job that would try to upload new data every 10m (tho the actual checkpoints are only created once per hour): $ crontab -e ~~~ */10 * * * * /bin/bash /root/guide/upload.sh ~~~