Django on a Joyent Accelerator, the Hard Way
There have been a couple of excellent guides on installing Django on an Accelerator, and I thought I’d throw mine into the mix.
These are the notes I took during a recent install of Django on a pair of Joyent Accelerators. While the other guides I found used the versions of Apache, PostgreSQL et al available in Blastwave or Pkgsrc, this project required newer versions than the package managers could provide. This means, of course, that nearly everything had to be built from source.
All source was downloaded to /home/admin/src, and everything was installed to /opt/local. In the following, Server1 refers to the Accelerator running Apache, and Server2 is the Accelerator running Mysql.
/home/
admin/.bashrc
Changed the default PATH on both machines to something like:
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/opt/csw/sbin:/opt/csw/gnu:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin:/opt/local/apache2/sbin:/opt/local/apache2/bin:/opt/local/mysql/bin
Python
2.5 on Server1
Building:
cd Python-2.5.1/ gpatch -p1 < ../Python-2.5.1.patch ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=/opt/local make sudo make install
OpenSSL 0.9.7 on both
servers
This may not have been needed on Server2, as I used the SSL bundled with MySQL.
Building:
cd openssl-0.9.7m/ ./Configure --prefix=/opt/local --openssldir=/opt/local/openssl solaris-x86-gcc gpatch -p1 < ../openssl-0.9.7m.patch make sudo make install
MySQL 5.0.45
(client and mysqld) on both servers
Building:
cd mysql-5.0.45/ CFLAGS="-O3" CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 -felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" ./configure --prefix=/opt/local/mysql --enable-assembler --with-yassl make sudo make install sudo mysql_install_db # Only on Server2; probably not necessary for upgrades
Edited /etc/passwd on Server2:
mysql:x:100:100::/opt/local/mysql:/bin/false
SSL certs are in /opt/local/mysql/certs.
Config is at /etc/my.cnf; databases and logs are in /opt/local/mysql/var.
MySQLdb 1.2.2 on Server1
The “python setup.py build; rsync …” dance is to avoid installing eggs.
Building:
cd MySQL-python-1.2.2/ gpatch -p1 < ../MySQL-python-1.2.2.patch1 gpatch -p1 < ../MySQL-python-1.2.2.patch2 LD_LIBRARY_CONFIG=/opt/local/mysql/lib LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" python setup.py build sudo rsync -aP build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/ /opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
MySQL-python-1.2.2.patch1
MySQL-python-1.2.2.patch2
Apache 2.2.6 on Server1
Pre-build, I moved the existing Blastwave Apache install out of the way, but didn’t pkgrm it:
sudo mv /opt/csw/apache /opt/csw/apache2.disabled
Building:
cd httpd-2.2.6/ ./configure --prefix=/opt/local/apache2 --enable-mods-shared=all --enable-ssl make sudo make install
Config is in /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
mod_python 3.3.1 on
Server1
Building:
cd mod_python-3.3.1/ ./configure --with-apxs=/opt/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-python=/opt/local/bin/python make sudo make install
libevent/memcached on
Server1
Install via Blastwave:
pkg-get -i memcached
Libevent wouldn’t build from source cleanly; the solution may be here:
http://monkeymail.org/archives/libevent-users/2007-February/000481.html http://monkeymail.org/archives/libevent-users/2007-June/000661.html http://www.mail-archive.com/libevent-users@monkey.org/msg00658.html http://lists.danga.com/pipermail/memcached/2007-July/004631.html http://monkeymail.org/archives/libevent-users/2007-May/000615.html http://monkeymail.org/archives/libevent-users/2007-May/000621.html http://monkeymail.org/archives/libevent-users/2007-June/000678.html
python-memcached 1.40 on
Server1
Building:
cd python-memcached-1.40/ python setup.py build sudo cp build/lib/memcache.py /opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
Django on
Server1
Added /opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/tetriad.pth:
/home/code
Django svn checkout is at /home/code/django. /home/code/network/settings.py shows how I connected to MySQL:
DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
DATABASE_OPTIONS = {
'read_default_file': '/etc/my.cnf',
}
DATABASE_NAME = 'installer'Manifests and Methods (both
servers)
Copies of the manifests are in /opt/local/svc/manifest. Methods called by the manifests are in /opt/local/svc/method.
