3 navsection: installguide
4 title: Install the API server
8 {% include 'alert_stub' %}
14 1. A GNU/linux (virtual) machine
15 2. A domain name for your api server
17 ## Download the source tree
19 Please follow the instructions on the [Download page](https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Download) in the wiki.
21 ## Configure the API server
23 First install the gems:
25 cd arvados/services/api
28 Next, configure the database:
30 cp config/database.yml.sample config/database.yml
32 Edit database.yml to your liking and make sure the database and db user exist.
33 Then set up the database:
35 RAILS_ENV=production rake db:setup
39 cp config/initializers/omniauth.rb.example config/initializers/omniauth.rb
41 Edit config/initializers/omniauth.rb. Choose an *APP_SECRET* and *APP_ID*. Also set
42 *CUSTOM_PROVIDER_URL*.
44 Make sure your Omniauth provider knows about your *APP_ID* and *APP_SECRET*
47 You also need to update config/initializers/secret_token.rb. Generate a new secret with
51 and put it in config/initializers/secret_token.rb:
53 Server::Application.config.secret_token = 'your-new-secret-here'
55 Finally, edit the main configuration:
57 cp config/environments/production.rb.example config/environments/production.rb
59 First, you want to make sure that
63 is set to a unique 5-digit hex string. You can replace the 'cfi-aws-0' string
64 with a string of your choice to make that happen.
66 The *config.uuid_prefix* string is a unique identifier for your API server. It
67 also serves as the first part of the hostname for your API server, for instance
69 {{ site.arvados_api_host }}
71 You should use your own domain instead of arvadosapi.com
73 Second, unless you are running on AWS, you will want to change the definition of
75 config.compute_node_nameservers
77 If you know your nameservers and they are fixed, you can hardcode them, and
78 make sure to remove the code that tries to look them up from the AWS metadata:
80 config.compute_node_nameservers = ['1.2.3.4','2.3.4.5','3.4.5.6']
82 #config.compute_node_nameservers = ['local', 'public'].collect do |iface|
83 # Net::HTTP.get(URI("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/#{iface}-ipv4")).match(/^[\d\.]+$/)[0]
88 Set up Apache and Passenger. Point them to the services/api directory in the source tree.
90 To enable streaming so users can monitor crunch jobs in real time, add
91 to your Apache configuration:
93 PassengerBufferResponse off
97 Point browser to the API endpoint. Log in with a google account.
101 Thread.current[:user] = User.find(1)
102 Thread.current[:user].is_admin = true
103 User.find(1).update_attributes is_admin: true, is_active: true
104 User.find(1).is_admin
114 a = ApiClient.new(owner_uuid:'0'); a.save!
115 x = ApiClientAuthorization.new(api_client_id:a.id, user_id:1); x.save; x.api_token