Configuration

Configure Your Install

Now that you have installed the Custom Installer Builder dependencies and code, let's configure your instance!

Create and configure local

Back in the custominstallerbuilder directory, copy the local_template folder to local (this is where Django will expect the configuration files to live).

$ cd ~/custominstallerbuilder   # Go into the repo we checked out during setup
$ cp -R local_template local

Edit "local/settings.py" to match your local configuration. This is what is contained in the original file (with omissions):

SECRET_KEY = '***** This should be changed to a random string *****'
...
SERVE_STATIC = False
...
BASE_URL = 'http://domain.com/'
...
PROJECT_URL = BASE_URL + 'custominstallerbuilder/'

Change it to reflect your setup:

SECRET_KEY = "Don't dare to think using this as your random string either"
...
SERVE_STATIC = True
...	
BASE_URL = 'http://YOUR-URL:PORT/'
...
PROJECT_URL = BASE_URL

• SECRET_KEY should be a random string of your own choosing. Do not share it with others!
• If you are testing locally, use http://127.0.0.1:PORT/ for the BASE_URL. You may use your public facing IP if you want it to be accessible via the internet.
• PORT must be an open port number greater than 1024. For smaller port numbers, administrative privileges (sudo) are required.

Save the file, and you are done with configuring Django for your Custom Installer Builder. Good job!

Adapt the build scripts

Go to the custominstallerbuilder/scripts/ directory again. In the dist subdir, edit rebuild_base_installers_for_seattlegeni.sh to match your local configuration.

Specifically, adapt the file names (including full paths) to your softwareupdater's public and private keys:

PUBLIC_KEY_FILE=/path/to/publickey
PRIVATE_KEY_FILE=/path/to/privatekey

You can generate a keypair in the correct format from https://seattleclearinghouse.poly.edu/html/profile using your (or creating a new) user account.

Similarly, the softwareupdater URL must be given:

SOFTWARE_UPDATE_URL=http://blackbox.poly.edu/updatesite/

Also, change

REPO_PARENT_DIR=/home/cib/custominstallerbuilder/scripts/

to the location of your scripts folder.

You can also change

BASE_INSTALLER_DIRECTORY=/var/www/dist
BASE_INSTALLER_ARCHIVE_DIR=/var/www/dist/old_base_installers

to where you would like the base installers located. Just make sure that the path exists.

If you are setting up the Custom Installer Builder on a non-Seattle production machine, you also need to change the user name to your Custom Installer Builder user (if you created one):

USER=cib

Everything set up and configured!

Continue now to making the last changes and building installers...