Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracStandalone


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     1= Tracd =
     2
     3Tracd is a lightweight standalone Trac web server. In most cases it's easier to setup and runs faster than the [wiki:TracCgi CGI script].
     4
     5== Pros ==
     6
     7 * Fewer dependencies: You don't need to install apache or any other web-server.
     8 * Fast: Should be almost as fast as the [wiki:TracModPython mod_python] version (and much faster than the [wiki:TracCgi CGI]).
     9 * Automatic reloading: For development, Tracd can be used in ''auto_reload'' mode, which will automatically restart the server whenever you make a change to the code (in Trac itself or in a plugin).
     10
     11== Cons ==
     12
     13 * Fewer features: Tracd implements a very simple web-server and is not as configurable or as scalable as Apache HTTPD.
     14 * No native HTTPS support: [http://www.rickk.com/sslwrap/ sslwrap] can be used instead,
     15   or [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/STunnelTracd stunnel -- a tutorial on how to use stunnel with tracd] or Apache with mod_proxy.
     16
     17== Usage examples ==
     18
     19A single project on port 8080. (http://localhost:8080/)
     20{{{
     21 $ tracd -p 8080 /path/to/project
     22}}}
     23Stricly speaking this will make your Trac accessible to everybody from your network rather than ''localhost only''. To truly limit it use ''--hostname'' option.
     24{{{
     25 $ tracd --hostname=localhost -p 8080 /path/to/project
     26}}}
     27With more than one project. (http://localhost:8080/project1/ and http://localhost:8080/project2/)
     28{{{
     29 $ tracd -p 8080 /path/to/project1 /path/to/project2
     30}}}
     31
     32You can't have the last portion of the path identical between the projects since Trac uses that name to keep the URLs of the
     33different projects unique. So if you use `/project1/path/to` and `/project2/path/to`, you will only see the second project.
     34
     35An alternative way to serve multiple projects is to specify a parent directory in which each subdirectory is a Trac project, using the `-e` option. The example above could be rewritten:
     36{{{
     37 $ tracd -p 8080 -e /path/to
     38}}}
     39
     40To exit the server on Windows, be sure to use {{{CTRL-BREAK}}} -- using {{{CTRL-C}}} will leave a Python process running in the background.
     41
     42When running as a Windows service using a utility such as [http://www.google.com/search?q=srvany.exe SRVANY], stopping or restarting the service will also leave a Python process running -- restart the system instead.
     43
     44
     45== Using Authentication ==
     46
     47Using tracd with Apache .htpasswd files:
     48
     49To create a .htpasswd file using htpasswd:
     50
     51{{{
     52sudo htpasswd -c /path/to/env/.htpasswd username
     53}}}
     54then for additional users:
     55{{{
     56sudo htpasswd /path/to/env/.htpasswd username2
     57}}}
     58then for starting the tracd:
     59{{{
     60tracd -p 8080 --basic-auth=environmentname,/fullpath/environmentname/.htpasswd,/fullpath/environmentname /fullpath/environmentname
     61}}}
     62
     63
     64Tracd provides support for both Basic and Digest authentication. The default is to use Digest; to use Basic authentication, replace `--auth` with `--basic-auth` in the examples below. (You must still specify a dialogic "realm", which can be an empty string by trailing the BASICAUTH with a comma.)
     65
     66  ''Support for Basic authentication was added in version 0.9.''
     67
     68The general format for using authentication is:
     69
     70{{{
     71 $ tracd -p port --auth=base_project_dir,password_file_path,realm project_path
     72}}}
     73
     74where:
     75
     76 * '''base_project_dir''' is the base directory of the project; note: this doesn't refer to the project name, and it is case-sensitive even for windows environments
     77 * '''password_file_path''' path of the password file
     78 * '''realm''' realm
     79 * '''project_path''' path of the project
     80
     81Example:
     82
     83{{{
     84 $ tracd -p 8080 \
     85   --auth=project1,/path/to/users.htdigest,mycompany.com /path/to/project1
     86}}}
     87Of course, the digest file can be be shared so that it is used for more than one project:
     88{{{
     89 $ tracd -p 8080 \
     90   --auth=project1,/path/to/users.htdigest,mycompany.com \
     91   --auth=project2,/path/to/users.htdigest,mycompany.com \
     92   /path/to/project1 /path/to/project2
     93}}}
     94
     95Another way to share the digest file is to specify "*"
     96for the project name:
     97{{{
     98 $ tracd -p 8080 \
     99   --auth="*",/path/to/users.htdigest,mycompany.com \
     100   /path/to/project1 /path/to/project2
     101}}}
     102If using the `-s` parameter for serving a Trac environment from the root of a domain, one must use `*` for the project name
     103
     104== How to set up an htdigest password file ==
     105
     106If you have Apache available, you can use the htdigest command to generate the password file. Type 'htdigest' to get some usage instructions, or read [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/htdigest.html this page] from the Apache manual to get precise instructions.  You'll be prompted for a password to enter for each user that you create.  For the name of the password file, you can use whatever you like, but if you use something like `users.htdigest` it will remind you what the file contains. As a suggestion, put it in your <projectname>/conf folder along with the [TracIni trac.ini] file.
     107
     108Note that you can start tracd without the --auth argument, but if you click on the ''Login'' link you will get an error.
     109
     110== Generating Passwords Without Apache ==
     111
     112If you don't have Apache available, you can use this simple Python script to generate your passwords:
     113
     114{{{
     115#!python
     116from optparse import OptionParser
     117# The md5 module is deprecated in Python 2.5
     118try:
     119    from hashlib import md5
     120except ImportError:
     121    from md5 import md5
     122realm = 'trac'
     123
     124# build the options
     125usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
     126parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
     127parser.add_option("-u", "--username",action="store", dest="username", type = "string",
     128                  help="the username for whom to generate a password")
     129parser.add_option("-p", "--password",action="store", dest="password", type = "string",
     130                  help="the password to use")
     131parser.add_option("-r", "--realm",action="store", dest="realm", type = "string",
     132                  help="the realm in which to create the digest")
     133(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
     134
     135# check options
     136if (options.username is None) or (options.password is None):
     137   parser.error("You must supply both the username and password")
     138if (options.realm is not None):
     139   realm = options.realm
     140   
     141# Generate the string to enter into the htdigest file
     142kd = lambda x: md5(':'.join(x)).hexdigest()
     143print ':'.join((options.username, realm, kd([options.username, realm, options.password])))
     144}}}
     145
     146Note: If you use the above script you must use the --auth option to tracd, not --basic-auth, and you must set the realm in the --auth value to 'trac' (without the quotes). Example usage (assuming you saved the script as trac-digest.py):
     147
     148{{{
     149python trac-digest.py -u username -p password >> c:\digest.txt
     150tracd --port 8000 --auth=proj_name,c:\digest.txt,trac c:\path\to\proj_name
     151}}}
     152
     153Note: If you would like to use --basic-auth you need to use htpasswd tool from apache server to generate .htpasswd file. The remaining part is similar but make sure to use empty realm (i.e. coma after path). When using on Windows make sure to use -m option for it (did not tested it on *nix, so not sure if that is the case there).  If you do not have Apache, [trac:source:/tags/trac-0.11b2/contrib/htpasswd.py htpasswd.py] may help.  (Note that it requires a `crypt` or `fcrypt` module; see the source comments for details.)
     154
     155It is possible to use md5sum utility to generate digest-password file using such method:
     156{{{
     157echo -e "${user}:trac:${password}\c" | md5sum - >>to-file
     158}}}
     159and manually delete " -" from the end and add "${user}:trac:" to the start of line from 'to-file'. You can see attachment:trac-digest-corrected.sh for detail.
     160
     161== Tips ==
     162
     163=== Serving static content ===
     164
     165If `tracd` is the only webserver used for the project,
     166it can also be used to distribute static content
     167(tarballs, Doxygen documentation, etc.)
     168
     169This static content should be put in the `$TRAC_ENV/htdocs` folder,
     170and is accessed by URLs like `<project_URL>/chrome/site/...`.
     171
     172Example: given a `$TRAC_ENV/htdocs/software-0.1.tar.gz` file,
     173the corresponding relative URL would be `/<project_name>/chrome/site/software-0.1.tar.gz`,
     174which in turn can be written using the relative link syntax
     175in the Wiki: `[/<project_name>/chrome/site/software-0.1.tar.gz]`
     176
     177The development version of Trac supports a new `htdocs:` TracLinks
     178syntax for the above. With this, the example link above can be written simply
     179`htdocs:software-0.1.tar.gz`.
     180
     181=== Using apache rewrite rules ===
     182In some situations when you choose to use tracd behind apache, you might experience issues with redirects, like being redirected to URLs with the wrong host or protocol. In this case (and only in this case), setting the `[trac] use_base_url_for_redirect` to `true` can help, as this will force Trac to use the value of `[trac] base_url` for doing the redirects.
     183
     184=== Serving a different base path than / ===
     185Tracd supports serving projects with different base urls than /<project>. The parameter name to change this is
     186{{{
     187tracd --base-path=/some/path
     188}}}
     189
     190----
     191See also: TracInstall, TracCgi, TracModPython, TracGuide, [trac:TracOnWindowsStandalone?version=13#RunningTracdasservice Running tracd.exe as a Windows service]