Hi there, I'm trying to set up Web2Py in Ubuntu 20.04.01 LTS using the scripts:
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh It doesn't work. I've been going through it some details and have almost got it working but wanted to (a) check I'm not being an idiot (b) ask about a couple of unresolved issues and (c) does this merit a pull request? # Problem 1: https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh#L31-34 Python 2 is no longer shipped in 20.04 and --no-build-wheel is deprecated. Rather than install it, it makes sense to me to switch this section and use the installed Python 3.8. I understand that this makes the script Python 3 specific, but that seems a sane thing to offer as a script with Ubuntu 20.04 ``` apt-get -y install build-essential python3-dev libxml2-dev python-pip3 unzippip3 install setuptools --no-binary :all: --upgrade PIPPATH=`which pip3` $PIPPATH install --upgrade uwsgi ``` # Problem 2: https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh#L133-136 OpenSSL no longer accepts 1024 bit keys, so this needs to be altered. I think these two lines do the same job with a 2048 bit key. ``` openssl req -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout web2py.key -out web2py.crt openssl x509 -noout -text -in web2py.crt -out web2py.info ``` # Problem 3: https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh#L185 I'm really out on a limb here, but I don't think this is creating the services correctly on 20.04, which I think is to do with the removal of Upstart (?). If I _manually_ start uwsgi from the command line on my server, then I can access the web2py Welcome page: ``` sudo uwsgi --master --die-on-term --emperor /etc/uwsgi --logto /var/log/uwsgi/uwsgi.log ``` The script does create a uwsgi service: https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh#L144 This doesn't seem to work as expected and I think this is because the ExecStart statement isn't correct. If I substitute the ExecStart command with the one in the upstart config at line 201 and restart the services, then it works. I suspect that makes lines 185 to 202 redundant? And I think that is it - I get an instance running on Ubuntu 20.04 with: 2.21.1-stable+timestamp.2020.11.28.04.10.44 (Running on nginx/1.18.0, Python 3.8.5) Thoughts / Comments / Have you never read about this massive security hole you've just opened up? -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/6cd2a0ae-af07-4107-9098-579d2f7c2e14n%40googlegroups.com.
