1. Source
The portal source lives in module portal of our git server. The main check-out is in /afs/hcoop.net/user/h/hc/hcoop/portal.
2. Building
Run become_hcoop before modifying files in the main check-out or running any git commands that would modify it.
To build it yourself:
There are small CGI wrappers which just run compiled binaries in ~hcoop/portal/out/. mlt.conf contains CGI publish path (modify this to suit your system if building locally). These wrappers are generated automatically by mlt.
To recompile and publish on deleuze:
become_hcoop cd ~/portal mlt
header.mlt and footer.mlt are built from assorted other files. Running make in a check-out directory should build them. See the Makefile for how they're built. Note that make won't publish changes that you make onto the real web sites; you must use mlt for that.
Needed files for building:
hcoop_header is the one line script cat /etc/hcoop.header | sed "s/TITLE/$1/g"
hcoop_footer is the one line script cat /etc/hcoop.footer
- You need /etc/hcoop.header and /etc/hcoop.footer, which are
<html><head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/hcoop.css" /> <title>TITLE</title> </head><body> <div class="main"> <div class="title"> <img class="globe" src="/globe.gif" /> <h1>TITLE</h1> </div> <div class="break"></div>
</div> </body></html>
2.1. Application Within the Portal
There are some subdirectories of portal that contain different web apps, like app (the source for join.hcoop.net). You must run mlt separately in any of these directories to publish changes in it. These include:
app/ The Join script
contact/ Appears to be unused (does not build)
listaddrs/ Unknown
mailman/ Unknown
passgen/ Password reset tool
remind/ Low balance reminder
static/ Public member directory
vmailpasswd Vmail password changing
3. Adding Machine
To support user requests for a machine, insert a WebNode into the database. The Debian version should be the release name (e.g. "squeeze").
INSERT INTO WebNode (id, name, descr, debian)
VALUES ((select max(id)+1 from WebNode), $HOST, $DESCRIPTION, $DEBIANVERSION);