# Installation These installation notes should cover most Debian Linux variants (on any architecture). Very minor changes should be required to deploy on RHEL variants like CentOS, and there is specific emphasis on Raspbian because that's the typical deployment target. You can, however, run `piku` on any POSIX-like environment where you have Python, [uWSGI][uwsgi] and SSH. For installation, you only require `root`/`sudo` access and the following three files: * `piku.py` * `uwsgi-piku.service` (this one is for `systemd` systems such as Raspbian Jessie/Debian 8) * `uwsgi-piku.dist` (this one should only be necessary on older systems) Copy them across to the machine you'll be using as a server before you get started with the rest. ## Setting up the `piku` user (Debian Linux, any architecture) `piku` requires a separate user account to run. To create a new user with the right group membership (we're using the built-in `www-data` group because it's generally thought of as a less-privileged group), enter the following command: ```bash sudo adduser --disabled-password --gecos 'PaaS access' --ingroup www-data piku ``` This user _is not supposed to login to your system_. Instead, you'll interact with `piku` via SSH, and set things up by using `su`: ```bash sudo su - piku mkdir ~/.ssh chmod 700 ~/.ssh # now copy the piku script to this user account cp /tmp/piku.py ~/piku.py ``` ## Dependencies Before running `piku` for the first time, you need to install the following Python packages at the system level: ### Raspbian Jessie, Debian 8, Ubuntu ```bash sudo apt-get install git python-virtualenv python-pip sudo pip install -U click ``` ### Raspbian Wheezy ```bash sudo apt-get install git python2.7 sudo easy_install -U pip sudo pip install -U click virtualenv ``` These may or may not be installed already (`click` usually isn't). For Raspbian Wheezy this is the preferred approach, since current `apt` packages are fairly outdated. ## Intialization To set everthing up, type `python piku.py setup`: ```bash sudo su - piku python piku.py setup Creating '/home/piku/.piku/apps'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/repos'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/envs'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/uwsgi'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/uwsgi-available'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/uwsgi-enabled'. Creating '/home/piku/.piku/logs'. Setting '/home/piku/piku.py' as executable. ``` ## Setting up SSH access If you don't have an SSH public key (or never used one before), you need to create one. The following instructions assume you're running some form of UNIX on your own machine (Windows users should check the documentation for their SSH client, unless you have [Cygwin][cygwin] installed). **On your own machine**, issue the `ssh-keygen` command and follow the prompts: ```bash ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/youruser/.ssh/id_rsa): Created directory '/home/youruser/.ssh'. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/youruser/.ssh/id_rsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/youruser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: 85:29:07:cb:de:ad:be:ef:42:65:00:c8:d2:6b:9e:ff youruser@yourlaptop.lan The key's randomart image is: +--[ RSA 2048]----+ <...> +-----------------+ ``` ## Adding the key to `piku` Copy the resulting `id_rsa.pub` (or equivalent, just make sure it's the _public_ file) to your `piku` server and do the following: ```bash sudo su - piku python piku.py setup:ssh /tmp/id_rsa.pub Adding key '85:29:07:cb:de:ad:be:ef:42:65:00:c8:d2:6b:9e:ff'. ``` Now if you look at `.ssh/authorized_keys`, you should see something like this: ```bash sudo su - piku cat .ssh/authorized_keys command="FINGERPRINT=85:29:07:cb:de:ad:be:ef:42:65:00:c8:d2:6b:9e:ff NAME=default /home/piku/piku.py $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND",no-agent-forwarding,no-user-rc,no-X11-forwarding,no-port-forwarding ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDhTYZi/qeJBKgU3naI8FNjQgeMYnMsEtqrOmUc4lJoPNH2qBUTNkzwThGqsBm2HNLPURWMiEifBqF+kRixMud67Co7Zs9ys7pwFXkJB9bbZasd2JCGfVZ4UYXHnvgejSWkLAV/4bObhsbP2vWOmbbm91Cwn+PGJgoiW08yrd45lsDmgv9cUAJS3e8LkgVELvIDg49yM5ArB88oxwMEoUgWU2OniHmH0o1zw5I8WXHRhHOjb8cGsdTYfXEizRKKRTM2Mu6dKRt1GNL0UbWi8iS3uJHGD3AcQ4ApdMl5X0gTixKHponStOrSMy19/ltuIy8Sjr7KKPxz07ikMYr7Vpcp youruser@yourlaptop.lan ``` This line is what enables you to SSH (and perform `git` over SSH operations) to the `piku` user without a password, verifying your identity via your public key, restricting what can be done remotely and passing on to `piku` itself the commands you'll be issuing. ## Testing From your machine, do: ```bash ssh piku@pi.lan Usage: piku.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]... The smallest PaaS you've ever seen Options: --help Show this message and exit. Commands: apps List applications config Show application configuration config:get Retrieve a configuration setting config:live Show live configuration settings config:set Set a configuration setting deploy Deploy an application destroy Destroy an application disable Disable an application enable Enable an application git-hook INTERNAL: Post-receive git hook git-receive-pack INTERNAL: Handle git pushes for an app logs Tail an application log ps Show application worker count ps:scale Show application configuration restart Restart an application setup Initialize paths setup:ssh Set up a new SSH key Connection to pi.lan closed. ``` And that's it, you're set. Now to configure [uWSGI][uwsgi], which is what `piku` relies upon to manage your apps at runtime. ## uWSGI Installation (Debian Linux variants, any architecture) [uWSGI][uwsgi] can be installed in a variety of fashions. These instructions cover both pre-packaged and source installs depending on your system. ### Raspbian Jessie, Debian 8 In Raspbian Jessie, Debian 8 and other `systemd` distributions where [uWSGI][uwsgi] is already available pre-compiled (but split into a number of plugins), do the following: ```bash # At the time of this writing, this installs uwsgi 2.0.7 on Raspbian Jessie. # You can also install uwsgi-plugins-all if you want to get runtime support for other languages sudo apt-get install uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python # refer to our executable using a link, in case there are more versions installed sudo ln -s `which uwsgi` /usr/local/bin/uwsgi-piku # disable the standard uwsgi startup script sudo systemctl disable uwsgi # add our own startup script sudo cp /tmp/uwsgi-piku.service /etc/systemd/system/ sudo systemctl enable uwsgi-piku sudo systemctl start uwsgi-piku # check it's running sudo systemctl status uwsgi-piku.service ``` **Important Note:** Make sure you run `piku.py setup` as outlined above before starting the service. ### Raspbian Wheezy Since Raspbian Wheezy is a fairly old distribution by now, its `uwsgi-*` packages are completely outdated (and depend on Python 2.6), so we have to compile and install our own version, as well as using an old-style `init` script to have it start automatically upon boot. ```bash sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libpcre3-dev # At the time of this writing, this installs 2.0.12 sudo pip install uwsgi # refer to our executable using a link, in case there are more versions installed sudo ln -s `which uwsgi` /usr/local/bin/uwsgi-piku # set up our init script sudo cp /tmp/uwsgi-piku.dist /etc/init.d/uwsgi-piku sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/uwsgi-piku sudo update-rc.d uwsgi-piku defaults sudo service uwsgi-piku start ``` **Important Note:** Make sure you run `piku.py setup` as outlined above before starting the service. ## Go Installation (All Debian Linux variants, on Raspberry Pi) > This is **EXPERIMENTAL** and may not work at all. ### Raspbian Wheezy/Jessie Since Raspbian's Go compiler is version 1.0.2, we need something more up-to-date. 1. Get an [ARM 6 binary tarball][goarm] 2. Unpack it under the `piku` user like such: ```bash su - piku cd ~ tar -zxvf /tmp/go1.5.3.linux-arm.tar.gz ``` 3. Give it a temporary `GOPATH` and install `godep`: ```bash su - piku cd ~ GOROOT=$HOME/go GOPATH=$HOME/golibs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin go get github.com/tools/godep ``` _TODO: complete this._ [goarm]: http://dave.cheney.net/unofficial-arm-tarballs [uwsgi]: https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi [cygwin]: http://www.cygwin.com