Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of TracEnvironment


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07/11/2016 14:42:24 (8 years ago)
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     6Trac uses a directory structure and a database for storing project data. The directory is referred to as the environment.
    67Trac uses a directory structure and a database for storing project data. The directory is referred to as the '''environment'''.
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     9Trac supports [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] and [http://mysql.com/ MySQL] databases. With PostgreSQL and MySQL you have to create the database before running `trac-admin initenv`.
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    811== Creating an Environment
    912
    10 A new Trac environment is created using [TracAdmin#initenv trac-admin's initenv]:
     13A new Trac environment is created using the [TracAdmin#initenv initenv] command:
    1114{{{#!sh
    1215$ trac-admin /path/to/myproject initenv
    1316}}}
    1417
    15 `trac-admin` will ask you for the name of the project and the database connection string, see below.
     18`trac-admin` will ask you for the name of the project and the [#DatabaseConnectionStrings database connection string].
    1619
    1720=== Useful Tips
     
    2528 - Non-ascii environment paths are not supported.
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    27  - TracPlugins located in a [TracIni#inherit-section shared plugins folder] that is defined in an [TracIni#GlobalConfiguration inherited configuration] are currently not loaded during creation, and hence, if they need to create extra tables for example, you'll need to [TracUpgrade#UpgradetheTracEnvironment upgrade the environment].
     30 - TracPlugins located in a [TracIni#inherit-section shared plugins folder] that is defined in an [TracIni#GlobalConfiguration inherited configuration] are not loaded during creation, and hence, if they need to create extra tables for example, you'll need to [TracUpgrade#UpgradetheTracEnvironment upgrade the environment]. Alternatively you can avoid the need to upgrade the environment by specifying a configuration file at the time the environment is created, using the `--config` option. See TracAdmin#FullCommandReference for more information.
    2831
    2932{{{#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em"
     
    3134
    3235This is a common beginners' mistake.
    33 It happens that the structure for a Trac environment is loosely modelled after the Subversion repository directory structure, but those are two disjoint entities and they are not and ''must not'' be located at the same place.
     36It happens that the structure for a Trac environment is loosely modeled after the Subversion repository directory structure, but those are two disjoint entities and they are not and //must not// be located at the same place.
    3437}}}
    3538
    3639== Database Connection Strings
    3740
    38 Trac supports [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] and [http://mysql.com/ MySQL] database backends. The default is SQLite, which is probably sufficient for most projects. The database file is then stored in the environment directory, and can easily be [wiki:TracBackup backed up] together with the rest of the environment.
     41You will need to specify a database connection string at the time the environment is created. The default is SQLite, which is probably sufficient for most projects. The SQLite database file is stored in the environment directory, and can easily be [wiki:TracBackup backed up] together with the rest of the environment.
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    4043Note that if the username or password of the connection string (if applicable) contains the `:`, `/` or `@` characters, they need to be URL encoded.
     
    5053=== PostgreSQL Connection String
    5154
    52 If you want to use PostgreSQL instead, you'll have to use a different connection string. For example, to connect to a PostgreSQL database on the same machine called `trac` for user `johndoe` with the password `letmein` use:
     55The connection string for PostgreSQL is a bit more complex. For example, to connect to a PostgreSQL database named `trac` on `localhost` for user `johndoe` and password `letmein`, use:
    5356{{{
    5457postgres://johndoe:letmein@localhost/trac
     
    6972postgres://user:password@/database?host=/path/to/socket/dir
    7073}}}
    71 
    72 Note that with PostgreSQL you will have to create the database before running `trac-admin initenv`.
    7374
    7475See the [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ PostgreSQL documentation] for detailed instructions on how to administer [http://postgresql.org PostgreSQL].
     
    9495=== MySQL Connection String
    9596
    96 The format of the MySQL connection string is similar to those for PostgreSQL, with the `postgres` scheme being replaced by `mysql`. For example, to connect to a MySQL database on the same machine called `trac` for user `johndoe` with password `letmein`:
     97The format of the MySQL connection string is similar to those for PostgreSQL, with the `postgres` scheme being replaced by `mysql`. For example, to connect to a MySQL database on `localhost` named `trac` for user `johndoe` with password `letmein`:
    9798{{{
    9899mysql://johndoe:letmein@localhost:3306/trac
     
    101102== Source Code Repository
    102103
    103 Since Trac 0.12, a single environment can be connected to more than one repository. There are many different ways to connect repositories to an environment, see TracRepositoryAdmin. This page also details the various attributes that can be set for a repository, such as `type`, `url`, `description`.
     104A single environment can be connected to more than one repository. However, by default Trac is not connected to any source code repository, and the ''Browse Source'' navigation item will not be displayed.
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    105 In Trac 0.12 `trac-admin` no longer asks questions related to repositories. Therefore, by default Trac is not connected to any source code repository, and the ''Browse Source'' toolbar item will not be displayed.
    106 You can also explicitly disable the `trac.versioncontrol.*` components, which are otherwise still loaded:
    107 {{{#!ini
    108 [components]
    109 trac.versioncontrol.* = disabled
    110 }}}
    111 
    112 For some version control systems, it is possible to specify not only the path to the repository, but also a ''scope'' within the repository. Trac will then only show information related to the files and changesets below that scope. The Subversion backend for Trac supports this. For other types, check the corresponding plugin's documentation.
    113 
    114 Example of a configuration for a Subversion repository used as the default repository:
    115 {{{#!ini
    116 [trac]
    117 repository_type = svn
    118 repository_dir = /path/to/your/repository
    119 }}}
    120 
    121 The configuration for a scoped Subversion repository would be:
    122 {{{#!ini
    123 [trac]
    124 repository_type = svn
    125 repository_dir = /path/to/your/repository/scope/within/repos
    126 }}}
     106There are many different ways to connect repositories to an environment, see TracRepositoryAdmin. A single repository can be specified when the environment is created by passing the optional arguments `repository_type` and `repository_dir` to the `initenv` command.
    127107
    128108== Directory Structure
    129109
    130 An environment directory will usually consist of the following files and directories:
     110An environment consists of the following files and directories:
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    132112 * `README` - Brief description of the environment.