Notes server

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 2.7.4 + dev (ubuntu package: python-dev)
• PostgreSQL (ubuntu packages: postgresql postgresql-server-dev-?.?, mac os: http://postgresapp.com/)
• ubuntu package: daemontools (for "envdir")
• ubuntu package: pyflakes (for "flake8")
• ubuntu package: virtualenvwrapper (for "mkvirtualenv") (reopen a new shell after install)

Getting the code:

git clone https://github.com/creynaud/notes-server
cd notes-server
mkvirtualenv -p python2.7 notes-server
add2virtualenv .
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Configuration

The notes server relies on environment variables for its configuration. The required environment variables are:

• DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: set it to notes.settings.
• SECRET_KEY: set to a long random string.
• ALLOWED_HOSTS: space-separated list of hosts which serve the web app. E.g. www.awesomenotes.net awesomenotes.net.
• FROM_EMAIL: the email address that sends automated emails (password lost, etc.). E.g. Notes <info@awesomenotes.net>.
• DATABASE_URL: a heroku-like database URL. E.g. postgres://user:password@host:port/database.
• AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: your amazon S3 key id
• AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: your amazon S3 secret access key
• S3_BUCKET_NAME: your amazon S3 bucket name
• SENTRY_DSN: your sentry URL
• SMTP_URL: your smtp URL, e.g. //username:password@host:port?sender=info@awesomenotes.net

Optionally you can customize:

• DEBUG: set it to a non-empty value to enable the Django debug mode.

Here is a bash command to show the current values:

(cd envdir/ && for i in *; do echo $i = $(cat $i) ; done)

Create a super user in postgres:

# inspired by http://obroll.com/how-to-reset-postgres-password-in-postgresql-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric/
sudo su postgres
   psql
      ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '123';

Create the notes database:

createdb -U postgres notes

"Sync" the db (django):

make syncdb
make user
   # enter a mail for your *admin* user and a password

Then you can run and create stuff manually to see the thing:

make run
http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin
http://127.0.0.1:8000

Development

Listing available commands:

make <tab>

Before commiting anything, make sure to:

Run the tests:

make test

Run the source code checker:

flake8

The Django debug toolbar is enabled when the DEBUG environment variable is true and the django-debug-toolbar package is installed.

Environment variables for development are set in the envdir directory. For tests, they are located in the tests/envdir directory.