Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of TracStandalone


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    v3 v4  
     1** Note: this page documents the version 1.0 of Trac, see [[0.12/TracStandalone]] if you need the previous version **
    12= Tracd =
    23
     
    8485Use [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/WindowsServiceScript WindowsServiceScript], available at [http://trac-hacks.org/ Trac Hacks]. Installs, removes, starts, stops, etc. your Trac service.
    8586
     87=== Option 3 ===
     88
     89also cygwin's cygrunsrv.exe can be used:
     90{{{
     91$ cygrunsrv --install tracd --path /cygdrive/c/Python27/Scripts/tracd.exe --args '--port 8000 --env-parent-dir E:\IssueTrackers\Trac\Projects'
     92$ net start tracd
     93}}}
     94
    8695== Using Authentication ==
    8796
    88 Tracd provides support for both Basic and Digest authentication. The default is to use Digest; to use Basic authentication, replace `--auth` with `--basic-auth` in the examples below. (You must still specify a dialogic "realm", which can be an empty string by trailing the BASICAUTH with a comma.)
    89 
     97Tracd provides support for both Basic and Digest authentication. Digest is considered more secure. The examples below use Digest; to use Basic authentication, replace `--auth` with `--basic-auth` in the command line.
    9098
    9199The general format for using authentication is:
     
    93101 $ tracd -p port --auth="base_project_dir,password_file_path,realm" project_path
    94102}}}
    95 
    96103where:
    97 
    98104 * '''base_project_dir''': the base directory of the project specified as follows:
    99105   * when serving multiple projects: ''relative'' to the `project_path`
     
    103109 * '''realm''': the realm name (can be anything)
    104110 * '''project_path''': path of the project
    105  * **`--auth`** in the above means use Digest authentication, replace `--auth` with `--basic-auth` if you want to use Basic auth
     111
     112 * **`--auth`** in the above means use Digest authentication, replace `--auth` with `--basic-auth` if you want to use Basic auth.  Although Basic authentication does not require a "realm", the command parser does, so the second comma is required, followed directly by the closing quote for an empty realm name.
    106113
    107114Examples:
     
    127134}}}
    128135
    129 === Using a htpasswd password file ===
     136=== Basic Authorization: Using a htpasswd password file ===
    130137This section describes how to use `tracd` with Apache .htpasswd files.
    131138
     139  Note: It is necessary (at least with Python 2.6) to install the fcrypt package in order to
     140  decode some htpasswd formats.  Trac source code attempt an `import crypt` first, but there
     141  is no such package for Python 2.6. Only `SHA-1` passwords (since Trac 1.0) work without this module.
     142
    132143To create a .htpasswd file use Apache's `htpasswd` command (see [#GeneratingPasswordsWithoutApache below] for a method to create these files without using Apache):
    133 
    134144{{{
    135145 $ sudo htpasswd -c /path/to/env/.htpasswd username
     
    141151
    142152Then to start `tracd` run something like this:
    143 
    144153{{{
    145154 $ tracd -p 8080 --basic-auth="projectdirname,/fullpath/environmentname/.htpasswd,realmname" /fullpath/environmentname
     
    147156
    148157For example:
    149 
    150158{{{
    151159 $ tracd -p 8080 --basic-auth="testenv,/srv/tracenv/testenv/.htpasswd,My Test Env" /srv/tracenv/testenv
    152160}}}
    153 
    154161''Note:'' You might need to pass "-m" as a parameter to htpasswd on some platforms (OpenBSD).
    155162
    156 === Using a htdigest password file ===
     163=== Digest authentication: Using a htdigest password file ===
    157164
    158165If you have Apache available, you can use the htdigest command to generate the password file. Type 'htdigest' to get some usage instructions, or read [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/htdigest.html this page] from the Apache manual to get precise instructions.  You'll be prompted for a password to enter for each user that you create.  For the name of the password file, you can use whatever you like, but if you use something like `users.htdigest` it will remind you what the file contains. As a suggestion, put it in your <projectname>/conf folder along with the [TracIni trac.ini] file.
    159166
    160 Note that you can start tracd without the --auth argument, but if you click on the ''Login'' link you will get an error.
     167Note that you can start tracd without the `--auth` argument, but if you click on the ''Login'' link you will get an error.
    161168
    162169=== Generating Passwords Without Apache ===
    163170
    164 If you don't have Apache available, you can use this simple Python script to generate your passwords:
     171Basic Authorization can be accomplished via this [http://aspirine.org/htpasswd_en.html online HTTP Password generator] which also supports `SHA-1`.  Copy the generated password-hash line to the .htpasswd file on your system. Note that Windows Python lacks the "crypt" module that is the default hash type for htpasswd ; Windows Python can grok MD5 password hashes just fine and you should use MD5.
     172
     173You can use this simple Python script to generate a '''digest''' password file:
    165174
    166175{{{
     
    196205}}}
    197206
    198 Note: If you use the above script you must use the --auth option to tracd, not --basic-auth, and you must set the realm in the --auth value to 'trac' (without the quotes). Example usage (assuming you saved the script as trac-digest.py):
     207Note: If you use the above script you must set the realm in the `--auth` argument to '''`trac`'''. Example usage (assuming you saved the script as trac-digest.py):
    199208
    200209{{{
     
    203212}}}
    204213
    205 
    206 Note: If you would like to use --basic-auth you need to use htpasswd tool from apache server to generate .htpasswd file. The remaining part is similar but make sure to use empty realm (i.e. coma after path). Make sure to use -m option for it.  If you do not have Apache, [trac:source:/tags/trac-0.11/contrib/htpasswd.py htpasswd.py] may help.  (Note that it requires a `crypt` or `fcrypt` module; see the source comments for details.)
    207 
    208 It is possible to use md5sum utility to generate digest-password file using such method:
    209 {{{
    210  $ printf "${user}:trac:${password}" | md5sum - >>user.htdigest
    211 }}}
    212 and manually delete " -" from the end and add "${user}:trac:" to the start of line from 'to-file'.
     214==== Using `md5sum`
     215It is possible to use `md5sum` utility to generate digest-password file:
     216{{{
     217user=
     218realm=
     219password=
     220path_to_file=
     221echo ${user}:${realm}:$(printf "${user}:${realm}:${password}" | md5sum - | sed -e 's/\s\+-//') > ${path_to_file}
     222}}}
    213223
    214224== Reference ==
     
    228238  -b HOSTNAME, --hostname=HOSTNAME
    229239                        the host name or IP address to bind to
    230   --protocol=PROTOCOL   http|scgi|ajp
     240  --protocol=PROTOCOL   http|scgi|ajp|fcgi
    231241  -q, --unquote         unquote PATH_INFO (may be needed when using ajp)
    232   --http10              use HTTP/1.0 protocol version (default)
    233   --http11              use HTTP/1.1 protocol version instead of HTTP/1.0
     242  --http10              use HTTP/1.0 protocol version instead of HTTP/1.1
     243  --http11              use HTTP/1.1 protocol version (default)
    234244  -e PARENTDIR, --env-parent-dir=PARENTDIR
    235245                        parent directory of the project environments
     
    238248  -r, --auto-reload     restart automatically when sources are modified
    239249  -s, --single-env      only serve a single project without the project list
    240 }}}
     250  -d, --daemonize       run in the background as a daemon
     251  --pidfile=PIDFILE     when daemonizing, file to which to write pid
     252  --umask=MASK          when daemonizing, file mode creation mask to use, in
     253                        octal notation (default 022)
     254  --group=GROUP         the group to run as
     255  --user=USER           the user to run as
     256}}}
     257
     258Use the -d option so that tracd doesn't hang if you close the terminal window where tracd was started.
    241259
    242260== Tips ==
     
    267285See also [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp], [trac:TracNginxRecipe].
    268286
     287=== Authentication for tracd behind a proxy
     288It is convenient to provide central external authentication to your tracd instances, instead of using {{{--basic-auth}}}. There is some discussion about this in #9206.
     289
     290Below is example configuration based on Apache 2.2, mod_proxy, mod_authnz_ldap.
     291
     292First we bring tracd into Apache's location namespace.
     293
     294{{{
     295<Location /project/proxified>
     296        Require ldap-group cn=somegroup, ou=Groups,dc=domain.com
     297        Require ldap-user somespecificusertoo
     298        ProxyPass http://localhost:8101/project/proxified/
     299        # Turns out we don't really need complicated RewriteRules here at all
     300        RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER %{REMOTE_USER}s
     301</Location>
     302}}}
     303
     304Then we need a single file plugin to recognize HTTP_REMOTE_USER header as valid authentication source. HTTP headers like '''HTTP_FOO_BAR''' will get converted to '''Foo-Bar''' during processing. Name it something like '''remote-user-auth.py''' and drop it into '''proxified/plugins''' directory:
     305{{{
     306#!python
     307from trac.core import *
     308from trac.config import BoolOption
     309from trac.web.api import IAuthenticator
     310
     311class MyRemoteUserAuthenticator(Component):
     312
     313    implements(IAuthenticator)
     314
     315    obey_remote_user_header = BoolOption('trac', 'obey_remote_user_header', 'false',
     316               """Whether the 'Remote-User:' HTTP header is to be trusted for user logins
     317                (''since ??.??').""")
     318
     319    def authenticate(self, req):
     320        if self.obey_remote_user_header and req.get_header('Remote-User'):
     321            return req.get_header('Remote-User')
     322        return None
     323
     324}}}
     325
     326Add this new parameter to your TracIni:
     327{{{
     328...
     329[trac]
     330...
     331obey_remote_user_header = true
     332...
     333}}}
     334
     335Run tracd:
     336{{{
     337tracd -p 8101 -r -s proxified --base-path=/project/proxified
     338}}}
     339
     340Note that if you want to install this plugin for all projects, you have to put it in your [TracPlugins#Plugindiscovery global plugins_dir] and enable it in your global trac.ini.
     341
     342Global config (e.g. `/srv/trac/conf/trac.ini`):
     343{{{
     344[components]
     345remote-user-auth.* = enabled
     346[inherit]
     347plugins_dir = /srv/trac/plugins
     348[trac]
     349obey_remote_user_header = true
     350}}}
     351
     352Environment config (e.g. `/srv/trac/envs/myenv`):
     353{{{
     354[inherit]
     355file = /srv/trac/conf/trac.ini
     356}}}
     357
    269358=== Serving a different base path than / ===
    270359Tracd supports serving projects with different base urls than /<project>. The parameter name to change this is