Hi Martha, thanks for the detailed information. Good note about the PACKAGE_ROOT setting. That must be a holdover from v3 settings which was never updated in those docs.
I think most of the other things you mention stem from the STATIC_ROOT setting. That is the only thing that determines where Django places the directory and static files--if it is trying to create a directory where you aren't expecting it, then the setting has not been set properly. I'd recommend reading over our Settings Beyond the UI <https://arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable/settings-beyond-the-ui/> docs to make sure you have a clear understanding of the inheritance patterns, and it's always good to checkout django's docs <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#static-files> too. I didn't actually know that STATIC_ROOT is set in Arches projects by default, and I can't think of a good reason for it to be set within /var/www.... doing so requires that you do extra file-system permissions (with chmod/chown). I usually put mine in a directory alongside the project, or within the project as is shown in those docs. As for permissions, if STATIC_ROOT is a directory inside of my_project, then whichever user you used to create the project should also have no problem running collectstatic. Indeed, as you point out, /var (and all other directories) have more restrictive permissions by default, which is why in the example I put STATIC_ROOT in the project. I didn't realize, however, that collectstatic makes the directory for you, so that is great to know. Adam On Wed, May 22, 2019, 6:59 PM Martha S <martha.se...@lacity.org> wrote: > Adam, > > > > Just a heads-up on a problem and some 4.4.1 documentation changes needed > with regard to setting up Apache to access the arches static files. > > - It turns out that clean installs of arches need to run > collectstatic, too, even if neither of the two conditions noted pertain. > The static files are not available to Apache. > - The procedure recommends creating a static folder under my project, > so I did, though I noted that settings.py already had a setting > STATIC_ROOT = /var/www/media, which does not exist. > - One of the lines I was directed to copy into settings.py is > STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, 'static'); PACKAGE_ROOT is > undefined, so I imagine it should be APP_ROOT. > - I ran python manage.py collectstatic, which promptly failed, because > it attempted to create the directory /var/www/media and the user I was > logged in as doesn't have sufficient permission. Looks like I should keep > the original setting for STATIC_ROOT, but I don't know which files I > need to get there. > - By default, /var permissions (at least on my 18.04 server) restrict > the root group to read and execute only, so even my root group member user > couldn't run the program. > > Is there any way around having to change folder permissions at the root > level? Is there a way to overwrite the default file destination at run > time, for example? > > Thanks, > Martha > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 8:11:49 AM UTC-8, Adam Cox wrote: >> >> Hi Dale, it sounds like you may have to continue to the next step in the >> production documentation after all, >> https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Basic-Production-Configuration#handling-static-files. >> Could you try that out and let me know how it goes? I think your issue may >> have to do with the static url and apache not interpreting Django's urls >> correctly. I really don't know why that would be different for 4.1 from >> 4.0, but perhaps those plugins which are showing errors are referenced in >> the codebase in a different manner than the other plugins... >> >> One other note, related to your last post, I need to fix the link in the >> docs so that the dependency installation link goes to >> https://github.com/archesproject/arches/tree/stable/4.1.x/arches/install >> instead of the master branch. Also, please note, the docs you should be >> using are arches.readthedocs.org/en/ <http://arches4.readthedocs.org/en/> >> *stable*, as opposed to /*latest*. Stable is (and will alw bays be) docs >> for the latest stable release (i.e. released to pypi) version of arches, >> where /latest is built directly from the archesproject/master branch. I'll >> address this in your other post as well. >> >> Adam >> >> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Dale Lloyd <dale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I was able to serve Arches 4.0 with Apache, but cannot get a fresh >>> install of Arches 4.1 to work correctly with Ubuntu 16.04. >>> >>> I ran the dependency install script, >>> <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/blob/master/arches/install/ubuntu_xenial_setup.sh>then >>> installed Arches by following the instructions here >>> <https://arches4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/#installation>. >>> I then followed the Serving Arches with Apache instructions here >>> <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Basic-Production-Configuration#serving-arches-with-apache> >>> . >>> >>> When I try to access the site with a web browser, I get text but no >>> pictures. The apache error log shows: >>> >>> [wsgi:error] Not Found: /media/plugins/style-switcher.js >>> [wsgi:error] Not Found: /media/plugins/revolution-slider.js >>> [wsgi:error] Not Found: /media/plugins/one.app.js >>> ... >>> >>> The files are present in >>> /home/user/Projects/ENV/lib/python2.7/site-packages/arches/app/media/plugins/ >>> and the issue occurs even if the permissions on this folder are set to 777. >>> >>> Advice greatly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- To post, send email to arches...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, >>> send email to arches...@googlegroups.com. 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