From 312f051074a8509ba85b6961fe1f04d4111a7288 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pjotr Prins Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:43:47 +0000 Subject: Adding documentation --- doc/Architecture.org | 15 ++ doc/README.org | 4 + doc/old/gn_installation_notes.txt | 346 -------------------------------------- doc/old/notes.txt | 311 ---------------------------------- 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 657 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/Architecture.org delete mode 100644 doc/old/gn_installation_notes.txt delete mode 100644 doc/old/notes.txt (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/Architecture.org b/doc/Architecture.org new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c263d3b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Architecture.org @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +* GeneNetwork Architecture + +** Introduction + +This document describes the architecture of GN2. Because GN2 is +evolving, only a high-level overview is given here. + +** Webserver + +The webserver is built on [[http://flask.pocoo.org/][Python flask]] and this GN2 source code can be +found on [[https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/tree/master/wqflask/wqflask][github]] in the wqflask directory. The routing tables are +defined in [[https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/blob/master/wqflask/wqflask/views.py][views.py]]. For example the main page is loaded from a +template named [[https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/blob/master/wqflask/wqflask/templates/index_page.htm][index_page.html]] in the [[https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/tree/master/wqflask/wqflask/templates][templates]] directory. In the +template you can find get the form gets filled by a Javascript +routine defined in [[https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/blob/master/wqflask/wqflask/static/new/javascript/dataset_select_menu.js][data_select_menu.js]]. diff --git a/doc/README.org b/doc/README.org index fbb3e1ad..3754dbbd 100644 --- a/doc/README.org +++ b/doc/README.org @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ * Introduction +If you want to understand the architecture of GN2 read +[[Architecture.org]]. The rest of this document is mostly on deployment +of GN2. + 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 diff --git a/doc/old/gn_installation_notes.txt b/doc/old/gn_installation_notes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index efea0309..00000000 --- a/doc/old/gn_installation_notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,346 +0,0 @@ -UFW - default firewall confirguation tool for Ubuntu; eases iptables firewall configuration - -Enable UFW: -sudo ufw enable -Check status of UFW: -sudo ufw status verbose - -Limit ssh: -sudo ufw limit ssh - -Enable http, https: -sudo ufw allow http -sudo ufw allow https - -=========================================== - -http://evilrouters.net/2011/02/18/using-etckeeper-with-git-on-ubuntu/ - -Install etckeeper: -sudo apt-get install etckeeper - -Edit /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf to comment out VCS="bzr" and comment in VCS="git" - -Initialize repository: -sudo etckeeper init - -Do initial commit: -sudo etckeeper commit "Initial commit." - -=========================================== - -Get git: - -sudo apt-get install git - -=========================================== - -Clone code from git repository: -git clone http://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git gene - -Pull from branch in git repository: -git pull origin flask(or whatever the branch is) - -**"apt-cache search" searches for text in the description for various packages, while -"apt-file search" searches for files within the packages** - -Search for package with a specified file that can be installed with apt-get -apt-file search _______ - -============================================ - -Create trash directory: -mkdir ~/.trash - -============================================ - -Using dpkg - -Check which system packages are already installed: -dpkg -l | less - -=========================================== - -Installing virtualenv: -sudo pip install virtualenv - -Tell virtualenv which directory to use: -virtualenv ve27 - -Start up virtual environment: -source ~/ve27/bin/activate - -=========================================== - -Install libmysqlclient-dev (Mysql-Python dependency) -sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev - -Install python-dev (numpy dependency) -sudo apt-get install python-dev - -Install scipy dependencies: -sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev gfortran g++ - -=========================================== - -Install pip: -sudo apt-get install python-pip - -REMEMBER TO SOURCE VE BEFORE INSTALLING - -Comment out in requirements.txt: -Reaper -numarray - -Before installing from requirements.txt, install numpy separately: -pip install numpy==1.7.0 (or whatever version we're using) - -Install from requirements.txt (after activating virtualenv): -pip install -r gene/doc/requirements.txt - -=========================================== - -Installing QTL Reaper - -wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/qtlreaper/qtlreaper/1.1.1/qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fqtlreaper%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1358975786&use_mirror=iweb -mv -v qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fqtlreaper%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1358975786&use_mirror=iweb qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz -tar xvf qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz (to unzip) -mkdir /home/zas1024/ve27/include/python2.7/Reaper -python setup.py install - -=========================================== - -Installing numarray 1.5.2 - -wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/numpy/Old%20Numarray/1.5.2/numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fnumpy%2Ffiles%2FOld%2520Numarray%2F1.5.2%2Fnumarray-1.5.2.tar.gz%2Fdownload&ts=1358978306&use_mirror=superb-dca2 -mv -v numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz?r=http:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fnumpy%2Ffiles%2FOld%20Numarray%2F1.5.2%2Fnumarray-1.5.2.tar.gz%2Fdownload numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz -tar xvf numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz -sudo python setup.py install - -=========================================== - -Installing nginx - -sudo -s -nginx=stable # use nginx=development for latest development version -echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/$nginx/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-$nginx-lucid.list -apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C300EE8C -apt-get update -apt-get install nginx - -Create configuration file in ~/gene/wqflask/other_config/nginx_conf/ (modeled off of the others) -Create symbolic link to config file in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/: -ln -s dir_to_link_to linking_dir - -Run nginx: -sudo /usr/sbin/nginx - -============================================ - -Copy over zach_settings.py to /home/zas1024 directory (or whatever is home directory) - -export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/gene/wqflask/cfg/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located) - -============================================ - -Install MySQL Server - -sudo apt-get install mysql-server - -mkdir /mnt/big -fdisk /dev/sdb -m: for help -n: new partion -... -w: write to table and exit - -Start MySQL server: -service mysql start - -Stop MySQL server: -service mysql stop - -Change root password: -mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('your password') WHERE User='root'; - -Setup accounts in MySQL (first need to delete anonymous/non-root accounts): -#; use mysql; -#; select * from user; -#; delete from user where Host!="localhost"; -#; delete from user where User!="root"; -#; update user set Password = Password('yourpassword') where User='root'; -#; GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'yourusername'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword'; -#; select * from user; - -Use Percona to optimise my.cfg file: -https://tools.percona.com/wizard - -To check # CPUs: -grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo - -To check memory, can use htop - -============================================ - -Check RSA key: -ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key - -03:2c:d7:01:01:f0:31:3a:c8:df:e4:98:62:2c:59:d2 root@penguin (RSA) - -============================================ - -Installing redis server - -In the dls directory: -$ wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.6.14.tar.gz -$ tar xzf redis-2.6.14.tar.gz -$ cd redis-2.6.14 -$ make - -Run redis (from inside redis-2.6.14 directory): -src/redis-server - -For the rest of the installation instructions, refer to: -http://redis.io/topics/quickstart - -To continue installation (from the README): - -In order to install Redis binaries into /usr/local/bin just use: - - % make install - -Make install will just install binaries in your system, but will not configure -init scripts and configuration files in the appropriate place. This is not -needed if you want just to play a bit with Redis, but if you are installing -it the proper way for a production system, we have a script doing this -for Ubuntu and Debian systems: - - % cd utils - % ./install_server - -The script will ask you a few questions and will setup everything you need -to run Redis properly as a background daemon that will start again on -system reboots. - -In the redis config file (/etc/redis/6379.conf) uncomment the following line: -bind 127.0.0.1 - -This is so only the local computer has access - -============================================ - -Check RSA key: -ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key - -03:2c:d7:01:01:f0:31:3a:c8:df:e4:98:62:2c:59:d2 root@penguin (RSA) - -============================================ - -Using Yolk - -Install Yolk: -pip install yolk - -Check packages installed in this virtual environment: -yolk -l - -Checks packages that have updates available: -yolk -U - -=========================================== - -Installing yaml - -Install libyaml-dev: -sudo apt-get install libyaml-dev - -Install yaml: -pip install pyyaml - -=========================================== - -Install MySQL Client - -To fix error "mysql_config not found" while installing packages with pip: -sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev - -=========================================== - -Installing R - -sudo apt-get install r-base-dev - -=========================================== - -Installing rpy2 - -pip install rpy2 - -=========================================== - -Install Parallel Python (pp) - -wget http://www.parallelpython.com/downloads/pp/pp-1.6.3.tar.gz -tar xvf pp-1.6.3.tar.gz -python setup.py install - -========================================== - -Install requests - -pip install requests - -========================================== - -Install logging_tree - -pip install logging_tree - -========================================== - -Install colordiff (just to make it easier to view differences in files, not necessary for GN) - -sudo apt-get install colordiff - -========================================== - -Install NTP (network time protocol) - -sudo apt-get install ntp - -========================================== - -To get server running: - -!If having seemingly inexplicable problems with imports, make sure I've started the environment! - -Start up virtual environment: -source ~/ve27/bin/activate============== - -Install requests - -pip install requests - -======================= - -To set WQFLASK_SETTINGS environment variable: -export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located) - -To change screen environment variable (if man not working or to get color, for example): -export TERM=screen - -To search for commands in history if necessary: -history | grep "(whatever is being searched for)" - -Run web server: -/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx - -Run server: -python runserver.py - -=========================================== - -To do full upgrade (as opposed to apt-get upgrade) -sudo aptitude full-upgrade - -=========================================== diff --git a/doc/old/notes.txt b/doc/old/notes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f8ce2759..00000000 --- a/doc/old/notes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,311 +0,0 @@ -Clone code from git repository: -git clone http://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git gene - -Pull from branch in git repository: -git pull origin flask(or whatever the branch is) - -Add all files in current directory branch to be staged to be committed -git add -A - -Git push to my github repository -git push https://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git master - -Get the default path being used when a command is typed: -which _______ - -Change default path python looks at when importing -export PYTHONPATH="/home/zas1024/gene/wqflask" - -Get the paths checked when a user types a command: -echo $PATH - -Get all environment variables: -set - - -**** apt-get is an Ubuntu system-wide package manager, while pip is a Python-only system -for python packages **** - -Upgrade system packages for security updates, etc: -apt-get update -apt-get dist-upgrade (can probably be used in place of apt-get upgrade) -apt-get upgrade - -**"apt-cache search" searches for text in the description for various packages, while -"apt-file search" searches for files within the packages** - -Show information about given result item returned by apt-cache search: -apt-cache show _______ - -Search for package with a specified file that can be installed with apt-get -apt-file search _______ - -============================================ - -Check which system packages are installed: -dpkg -l | less - -============================================ - -NEVER USE SUDO WITH PIP - -To fix error "mysql_config not found": -sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev - -Create requirements.txt file: -pip freeze > requirements.txt (or whatever filename) - -Install from requirements.txt: -pip install -r gene/wqflask/requirements.txt -t ve27 - -============================================ - -To get server running: - -!If having seemingly inexplicable problems with imports, make sure I've started the environment! - -Note: Virtual environment is not activated when running as root - -Start up virtual environment: -source ~/ve27/bin/activate - -Deactivate virtual environment: -deactivate (just type deactivate) - -To set WQFLASK_SETTINGS environment variable: -export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located) - -zach_settings.py is the local config file with the DB_URI -default_settings.py is the config file with the configuration information that would apply -to any running instance of GeneNetwork - -To change screen environment variable (if man not working or to get color, for example): -export TERM=screen - -To search for commands in history if necessary: -history | grep "(whatever is being searched for)" - -Reload web server: -/usr/sbin/nginx -s reload - -Run server: -python runserver.py - -Run sendmail.py -python send_mail.py - -=========================================== - -UFW - default firewall confirguation tool for Ubuntu; eases iptables firewall configuration - -Enable UFW: -sudo ufw enable -Check status of UFW: -sudo ufw status verbose - -=========================================== - -Update user password: -use mysql; -UPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD('whatever') WHERE user='webqtl'; -FLUSH PRIVILEGES; - -=========================================== - -Redis things - -Restart redis server: -sudo /etc/init.d/redis_6379 stop -sudo /etc/init.d/redis_6379 start - -=========================================== - -Run pylint: -pylint file_name - -For options: -pylint --help - -=========================================== - -Start screen session: - -If "no option -R" or running for first time: -byobu-select-backend -2. screen - -byobu -RD (to start) -control-a then :multiuser on -control-a then :acladd sam - -More info on sharing byobu screen with other users: -http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nstwiki/index.php/HowTo_Share_A_Terminal_Session_Using_Screen - -control-a c to create channel - -type: screen -list for sessions -screen -r zas1024/25679.byobu - -or if only one: - -screen -r zas1024/ - -=========================================== - -Start up log: -Go to /tmp and tail -f flask_gn_log - -=========================================== - -Coffeescript Stuff: - -coffee -c (filename) -coffee -c -w . (to watch for changes and recompile in current directory; the "." is for current directory) -coffee --help (for information about setting options) - -=========================================== - -Unset ASKPASS when trying to git push - -unset SSH_ASKPASS - -=========================================== - -htop: Gives information on processes, cpu/memory load, etc -dstat: Also gives various system information, resource usage, etc -df: Reports file system disk space usage - -=========================================== - -ll h*: Finds items in the directory starting with h - -=========================================== - -du -hms * | sort -n : Gives size used by different directories --h: human readable --m: in megabytes (default) --s: summarize - -=========================================== - -rm -rfv - -=========================================== - -cp -a (archive; copies recursively and doesn't follow symbol links) - -i (interactive, prompts before overwrite) - -v (verbose) - -b (backup) - -mv (same as above, but with no -a) - -=========================================== - -Add user: -sudo adduser -Edit /etc/sudoers to give user root privileges - - -=========================================== - -tidyp - Improves/beautifies html code -tidyp -m -i -w 100 index_page.html - -=========================================== - -ps ax - View processes -ps ux (the "u" is for user) - -kill (process #) - -=========================================== - -Installing QTL Reaper - -wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/qtlreaper/qtlreaper/1.1.1/qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fqtlreaper%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1358975786&use_mirror=iweb -tar xvf qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz (to unzip) -python setup.py build -python setup.py install - -=========================================== - -Using Yolk - -Install Yolk: -pip install yolk - -Check packages installed in this virtual environment: -yolk -l - -Checks packages that have updates available: -yolk -U - -=========================================== - -Python stuff: - -Classes should always inherit "object" -To iterate through dictionary items: for X, Y in MyDictionary.items(): - -=========================================== - -Change import path from command line -export PYTHONPATH=~/gene/wqflask (or whatever) - -=========================================== - -Create symbolic link: -ln -s dir_to_link_to linking_dir - -=========================================== - -Reboot server -sudo reboot - -=========================================== - -Using grep: - -grep -ir (search string) (directory) - --i ignores case --r searches recursively through subdirectories of directory you specify - -=========================================== - -Command line arguments: - -Use argparse to deal with command line arguments (instead of argv or optparse) - -=========================================== - -Change owner/group: - -chown zas1024 somefile (change owner of somefile to zas1024) -chown zas1024: somefile (change owner and group of somefile to zas1024) -sudo chown root: somefile (change owner/group of somefile to root) - -Change permissions: - -chmod g-wr (remove write/read privileges for group) -chmod g+w (add write privileges for group) -chmod u+rwx (add read, write, and execute privileges for user) -etc. - -=========================================== - -MySQL Things - - -Create fulltext (MATCH AGAINST syntax) index: -CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX __________ ON Table (Column); - -If <4 character searches not working: -Add ft_min_word_len = 2 (to make te minimum characters 2) to config file -Rebuild relevant tables with fulltext indexes with "REPAIR TABLE _______ QUICK" - -=========================================== - -To delete all .pyc files (for example if there's some issue you're having trouble resolving): -find . -name '*.pyc' -delete -http://stackoverflow.com/questions/785519/how-do-i-remove-all-pyc-files-from-a-project - -- cgit v1.2.3