[Booki-dev] Reinstalled Booki, now picture uploads don't work

[adam]

i think one thing we need to do is supply clear information on how to 
set up the environment variables. I believe that those that are used to 
setting up software but are not used to django will get caught out on 
this as has been demonstrated by the quesitons both you (James) and I have.

James - I was wondering if you would help us and write a short 
description on how to do this? I can also help and we can ask Aco, 
Tuukkaa and Luka to check it...

adam



On 06/16/2011 01:50 PM, Aleksandar Erkalovic wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:01 AM, James Simmons<nicestep at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The migration instructions for Booki are the worst I have ever seen.
>> django-admin shell?  Really?  Spending half an hour trying to figure
>> out just what value
>>
>> export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=
>>
>> should have and giving up because NOTHING makes django-admin happy?
>
> instructions in INSTALL file are very simple and straightforward.
> Install script even creates settings file with all the paths, default
> options inside and needed directories. It can also check if needed
> python modules are installed on the system. It also creates for you
> apache wscgi file and shell file with all the defined PATHs and
> environment variables. No need to setup any variable or configure
> option (if you decide to use sqlite). Even this DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
> is defined for you. All you need to do, before using django-admin, is
> to load environment variables from created file. That's all. It is
> simple setup that allows more then one installation of booki on the
> system and very easy management of different installations.
>
> You are not the only one who has problems with "not loading
> environment variables". I explained this problem before to you and
> adam on the mailing list. Well, it is not a problem, it is just the
> way it works. It allows me to have Booki 1.1, Booki1.2 and Booki 1.3
> with different dependencies and Django 1.2 or Django 1.3 installed. It
> allows me to upgrade only one site to newer version while the others
> can still run old code with old dependencies. I find it to be very
> useful benefit. If Booki was iPad, i would put everything in /etc/.
> You would be able to have only one install, and you will never have to
> load anything. Luckily, it is not iPad.
>
> I don't think this setup is too complex but i am aware it is not
> understandable to some people.  At my commercial work i am technical
> support for IBM systems and DBA for IBM Informix. I manage banks,
> government institutions, ministry of defense, ministry of health,
> medical history for all citizens and etc... With just one customer i
> manage ~1300 different installations of IBM Informix across country
> this way. AIX, HP-UX, Linux, SCO on machines.  Works perfectly and
> except me they have no other database administrator to manage it. Even
> their administrators who can barely use mouse have figured out how to
> load different environments. I like this kind of setup and i think, as
> different it can be, it has more benefits then some other solution.
>
> Anyhoo, happy you manage to make it work.
>
> aco
>
>

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