From: Jeremy Stanley Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 08:12:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Start the install guide X-Git-Tag: 0.2.0~10 X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7331c51a5750b10812e69d38f66878b802b31537;p=mudpy.git Start the install guide Create a stub document with some installation and configuration tips, to be expanded into something more useful over time. --- diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst index bad73b9..b2e8777 100644 --- a/doc/source/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/index.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ coder configuration data_model + install license .. * :ref:`genindex` diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c3c93e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/source/install.rst @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +=============== + install guide +=============== + +.. Copyright (c) 2020 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy, + modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms + provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software. + +This guide provides quick setup instructions for a basic mudpy +installation, sufficient as a starting point for further +configuration and customization. + +installation +------------ + +There's a :ref:`demo` in the :doc:`coder` guide which will get you +up and running right away if you're familiar with the ``tox`` +utility, but you can get by with just a supported Python_ +interpreter. It's still easiest to do it from a `git clone`_ or +unpacked tarball_ of the source code so you have sample +configuration to work from. As long as your distro doesn't strip the +``venv`` module out of Python's standard library, from the top-level +source directory you could basically install it as a normal shell +user with:: + + python3 -m venv mudpy_venv + mudpy_venv/bin/pip install . + +And then you can start the service with:: + + mudpy_venv/bin/mudpy + +If the ``python3`` command above emits an error like *No module +named venv*, then you're probably on a distribution like Debian +which needs the `python3-venv package`_ installed with your package +manager first. + +.. _Python: https://python.org/ +.. _git clone: https://mudpy.org/code/mudpy/ +.. _tarball: https://mudpy.org/dist/mudpy/ +.. _python3-venv package: https://packages.debian.org/python3-venv + +initialization +-------------- + +The mudpy service is self-initializing the first time you start it, +though you need some minimum configuration in its config search +path. The installation_ example above uses the sample +:file:`etc/mudpy.conf` configuration provided in the source tree, +but you can edit this or make a modified copy and pass its name as +the only command-line argument to the executable entrypoint:: + + mudpy_venv/bin/mudpy my_config.yaml + +By default it'll only listen on the loopback address, but that's +configurable in the `network settings <.mudpy.network>`_ of course. +The basic element definitions are included in the :file:`share` +directory as well as basic archetype, command and menu element +definitions. The default configuration is set so that if anyone +creates a user named "admin" then that account will start with +administrative privileges, configurable in the `admins limit +<.mudpy.limit.admins>`_. + +Using ``pip`` to install in a venv or with its ``--user`` option +takes care of making sure the Python package dependencies listed in +the :file:`requirements.txt` file are available, but it should be +possible to run :file:`mudpy/daemon.py` as a normal python3 script +as long as you've installed your distro's packages of the +dependencies (on Debian/Ubuntu that's python3-passlib_ and +python3-yaml_, they're probably named something similar on other +distros). + +.. _python3-passlib: https://packages.debian.org/python3-passlib +.. _python3-yaml: https://packages.debian.org/python3-yaml + +platforms +--------- + +There's a good chance that some of the file handling and socket +routines are not cross-platform compatible and will only work on +Unix derivatives like Linux, \*BSD or GNU Hurd (possibly also Mac OS +X/Darwin since it's essentially a BSD descendant). All changes to +the codebase are tested on Debian GNU/Linux, but it should at least +work reliably on any Linux distribution with a new enough Python +interpreter. It probably also works on Microsoft Windows under the +WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) compatibility layer.