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Jonne Haß edited this page Nov 25, 2012 · 13 revisions

Note: If any of the steps don't work, don't force it. You probably skipped a step or something. Do not use sudo unless mentioned. Note: If you have issue, try here: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/How-we-use-IRC

THIS IS ONLY FOR DEV SETUP OR FOR JUST TRYING IT OUT

THIS GUIDE HAS SOME FLAWS AND IS CONFUSING, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REWORK IT.... IN THE MEAN TIME JUST GET A VM, INSTALL UBUNTU AND THROW THE QUICK START AGAINST IT: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora#quick-start

WEIRD GUIDE STARTS HERE

VirtualBox Setup:

Name: 
Diaspora2
OS Type: 
Ubuntu
Base Memory: 
512 MB
Start-up Disk: 
Diaspora2.vdi (Normal, 8.00 GB)


File type: 
VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)
Details: 
Dynamically allocated storage
Location: 
C:\Users\dfolkes\VirtualBox VMs\Diaspora2\Diaspora2.vdi
Size: 
8.00 GB (8589934592 B)

VBOX SETTINGS:

Storage > IDE :
-- attach ubuntu 12.04 server

NETWORK > Adapter1:
	NAT
NETWORK > Adapter2:
	Host-only Adapter

UBUNTU INSTALL:

Use the defaults for everything unless specified.

Configure Network:
	- eth0
Write Changes to disk?
	- yes

Configuring Taskel:
	Install security updates automatically

Software Selection:
	OpenSSH
	LAMP

MySQL Password:
	MYSQLPASS

Install Complete, restarting...

POST INSTALL CHECKUP

sudo dhclient eth1
ping google.com

should get response

ifconfig

should get an ip address in eth1, mine is: 192.168.56.103

open http://YOUR.IP.ADDRESS/ in your browser. if it does not say 'it works', then your network is messed up and I am sorry.

SSH into the box

(mine:192.168.56.103) This will allow you to copy and paste. If you are in windows, use Putty.

We are going to be doing this from Step 1 to Step 4 http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html

Finish with:

sudo cp server.key /etc/apache2/
sudo cp server.crt /etc/apache2/

Replace /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default with:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot /var/www
    <Directory /var/www/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride None
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>
	RewriteEngine On
	SSLEngine On
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/server.crt
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/server.key
</VirtualHost>

run:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Go here and proceed through ssl errors: https://YOUR.IP.ADDRESS/ It should say: "it works".

Installing Diaspora's Ruby Environment:

From: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installing-on-Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install build-essential libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev libxml2 ruby-full mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev libmysql-ruby libssl-dev libopenssl-ruby libcurl4-openssl-dev imagemagick libmagickwand-dev git-core redis-server libffi-dev libffi-ruby rubygems libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev libreadline5 openjdk-7-jre nodejs libncurses5-dev

curl -L dspr.tk/1t | bash
source /home/dan/.rvm/scripts/rvm

rvm install 1.9.3-p327

press 'q' to continue...

rvm use 1.9.3-p327@global

Installing Diaspora:

FROM: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Notes-on-Installing-and-Running-Diaspora

git clone -b master git://github.com/diaspora/diaspora.git && cd diaspora
Do you wish to trust this .rvmrc file? 
y [enter]

bundle install

cp ./config/script_server.yml.example ./config/script_server.yml
cp ./config/diaspora.yml.example ./config/diaspora.yml
cp ./config/database.yml.example ./config/database.yml

Edit: ./config/script_server.yml

rails_env: "development"

Edit ./config/diaspora.yml

certificate_authorities: '/etc/apache2/server.crt'

Edit ./config/database.yml

mysql: &mysql
	 password: "MYSQLPASS"

Build up the database:

bundle exec rake db:create
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create

bundle exec rake db:schema:load
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:schema:load

Configure Apache

Replace /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default with:

Replace /home/dan/diaspora/public with your path to the folder.

<VirtualHost *:443>
	DocumentRoot /home/dan/diaspora/public
	
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
	RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://thinservers%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L]
	
	<Proxy balancer://thinservers>
		BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:3000
	</Proxy>

	ProxyRequests Off
	ProxyVia On  
	ProxyPreserveHost On
	RequestHeader set X_FORWARDED_PROTO https

	<Proxy *>
		Order allow,deny
		Allow from all
	</Proxy>
	
	<Directory /home/dan/diaspora/public>
		Allow from all
		AllowOverride all
		Options -MultiViews
	</Directory>
	
	SSLEngine On
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/server.crt
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/server.key
</VirtualHost>

Add apache mods and restart:

sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_balancer proxy_http headers
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

https://YOUR.IP.ADDRESS/ = SERVICE UNAVAILABLE

./script/server

https://YOUR.IP.ADDRESS/ = Diaspora!

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