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diff --git a/doc/README.org b/doc/README.org index 278dd31c..681357ef 100644 --- a/doc/README.org +++ b/doc/README.org @@ -3,24 +3,28 @@ * Table of Contents :TOC: - [[#introduction][Introduction]] + - [[#quick-installation-recipe][Quick installation recipe]] + - [[#step-1-install-gnu-guix][Step 1: Install GNU Guix]] + - [[#step-2-checkout-the-gn2-git-repositories][Step 2: Checkout the GN2 git repositories]] + - [[#step-3-authorize-the-gn-guix-server][Step 3: Authorize the GN Guix server]] + - [[#step-4-install-and-run-gn2-][Step 4: Install and run GN2 ]] + - [[#run-mysql-server][Run MySQL server]] - [[#source-deployment][Source deployment]] - - [[#install-guix][Install guix]] - - [[#checkout-the-git-repositories][Checkout the git repositories]] - - [[#update-guix][Update guix]] - - [[#install-gn2][Install GN2]] - - [[#run-gn2][Run GN2]] - - [[#run-mysql-server][Run MySQL server]] - [[#run-your-own-copy-of-gn2][Run your own copy of GN2]] - [[#set-up-nginx-port-forwarding][Set up nginx port forwarding]] - [[#source-deployment-and-other-information-on-reproducibility][Source deployment and other information on reproducibility]] + - [[#update-to-recent-guix][Update to recent guix]] + - [[#install-gn2][Install GN2]] + - [[#run-gn2][Run GN2]] - [[#trouble-shooting][Trouble shooting]] - [[#importerror-no-module-named-jinja2][ImportError: No module named jinja2]] - [[#error-can-not-find-directory-homegn2_data][ERROR: can not find directory $HOME/gn2_data]] - [[#cant-run-a-module][Can't run a module]] + - [[#irc-session][IRC session]] * Introduction -Large system deployments can get very complex. In this document we +Large system deployments can get very [[http://biobeat.org/gn2.svg][complex]]. In this document we explain the GeneNetwork version 2 (GN2) reproducible deployment system which is based on GNU Guix (see also Pjotr's [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/README.md][Guix-notes]]). The Guix system can be used to install GN with all its files and dependencies. @@ -30,20 +34,69 @@ main Guix package tree and that of the Genenetwork package tree. Current supported versions can be found as the SHA values of 'gn-latest' branches of [[https://github.com/genenetwork/guix-bioinformatics/tree/gn-latest][Guix bioinformatics]] and [[https://github.com/genenetwork/guix/tree/gn-latest][GNU Guix main]]. -* Source deployment -** Install guix +* Quick installation recipe + +This is a recipe for quick and dirty installation of GN2. For +convenience everything is installed as root, though in reality only +GNU Guix has to be installed as root. I tested this recipe on a fresh +install of Debian 8.3.0 (in KVM) though it should work on any modern +Linux distribution (including CentOS). For more elaborate installation +instructions see [[#source-deployment][Source deployment]]. + +Note that GN2 consists of an approx. 5 GB installation including +database. + +** Step 1: Install GNU Guix + +Fetch the GNU Guix binary from [[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/][here]] (middle panel) and follow +[[https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html][instructions]]. Essentially you have to download and unpack the tar ball +(which creates directories in /gnu and /var/guix), add build users and +group (Guix builds software as unpriviliged users) and run the Guix +daemon after fixing the paths (also known as the 'profile'). + +Once you have succeeded, you have to [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#set-the-key][set the key]] (getting permission +to download binaries from the GNU server) and you should be able to +install the hello package using binary packages (no building) + +#+begin_src bash +export PATH=~/.guix-profile/bin:$PATH +guix pull +guix package -i hello --dry-run +#+end_src + +Which should show something like -Deploying from source is also straightforward. Install GNU Guix using -a binary tar ball as described [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes][here]]. +: The following files would be downloaded: +: /gnu/store/zby49aqfbd9w9br4l52mvb3y6f9vfv22-hello-2.10 +: ... +#+end_src + +means binary installs. The actual installation command of 'hello' is + +#+begin_src bash +guix package -i hello +hello + Hello, world! +#+end_src -If it works you should be able to install a package with +If you actually see things building it means that Guix is not yet +properly installed and up-to-date, i.e., the key is missing or you +need to do a 'guix pull'. Press Ctrl-C to interrupt. -: guix package -i hello +If you need more help we have another writeup in [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#binary-installation][guix-notes]]. To get +rid of the locale warning see [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#set-locale][set-locale]]. -** Checkout the git repositories +** Step 2: Checkout the GN2 git repositories -Check out the two relevant guix and guix-bioinformatics git -repositories: +To fixate the software dependency graph GN2 uses git repositories of +Guix packages. First install git if it is missing + +#+begin_src bash +guix package -i git +export GIT_SSL_CAINFO=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt +#+end_src + +check out the git repsitories (gn-latest branch) #+begin_src bash cd ~ @@ -54,24 +107,343 @@ git clone --branch gn-latest --recursive https://github.com/genenetwork/guix gui cd guix-gn-latest #+end_src bash -** Update guix +** Step 3: Authorize the GN Guix server + +GN2 has its own GNU Guix binary distribution server. To trust it you have +to add the following key + +#+begin_src scheme +(public-key + (ecc + (curve Ed25519) + (q #11217788B41ADC8D5B8E71BD87EF699C65312EC387752899FE9C888856F5C769#) + ) +) +#+end_src + +by pasting it into the command + +#+begin_src bash +guix archive --authorize +#+end_src + +and hit Ctrl-D. + +Now you can use the substitute server to install GN2 binaries. + +** Step 4: Install and run GN2 + +Since this is a quick and dirty install we are going to override the +GNU Guix package path by pointing the package path to our repository: + +#+begin_src bash +rm /root/.config/guix/latest +ln -s ~/genenetwork/guix-gn-latest/ /root/.config/guix/latest +#+end_src + +Now check whether you can find the GN2 package with + +#+begin_src bash +env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/genenetwork/guix-bioinformatics/ guix package -A genenetwork2 + genenetwork2 2.0-a8fcff4 out gn/packages/genenetwork.scm:144:2 +#+end_src + +(ignore the source file newer then ... messages, this is caused by the +/root/.config/guix/latest override). + +And install with + +#+begin_src bash +env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/genenetwork/guix-bioinformatics/ \ + guix package -i genenetwork2 \ + --substitute-urls="http://guix.genenetwork.org:8080 https://mirror.guixsd.org" \ + --fallback +#+end_src + +Note that you may (currently) get an error: + +: guix substitute: error: download from 'http://guix.genenetwork.org:8080/nar/sqd3q1xq5fsbga00bwhghi9shi7xdaac-gtk+-3.18.2' failed: 404, "Not Found" + +which can be fixed with using the --fallback switch, or install + +: guix package -i gtk+@3.18.2 + +and restart the genenetwork2 install. + +After installation you should be able to run genenetwork2 after updating +the Guix suggested environment vars. Check the ouput of + +#+begin_src bash +guix package --search-paths +export PYTHONPATH="/root/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages" +export R_LIBS_SITE="/root/.guix-profile/site-library/" +#+end_src + +and copy-paste the exports into the terminal before running: + +#+begin_src bash +genenetwork2 +#+end_src + +It will complain that the database is missing. See the next section on +running MySQL server for downloading and installing a MySQL GN2 +database. After installing the database restart genenetwork2 and point +your browser at [[http://localhost:5003/]]. + +End of the GN2 installation recipe! + +* Run MySQL server + +At this point we require the underlying distribution to install and +run mysqld. Currently we have two databases for deployment, +'db_webqtl_s' is the small testing database containing experiments +from BXD mice and 'db_webqtl_plant' which contains all plant related +material. + +Download one database from + +http://files.genenetwork.org/raw_database/ +https://s3.amazonaws.com/genenetwork2/db_webqtl_s.zip + +Check the md5sum. + +After installation inflate the database binary in the MySQL directory +(this installation path is subject to change soon) + +: chown -R mysql:mysql db_webqtl_s/ +: chmod 700 db_webqtl_s/ +: chmod 660 db_webqtl_s/* -At some point you may decide to create, install and run a recent -version of the guix-daemon by compiling the guix repository. Follow -[[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#building-gnu-guix-from-source-using-guix][these]] steps carefully. +restart MySQL service (mysqld). Login as root and + +: mysql> show databases; +: +--------------------+ +: | Database | +: +--------------------+ +: | information_schema | +: | db_webqtl_s | +: | mysql | +: | performance_schema | +: +--------------------+ + +Set permissions and match password in your settings file below: + +: mysql> grant all privileges on db_webqtl_s.* to gn2@"localhost" identified by 'mysql_password'; + +Note that if the mysql connection is not working, try connecting to +the IP address and check server firewall, hosts.allow and mysql IP +configuration. + +Note for the plant database you can rename it to db_webqtl_s, or +change the settings in etc/default_settings.py to match your path. + +* Source deployment + +This section gives a more elaborate instruction for installing GN2 +from source. + +First execute above 4 steps: + + - [[#step-1-install-gnu-guix][Step 1: Install GNU Guix]] + - [[#step-2-checkout-the-gn2-git-repositories][Step 2: Checkout the GN2 git repositories]] + - [[#step-3-authorize-the-gn-guix-server][Step 3: Authorize the GN Guix server]] + - [[#step-4-install-and-run-gn2-][Step 4: Install and run GN2 ]] + + +** Run your own copy of GN2 + +At some point you may want to fix the source code. Assuming you have +Guix and Genenetwork2 installed (as described above) clone the GN2 +repository from https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2. + +Copy-paste the paths into your terminal (mainly so PYTHON_PATH and +R_LIBS_SITE are set) from the information given by guix: + +: guix package --search-paths + +Inside the repository: + +: cd genenetwork2 +: ./bin/genenetwork2 + +Will fire up your local repo http://localhost:5003/ using the +settings in ./etc/default_settings.py. These settings may +not reflect your system. To override settings create your own from a copy of +default_settings.py and pass it into GN2 with + +: ./bin/genenetwork2 $HOME/my_settings.py + +and everything *should* work (note the full path to the settings +file). This way we develop against the exact same dependency graph of +software. + +If something is not working, take a hint from the settings file +that comes in the Guix installation. It sits in something like + +: cat ~/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages/genenetwork2-2.0-py2.7.egg/etc/default_settings.py + +** Set up nginx port forwarding + +nginx can be used as a reverse proxy for GN2. For example, we want to +expose GN2 on port 80 while it is running on port 5003. Essentially +the configuration looks like + +#+begin_src js + server { + listen 80; + server_name test-gn2.genenetwork.org; + access_log logs/test-gn2.access.log; + + proxy_connect_timeout 3000; + proxy_send_timeout 3000; + proxy_read_timeout 3000; + send_timeout 3000; + + location / { + proxy_set_header Host $http_host; + proxy_set_header Connection keep-alive; + proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; + proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; + proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name; + proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5003; + } +} +#+end_src js + +Install the nginx webserver (as root) + +: guix package -i nginx + +The nginx example configuration examples can be found in the Guix +store through + +: ls -l /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx +: lrwxrwxrwx 3 root guixbuild 66 Dec 31 1969 /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx -> /gnu/store/g0wrcl5z27rmk5b52rldzvk1bzzbnz2l-nginx-1.8.1/sbin/nginx + +Use that path + +: ls /gnu/store/g0wrcl5z27rmk5b52rldzvk1bzzbnz2l-nginx-1.8.1/share/nginx/conf/ +: fastcgi.conf koi-win scgi_params +: fastcgi.conf.default mime.types scgi_params.default +: fastcgi_params mime.types.default uwsgi_params +: fastcgi_params.default nginx.conf uwsgi_params.default +: koi-utf nginx.conf.default win-utf + +And copy any relevant files to /etc/nginx. A configuration file for +GeneNetwork (reverse proxy) port forwarding can be found in the source +repository under ./etc/nginx-genenetwork.conf. Copy this file to /etc +(still as root) +: cp ./etc/nginx-genenetwork.conf /etc/nginx/ + +Make dirs + +: mkdir -p /var/spool/nginx/logs + +Add users + +: adduser nobody ; addgroup nobody + +Run nginx + +: /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx-genenetwork.conf -p /var/spool/nginx + +* Source deployment and other information on reproducibility + +See the document [[GUIX-Reproducible-from-source.org]]. + +** Update to recent guix + +We now compile Guix from scratch. + +Create, install and run a recent version of the guix-daemon by +compiling the guix repository you have installed with git in +step 2. Follow [[https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#building-gnu-guix-from-source-using-guix][these]] steps carefully after + +: cd ~/genenetwork/guix-gn-latest + +Make sure to restart the guix daemon and run guix client from this +directory. ** Install GN2 +Reinstall genenetwork2 using the new tree + +#+begin_src bash +env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/genenetwork/guix-bioinformatics/ ./pre-inst-env guix package -i genenetwork2 --substitute-urls="http://guix.genenetwork.org:8080 https://mirror.guixsd.org" +#+end_src bash + +Note the use of ./pre-inst-env here! + +Actually, it should be the same installation as in step 4, so nothing +gets downloaded. + +** Run GN2 + +Make a note of the paths with + +#+begin_src bash +./pre-inst-env guix package --search-paths +#+end_src bash + +After setting the paths for the server + +#+begin_src bash +export PATH=~/.guix-profile/bin:$PATH +export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages" +export R_LIBS_SITE="$HOME/.guix-profile/site-library/" +export GUIX_GTK3_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/gtk-3.0" +export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/girepository-1.0" +export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/.guix-profile/share" +export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/gio/modules" +#+end_src bash + +run the main script (in ~/.guix-profile/bin) + #+begin_src bash -env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=../guix-bioinformatics/ ./pre-inst-env \ - guix package -i genenetwork2 --fallback +genenetwork2 #+end_src bash -Note that you can use the genenetwork.org guix substitute caching -server at http://guix.genenetwork.org:8080 (which speeds up installs -significantly because all packages are pre-built). Here an IRC session -where we installed GN2 from scratch using GNU Guix and a download -of the test database: +will start the default server which listens on port 5003, i.e., +http://localhost:5003/. + +OK, we are where we were before with step 4. Only difference is that we +used our own compiled guix server. + +* Trouble shooting + +** ImportError: No module named jinja2 + +If you have all the Guix packages installed this error points out that +the environment variables are not set. Copy-paste the paths into your +terminal (mainly so PYTHON_PATH and R_LIBS_SITE are set) from the +information given by guix: + +: guix package --search-paths + +On one system: + +: export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages" +: export R_LIBS_SITE="$HOME/.guix-profile/site-library/" +: export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0" + +and perhaps a few more. +** ERROR: can not find directory $HOME/gn2_data + +The default settings file looks in your $HOME/gn2_data. Since these +files come with a Guix installation you should take a hint from the +values in the installed version of default_settings.py (see above in +this document). + +** Can't run a module + +In rare cases, development modules are not brought in with Guix +because no source code is available. This can lead to missing modules +on a running server. Please check with the authors when a module +is missing. +* IRC session + +Here an IRC session where we installed GN2 from scratch using GNU Guix +and a download of the test database. #+begin_src <pjotrp> time to get binary install sorted :) [07:03] @@ -475,204 +847,3 @@ The following derivations would be built: <pjotrp> I am building it on guix.genenetwork.org right now [10:09] <user01> nice [10:10] #+end_src - -** Run GN2 - -Make a note of the paths with - -#+begin_src bash -./pre-inst-env guix package --search-paths -#+end_src bash - -After setting the paths for the server - -#+begin_src bash -export PATH=~/.guix-profile/bin:$PATH -export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages" -export R_LIBS_SITE="$HOME/.guix-profile/site-library/" -export GUIX_GTK3_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/gtk-3.0" -export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/girepository-1.0" -export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$HOME/.guix-profile/share" -export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/gio/modules" -#+end_src bash - -run the main script (in ~/.guix-profile/bin) - -#+begin_src bash -genenetwork2 -#+end_src bash - -will start the default server which listens on port 5003, i.e., -http://localhost:5003/. - -** Run MySQL server - -At this point we require the underlying distribution to install -and run mysqld. - -Download one of - -http://files.genenetwork.org/raw_database/ -https://s3.amazonaws.com/genenetwork2/db_webqtl_s.zip - -Check the md5sum. - -After installation inflate the database binary in the MySQL directory -(this is subject to change soon) - -: chown -R mysql:mysql db_webqtl_s/ -: chmod 700 db_webqtl_s/ -: chmod 660 db_webqtl_s/* - -restart MySQL service (mysqld). Login as root and - -: mysql> show databases; -: +--------------------+ -: | Database | -: +--------------------+ -: | information_schema | -: | db_webqtl_s | -: | mysql | -: | performance_schema | -: +--------------------+ - -Set permissions and match password in your settings file below: - -: mysql> grant all privileges on db_webqtl_s.* to gn2@"localhost" identified by 'mysql_password'; - -Note that if the mysql connection is not working, try connecting to -the IP address and check server firewall, hosts.allow and mysql IP -configuration. - -** Run your own copy of GN2 - -At some point you may want to fix the source code. Assuming you have -Guix and Genenetwork2 installed (as described above) clone the GN2 -repository from https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2. - -Copy-paste the paths into your terminal (mainly so PYTHON_PATH and -R_LIBS_SITE are set) from the information given by guix: - -: guix package --search-paths - -Inside the repository: - -: cd genenetwork2 -: ./bin/genenetwork2 - -Will fire up your local repo http://localhost:5003/ using the -settings in ./etc/default_settings.py. These settings may -not reflect your system. To override settings create your own from a copy of -default_settings.py and pass it into GN2 with - -: ./bin/genenetwork2 $HOME/my_settings.py - -and everything *should* work (note the full path to the settings -file). This way we develop against the exact same dependency graph of -software. - -If something is not working, take a hint from the settings file -that comes in the Guix installation. It sits in something like - -: cat ~/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages/genenetwork2-2.0-py2.7.egg/etc/default_settings.py - -** Set up nginx port forwarding - -nginx can be used as a reverse proxy for GN2. For example, we want to -expose GN2 on port 80 while it is running on port 5003. Essentially -the configuration looks like - -#+begin_src js - server { - listen 80; - server_name test-gn2.genenetwork.org; - access_log logs/test-gn2.access.log; - - proxy_connect_timeout 3000; - proxy_send_timeout 3000; - proxy_read_timeout 3000; - send_timeout 3000; - - location / { - proxy_set_header Host $http_host; - proxy_set_header Connection keep-alive; - proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; - proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; - proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name; - proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5003; - } -} -#+end_src js - -Install the nginx webserver (as root) - -: guix package -i nginx - -The nginx example configuration examples can be found in the Guix -store through - -: ls -l /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx -: lrwxrwxrwx 3 root guixbuild 66 Dec 31 1969 /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx -> /gnu/store/g0wrcl5z27rmk5b52rldzvk1bzzbnz2l-nginx-1.8.1/sbin/nginx - -Use that path - -: ls /gnu/store/g0wrcl5z27rmk5b52rldzvk1bzzbnz2l-nginx-1.8.1/share/nginx/conf/ -: fastcgi.conf koi-win scgi_params -: fastcgi.conf.default mime.types scgi_params.default -: fastcgi_params mime.types.default uwsgi_params -: fastcgi_params.default nginx.conf uwsgi_params.default -: koi-utf nginx.conf.default win-utf - -And copy any relevant files to /etc/nginx. A configuration file for -GeneNetwork (reverse proxy) port forwarding can be found in the source -repository under ./etc/nginx-genenetwork.conf. Copy this file to /etc -(still as root) -: cp ./etc/nginx-genenetwork.conf /etc/nginx/ - -Make dirs - -: mkdir -p /var/spool/nginx/logs - -Add users - -: adduser nobody ; addgroup nobody - -Run nginx - -: /root/.guix-profile/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx-genenetwork.conf -p /var/spool/nginx - -* Source deployment and other information on reproducibility - -See the document [[GUIX-Reproducible-from-source.org]]. - -* Trouble shooting - -** ImportError: No module named jinja2 - -If you have all the Guix packages installed this error points out that -the environment variables are not set. Copy-paste the paths into your -terminal (mainly so PYTHON_PATH and R_LIBS_SITE are set) from the -information given by guix: - -: guix package --search-paths - -On one system: - -: export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages" -: export R_LIBS_SITE="$HOME/.guix-profile/site-library/" -: export GEM_PATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0" - -and perhaps a few more. -** ERROR: can not find directory $HOME/gn2_data - -The default settings file looks in your $HOME/gn2_data. Since these -files come with a Guix installation you should take a hint from the -values in the installed version of default_settings.py (see above in -this document). - -** Can't run a module - -In rare cases, development modules are not brought in with Guix -because no source code is available. This can lead to missing modules -on a running server. Please check with the authors when a module -is missing. |