# Installing Plume (for development or production) ## Prerequisites In order to be installed and to work correctly, Plume needs: - *Git* (to get the code) - *Curl* (for RustUp, the Rust installer) - *GCC* and *make* (to compile C dependencies) - *PostgreSQL* or *Sqlite3* (for the database) - *GetText* (to manage translations) - *Rust* and *Cargo* (to build the code) - *OpenSSL* and *OpenSSL librairies* (for security) All the following instructions will need a terminal. Here are the commands to install PostgreSQL and GetText on various operating systems. Some of them may need root permissions. You can also install the project using Docker and docker-compose, please refer to the `Docker install` section. On **Debian**: ```bash apt update apt install gettext postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev git curl gcc make openssl libssl-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev ``` On **Fedora**, **CentOS** or **RHEL**: ```bash dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib mariadb-devel libsq3-devel libpqxx libpqxx-devel git curl gcc make openssl openssl-devel gettext sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev ``` On **Gentoo**: ```bash emerge --sync emerge -av postgresql eselect-postgresql gettext && emerge --ask dev-vcs/git && emerge -pv sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev ``` On **Mac OS X**, with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/): ```bash brew update brew install postgres gettext git ``` ## Creating a new user (optional) This step is recommended if you are in a **production environment**, but it is not necessary. ```bash adduser plume su - plume cd ~ ``` Creating a new user will let you use systemd to manage Plume if you want (see the dedicated section below). ## Installing Rust and Cargo We said that Plume needed Rust and Cargo to work, but we didn't install them at the same time as PostgreSQL and GetText, because there is an universal installation method called RustUp. You can install it on **GNU/Linux** and **Mac OS X** with: ```bash curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh ``` When asked, choose the *"1) Proceed with installation (default)"* option. Then run this command to be able to run cargo in the current session: ```bash export PATH="$PATH:/home/plume/.cargo/bin:/home/plume/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin" ``` On **Windows**, you'll need, if you don't already have them, to download and install the [Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159). Then, download the [rustup installer](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/install.html) and run it. ## Getting and compiling the Plume source code Plume needs to be compiled from source. ```bash git clone https://github.com/Plume-org/Plume.git cd Plume # This may take some time as RustUp will download all # the required Rust components, and Cargo will download # and compile all dependencies. cargo build ``` We may provide precompiled packages and Docker images in the future; if you have experience in these fields and want to help, feel free to discuss this in issues and to propose pull-requests! ## Configuring PostgreSQL You can either run PostgreSQL from the machine that runs Plume, or from another server. We recommend you to use the first setup for development environments, or in production for small instances. In the first case, just run this command after the PostgreSQL installation, to start it: ``` service postgresql start ``` If you want to have two separate machines, run these commands on the database server once you've installed the dependencies mentioned above on both servers: ```bash service postgresql start su - postgres createuser -d -P plume createdb -O plume plume ``` ## Running migrations Migrations are scripts used to update the database. They are run by a tool called Diesel, which can be installed with: ```bash cargo install diesel_cli --no-default-features --features postgres --version '=1.2.0' ``` Plume should normally run migrations on your behalf as needed, but if you want to run them manually, use the following command: ```bash diesel migration run --database-url postgres://USER:PASSWORD@IP:PORT/DATABASE_NAME ``` This command may be useful if you decided to use a separate database server. ## Starting Plume First, you'll need to install Plume and the CLI tools to manage your instance. ``` cargo install && cargo install --path plume-cli ``` Before starting Plume, you'll need to create a configuration file, called `.env`. Here is a sample of what you should put inside. ```bash # The address of the database # (replace USER, PASSWORD, PORT and DATABASE_NAME with your values) DB_URL=postgres://USER:PASSWORD@IP:PORT/DATABASE_NAME # The domain on which your instance will be available BASE_URL=plu.me # Secret key used for private cookies and CSRF protection # You can generate one with `openssl rand -base64 32` ROCKET_SECRET_KEY= ``` For more information about what you can put in your `.env`, see [the documentation about environment variables](ENV-VARS.md). After that, you'll need to setup your instance, and the admin's account. ``` plm instance new plm users new --admin ``` For more information about these commands, and the arguments you can give them, check out [their documentaion](CLI.md). After that, you are almost done, the last thing to do is to create the media directory, where uploads will be stored: ```bash mkdir media ``` Finally, you can start Plume with: ```bash plume ``` ## Docker install You can use `docker` and `docker-compose` in order to manage your Plume instance and have it isolated from your host: ```bash git clone git@github.com:Plume-org/Plume.git cd Plume cp docs/docker-compose.sample.yml docker-compose.yml cp docs/docker.sample.env .env # Build the containers docker-compose build # Launch the database docker-compose up -d postgres # Run the migrations docker-compose run --rm plume diesel migration run # Setup your instance docker-compose run --rm plume plume instance new docker-compose run --rm plume plume users new --admin # Launch your instance for good docker-compose up -d ``` Then, you can configure your reverse proxy. ## Configuring Nginx Here is a sample Nginx configuration for a Plume instance (replace `blog.example.com` with your domain name): ```nginx server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name blog.example.com; location /.well-known/acme-challenge {} location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } } server { listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; server_name blog.example.org; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; root /home/plume/Plume/ ; SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/cert.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/privkey.pem SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/chain.pem # for ssl conf: https://cipherli.st/ ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;# Requires nginx >= 1.13.0 else use TLSv1.2 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;# openssl dhparam -out /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparam.pem 4096 ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA512:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA512:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384; ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1; # Requires nginx >= 1.1.0 ssl_session_timeout 10m; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m; ssl_session_tickets off; # Requires nginx >= 1.5.9 ssl_stapling on; # Requires nginx >= 1.3.7 ssl_stapling_verify on; # Requires nginx => 1.3.7 resolver 9.9.9.9 80.67.169.12 valid=300s; resolver_timeout 5s; add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload"; add_header X-Frame-Options DENY; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"; add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'self'; frame-src https:"; location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|js|pdf)$ { add_header Cache-Control "public"; expires 7d; } location / { proxy_pass http://localhost:7878/; proxy_set_header Host $http_host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; client_max_body_size 10m; } } ``` ## Configuring Apache If you prefer Apache, you can use this configuration (here too, replace `blog.example.com` with your domain): ```apache ServerName blog.example.com Redirect / https://blog.example.com/ ServerAdmin admin@example.com ServerName blog.example.com Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin" Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" SSLEngine on # for cipher conf: https://cipherli.st/ SSLCipherSuite EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3 -TLSv1 -TLSv1.1 SSLHonorCipherOrder On Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload" Header always set X-Frame-Options DENY Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff SSLCompression off SSLUseStapling on SSLStaplingCache "shmcb:logs/stapling-cache(150000)" # Requires Apache >= 2.4.11 SSLSessionTickets Off SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/cert.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/privkey.pem SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.example.com/chain.pem ProxyPreserveHost On RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https" ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:7878/ ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:7878/ ``` ## Systemd integration If you want to manage your Plume instance with systemd, you can use the following unit file (to be saved in `/etc/systemd/system/plume.service`): ```toml [Unit] Description=plume [Service] Type=simple User=plume WorkingDirectory=/home/plume/Plume ExecStart=/home/plume/.cargo/bin/plume TimeoutSec=30 Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` Now you need to enable all of these services: ```bash systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/plume.service ``` Now start the services: ```bash systemctl start plume.service ``` Check that they are properly running: ```bash systemctl status plume.service ``` ## SysVinit integration This script can also be useful if you are using SysVinit. ```bash #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time # Description: Federated blogging # Based on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fhd/init-script-template/master/template ### END INIT INFO dir="/home/plume/Plume" cmd="/home/plume/.cargo/bin/plume" user="plume" name=`basename $0` pid_file="/var/run/$name.pid" stdout_log="/home/plume/Plume/plume.log" stderr_log="/home/plume/Plume/plume.err" get_pid() { cat "$pid_file" } is_running() { [ -f "$pid_file" ] && ps -p `get_pid` > /dev/null 2>&1 } case "$1" in start) if is_running; then echo "Already started" else echo "Starting $name" cd "$dir" if [ -z "$user" ]; then sudo $cmd >> "$stdout_log" 2>> "$stderr_log" & else sudo -u "$user" $cmd >> "$stdout_log" 2>> "$stderr_log" & fi echo $! > "$pid_file" if ! is_running; then echo "Unable to start, see $stdout_log and $stderr_log" exit 1 fi fi ;; stop) if is_running; then echo -n "Stopping $name.." kill `get_pid` for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 # for i in `seq 10` do if ! is_running; then break fi echo -n "." sleep 1 done echo if is_running; then echo "Not stopped; may still be shutting down or shutdown may have failed" exit 1 else echo "Stopped" if [ -f "$pid_file" ]; then rm "$pid_file" fi fi else echo "Not running" fi ;; restart) $0 stop if is_running; then echo "Unable to stop, will not attempt to start" exit 1 fi $0 start ;; status) if is_running; then echo "Running" else echo "Stopped" exit 1 fi ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 ``` ## Caveats: - Pgbouncer is not supported yet (named transactions are used). - Rust nightly is a moving target, dependancies can break and sometimes you need to check a few versions to find the one working (run `rustup override set nightly-2018-05-15` or `rustup override set nightly-2018-05-31` in the Plume directory if you have issues during the compilation) - Rust nightly 2018-06-28 is known to be failing to compile diesel 1.3.2 ## Acknowledgements Most of this documentation has been written by *gled-rs*. The systemd unit file, Nginx and Apache configurations have been written by *nonbinaryanargeek*. Some parts (especially the instructions to install native dependencies) are from the [Aardwolf project](https://github.com/Aardwolf-Social/aardwolf). The docker instructions, and files have been added by *Eliot Berriot*.