WebFaction Software Documentation

Contents:

• General Topics
  • Accessing Logs
    • Front-end Logs
    • User Logs
  • Monitoring Memory Usage
    • Example Memory Usage
  • Reducing Memory Usage
  • Setting File Permissions
    • Reviewing Permissions
    • Removing Access to Others (Global Access)
    • Granting Access to Specific Users
  • Scheduling Tasks with Cron
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: Site not configured
    • Error: Not Found
    • Error: 403 Forbidden
    • Error: 502 Bad Gateway
    • Error: 504 Gateway Timeout
• Installing Software from Source
  • Troubleshooting
    • Depending on Non-Standard Libraries and Headers Causes Errors
• Bazaar
  • Installing Bazaar
  • Publishing Bazaar Repositories with Loggerhead
    • Create a Website and Application for Loggerhead
    • Create a Place to Store Bazaar Repositories
    • Install Loggerhead’s Dependencies
    • Download and Setup Loggerhead
    • Create a Cron Job to Automatically Start Loggerhead
• Custom Applications
  • Creating a Custom Application
  • Automatically Restarting a Custom Application
• Django
  • Getting Started with Django
    • Create a Website with Django and Static Media Applications
    • Creating a Database
    • Configuring Django
    • Connecting Django to a Database
    • Configuring Django to Find Static Media and Admin Media
    • Configuring Django to Send Email Messages
    • Enabling the Django Admin Site
    • Synchronizing the Database and Storing Static Files
    • Restarting Apache
  • Configuring Django
    • Serving Django Static Media
    • Configuring Django to Use Memcached
    • Configuring Django to Send Mail
    • Configuring Django’s Time Zone
    • Mounting a Django Application on a Subpath
    • Password Protecting a Django Application
    • Restarting a Django Application
    • Setting Up a Database
    • Upgrading your Django Libraries
    • Using the Latest Django Trunk
  • Troubleshooting
    • General Django Troubleshooting Techniques
    • Fixing ImportError: No module named... Exceptions
    • Fixing Internal Server Errors
    • Reducing Memory Consumption
    • Reset an Admin Password
    • Accessing REMOTE_ADDR
  • Migrating from mod_python to mod_wsgi
    • Identifying mod_python Django Applications
    • Completing the Migration
• Drupal
  • Configuring Clean URLs
  • Serving Uploads Faster
  • Speeding Up Drupal with Caching
  • Sending Email from Drupal
  • Sending Email with the SMTP Module
  • Troubleshooting
    • Strange Characters on 404 Pages
• Git
  • Installing the Git Web Application
  • Creating a New Repository
  • Cloning a Repository Hosted on Your WebFaction Server
  • Enabling Anonymous Read Access
  • Managing Users
    • Add a User or Change a Password
    • Delete a User
  • Removing a Repository
  • Using HTTPS
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 411
• Joomla
  • Sending Email
  • Sending Email with an SMTP Server
• Memcached
  • Setting Up Memcached
  • Using Memcached with an Application
  • Shutting Down Memcached
• Mercurial
  • Installing Mercurial
  • Publishing Mercurial Repositories to the Web
    • Create an Application and Website to Serve hgweb.cgi
    • Create a Place to Store Mercurial Repositories
    • Download and Install hgweb.cgi
    • Configure hgweb.cgi
    • Configure Apache to Use hgweb.cgi
    • Secure and Push to Repositories Served by hgweb.cgi
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: bash: hg: command not found
• mod_wsgi
  • Reducing mod_wsgi Memory Consumption
• MongoDB
  • Installing MongoDB
• Movable Type
  • Configuring Movable Type to Send Mail
  • Configuring Movable Type to Send Email with SMTP
• Perl
  • Installing CPAN Modules
    • Using cpan on CentOS 6 Servers
    • Configuring cpan on CentOS 5 Servers
• PHP
  • Configuring PHP
    • PHP-based Applications on web120+ or dweb61+
    • PHP-based Applications on <web120 or <dweb61
  • Configuring an Upload Limit
    • PHP-based Applications on web120+ or dweb61+
    • PHP-based Applications on <web120 or <dweb61
  • Configuring DOCUMENT_ROOT
    • PHP-based Applications on web120+ or dweb61+
    • PHP-based Applications on <web120 or <dweb61
  • Using FastCGI
  • Installing a Custom PHP Package
  • Installing and Using PEAR Packages
    • Installing the PEAR Package Manager
    • Installing PEAR Packages
    • Using PEAR Packages
  • Serving HTML Files as PHP Scripts
  • Sending Mail from a PHP Script
  • Setting PHP’s Default Time Zone
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: 500 Internal Server Error
    • Strange Characters in Output
• Pylons
  • Deploying an Existing Pylons Project
  • Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Pylons
    • Starting
    • Stopping
    • Restarting
• Pyramid
  • Deploying an Existing Pyramid Project
  • Serving Pyramid with a URL Prefix
  • Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Pyramid
    • Starting
    • Stopping
    • Restarting
• Python
  • Python Search Path
  • Creating a python Alias
  • Installing Python Packages
    • Installing Packages with easy_install
    • Installing Eggs
    • Installing Packages with setup.py
    • Installing Packages Manually
    • Installing Packages with Pip
  • Troubleshooting
    • Fixing ImportError Exceptions
    • Error: Permission denied During Package Installation
• Ruby
  • Installing Gems
• Ruby on Rails
  • Installing Ruby on Rails
  • Upgrading RubyGems
  • Installing Gems
  • Installing Multiple Gems with Bundler
  • Installing ImageMagick and RMagick
  • Installing sqlite3-ruby
  • Deploying a Ruby on Rails Application
  • Deploying a Ruby on Rails Application with Capistrano
  • Using a Database with a Ruby on Rails Application
  • Configuring Action Mailer
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: We're sorry, but something went wrong.
• Redmine
  • Configuring Redmine to Send Email
• SQLite
  • Installing SQLite
  • Installing SQLite from Source
• Static Files, CGI Scripts, and PHP Pages
  • Static-only
    • Serving Static Media
    • Setting expires max
  • Static/CGI/PHP
    • Adding a MIME Type
    • Blocking an IP Address or Host Name
    • Changing the Handler for Files
    • Enabling Server Side Includes
    • Granting Apache Write Access
    • Hiding Configuration Files
    • Password Protecting a Directory with a Static/CGI/PHP App
    • Redirecting from HTTP to HTTPS
    • Redirect a Domain with a Static/CGI/PHP App
    • Using RewriteBase
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: 500 Internal Server Error
    • Error: 503 Service Unavailable
    • URLs without a Trailing Slash Redirect to the Wrong Domain
    • Uploaded Files Owned by Apache
• Subversion
  • Send Email Notifications with a Post-Commit Hook
  • Managing Users
  • Reusing Usernames and Passwords Between Subversion and Trac
  • Backing Up and Restoring Subversion Repositories
    • Creating a Complete Backup
    • Creating an Incremental Backup
    • Restoring from Backups
• Trac
  • Getting Started with Trac
    • Create Applications and a Website
    • Customizing the Trac Application
  • Enabling Email Notifications
  • Enabling reStructuredText
  • Managing Users
  • Disable .htpasswd Authentication
  • Changing the Git Repository Path
  • Setting a Logo
  • Setting Trac’s Default Time Zone
  • Upgrade a Trac Application
• TurboGears
  • Deploying an Existing TurboGears 2 Project
• WebDAV
  • Creating a WebDAV Application
  • Adding and Removing WebDAV Users
    • Adding Users
    • Removing Users
• Webstats
  • AWStats
    • Installing AWStats
  • Webalizer
    • Installing Webalizer
• WordPress
  • Using WordPress
    • Logging in to WordPress
    • Backing Up and Restoring WordPress Content
    • Sending Email from WordPress
    • Sending Email with the Configure SMTP Plugin
    • Upgrading WordPress
  • Advanced WordPress
    • Serving Uploads Faster
    • Caching WordPress
    • Using Multisite
  • Troubleshooting WordPress
    • Error: Error establishing a database connection
    • WordPress Links Point to the Wrong Domain
• Zope and Plone
  • Getting Started with Zope and Plone
    • Getting Started with the Latest Version of Zope and Plone
    • Getting Started with Plone 2.0.5
  • Configuring
    • Accessing the Zope Management Interface
    • Creating a Plone Site
    • Configuring Plone to Send Email
    • Configuring Zope and Plone Time Zone
    • Creating an Emergency Admin User
    • Enabling FTP
    • Enabling WebDAV
    • Installing a Python Package
    • Installing a Zope Product
    • Packing the Zope Object Database
    • Serving Plone at a Root URL Path
    • Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Zope
    • Using Zope Over HTTPS
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error: Relaying Denied
    • Virtual Host Monster Rules Prevent ZMI Access