Madpy CMS

(to follow this guide  you should have some basic knowledge of configuring apache, and using linux command line interface)

1.Dependencies

Madpy has been developed on top of apache module mod_python.
It is therefore necessary the existence of apache server ( has not been tested with apache versions < 2) , and mod_python 3.3.1 (provided with most modern linux distributions ).
In brief  the following packages are required:

1. apache web server (tested in versions 2 +)
2. mod_python (tested in versions  3.3.1 +)
3. cheetah templating engine
4. postgresql (tested on 8.2 + )
5. psycopg2 (python db api for postgresql)
6. pil (python-imaging)
7. PyRSS2Gen (for creating rss feeds)
8. python-crypto
9. A mail server so that madpy can send emails (an external mail server can be used too)
   

In a typical Linux distribution based on debian (debian, ubuntu, mint ..) you can write in your console:
sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-python python-cheetah postgresql python-psycopg2 python-imaging python-pyrss2gen python-crypto
2. Extract the tgz madpy file in a directory.
tar xvzf madpy.tgz
You should give write permissions on directories files and media/user_icons to the user under which apache  runs. Typically this is www-data
chown -R :www-data files
chmod -R 775 files
chown -R :www-data media/user_icons
chmod -R 775 media/user_icons

3. Apache
Place the following configuration of the apache virtual host
    <Directory /path/to/madpy>
        SetHandler mod_python
        PythonHandler main
        PythonDebug On       
    </Directory>
    <Directory /path/to/madpy/media>
        SetHandler None
    </Directory>
4. A development site example
For example you can install madpy on your computer so you can play with it. create a new apache virtual host with the following configuration.
  <VirtualHost *>

    ServerAdmin root@localhost
    ServerName dev.madpy.local
    ServerAlias madpy.local   
    DocumentRoot /path/to/madpy

    <Directory /path/to/madpy>
        SetHandler mod_python
        PythonHandler main
        PythonDebug On       
    </Directory>

    <Directory /path/to/madpy/media>
        SetHandler None
    </Directory>        

    LogLevel warn
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/dev_madpy_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/dev_madpy.log combined
    ServerSignature On   

</VirtualHost>

on a debian based distribution the configuration above should be put in a new file named dev.madpy.local in folder /etc/apache2/sites-available .
You can copy the configuration sample conf to this directory
sudo cp dev.madpy.local /etc/apache/sites-available/
and you should enable it by giving
sudo a2ensite dev.madpy.local
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
to be able to access it with your web browser put a line in /etc/hosts :
127.0.0.1 dev.madpy.local
you can do this by typing in the console
sudo echo "127.0.0.1 dev.madpy.local" >> /etc/hosts
5. Database installation

You should already have created a postgresql user with superuser rights that can login with password (md5 authentication).
See a brief memo I have written for configuring logging in with password in Postgresql .

Inside  madpy folder issue
chmod +x restoredb.sh
./restoredb.sh madpy db_user


First argument of the command is the database name that will be given to the new database.
You can choose any name you want , just later you will have to modify lib/tools/DBTool.py
Default database name in DBTool.py is madpy2.

Second Argument is the database user name .
You should already have created a postgresql user with superuser rights
that can connect to postgresql with a password.
You will be asked the password of this user to connect to Postgres.

6. Configuring madpy

Most of madpy configuration is in file
lib/settings/SiteSettings.py
Settings that you must change are:

ApplicationRoot="/path/to/madpy"
ServerName = "dev.madpy.local"
PortalAddress = "http://dev.madpy.local"

Modify according to your installation

And also file lib/tools/DBTool.py
there you should change the connection string for your database

self.ConnStr= "dbname = madpy  user = db_user password = db_pass"

change values db_user , db_pass according to your installation.

8. You are ready to go!
Browse to http://dev.madpy.local with your browser.
Credentials for logging in as administrator are:
username : admin
password : mad