Baruwa on Fedora

Configure MailScanner

Configure MailScanner if you have not already done so.

Baruwa rpm install

Download the rpm from topdog-software.com,

Now proceed and install the rpm:

# yum --nogpgcheck localinstall baruwa-<version>.noarch.rpm

Create the database:

# mysqladmin -u root -p create baruwa

Create the database user:

mysql> GRANT ALL ON baruwa.* TO baruwa@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
mysql> flush privileges;

Configure Baruwa

Edit the baruwa settings.py:

# baruwa_path=$(python2.4 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")
# vi $baruwa_path/setttings.py

And set the mysql database details:

DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
DATABASE_NAME = 'baruwa'
DATABASE_USER = 'baruwa'
DATABASE_PASSWORD = '<baruwa_password>'
DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost'

Create the baruwa admin user and populate the database:

# $baruwa_path/baruwa/manage.py syncdb

Edit the settings.py file and make the baruwa specific changes to suit your install:

# vi $baruwa_path/setttings.py

Setup Web server

Edit your apache configurations to enable virtual hosting if not enabled already. Then set the correct hostname in /etc/httpd/conf.d/baruwa.conf:

# change to your hostname
ServerName baruwa-alpha.local

Make sure mod_wsgi is enabled, uncomment the following line in /etc/httpd/conf.d/wsgi.conf:

LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi.so

Restart apache and point your browser to the hostname url.