Automatic Installation

Use the ansible scripts in the /automation directory to build complete instance of application You can also use packer files in /automation/packer to create whole VM's for KVM and VMWare.

Manual Installation

Install the app by performing

pip install -r requirements.txt

python setup.py develop

To run the app and configure datastore you need to run:

• elasticsearch (2.2+ tested)
• postgresql 9.5+
• redis 2.8+

after installing the application you need to:

1. (optional) generate production.ini (or use a copy of development.ini)

   appenlight-make-config production.ini

2. setup database structure:

   appenlight-migrate-db -c FILENAME.ini

3. to configure elasticsearch:

   appenlight-reindex-elasticsearch -c FILENAME.ini

4. create base database objects

   appenlight-initializedb -c FILENAME.ini

5. generate static assets

   appenlight-static -c FILENAME.ini

Running application

to run the main app:

pserve development.ini

to run celery workers:

celery worker -A appenlight.celery -Q "reports,logs,metrics,default" --ini FILENAME.ini

to run celery beat:

celery beat -A appenlight.celery --ini FILENAME.ini

to run appenlight's uptime plugin:

appenlight-uptime-monitor -c FILENAME.ini