Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracEnvironment

Timestamp:

12/24/20 01:28:04 (4 years ago)

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trac

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TracEnvironment

@@ -6 +6 @@
 Trac uses a directory structure and a database for storing project data. The directory is referred to as the '''environment'''.
 
-Trac 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`.
+Trac supports [https://www.sqlite.org/ SQLite], [https://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] and [https://www.mysql.com/ MySQL] databases. With PostgreSQL and MySQL you have to create the database before running `trac-admin initenv`.
 
 == Creating an Environment
@@ -17 +17 @@
 `trac-admin` will ask you for the name of the project and the [#DatabaseConnectionStrings database connection string].
 
+A base configuration can be specified using the `--inherit` or `--config` options. The `--inherit` option can be specified one or more times to utilize a [TracIni#GlobalConfiguration global configuration]. The options specified in a `--config` file will be used to override the defaults when initializing `trac.ini`. See below for an [#SourceCodeRepository example] of defining repositories in a configuration file.
+
 === Useful Tips
 
  - Place your environment's directory on a filesystem which supports sub-second timestamps, as Trac monitors the timestamp of its configuration files and changes happening on a filesystem with too coarse-grained timestamp resolution may go undetected in Trac < 1.0.2. This is also true for the location of authentication files when using TracStandalone.
 
- - The user under which the web server runs will require file system write permission to the environment directory and all the files inside. Please remember to set the appropriate permissions. The same applies to the source code repository, although the user under which Trac runs will only require write access to a Subversion repository created with the BDB file system; for other repository types, check the corresponding plugin's documentation. 
- 
- - `initenv` does not create a version control repository for the specified path. If you wish to specify a default repository using optional the arguments to `initenv` you must create the repository first, otherwise you will see a message when initializing the environment: //Warning: couldn't index the default repository//.
+ - The user under which the web server runs will require file system write permission to the environment directory and all the files inside. Please remember to set the appropriate permissions. The same applies to the source code repository, although the user under which Trac runs will only require write access to a Subversion repository created with the BDB file system; for other repository types, check the corresponding plugin's documentation.
 
  - Non-ascii environment paths are not supported.
 
- - TracPlugins located in a [TracIni#inherit-plugins_dir-option 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.
+ - TracPlugins located in a [TracIni#inherit-plugins_dir-option shared plugins directory] that is defined in an [TracIni#GlobalConfiguration inherited configuration] are not enabled by default, in contrast to plugins in the environment `plugins` directory. Hence, if they need to create extra tables, for example, the tables will not be created during environment creation and you'll need to [TracUpgrade#UpgradetheTracEnvironment upgrade the environment]. Alternatively you can avoid the need to upgrade the environment by explicitly enabling the plugin(s) in a configuration file using the `--inherit` or `--config` option. See TracAdmin#FullCommandReference for more information.
 
 {{{#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em;"
@@ -40 +40 @@
 You will need to specify a database connection string at the time the environment is created. The default is SQLite, which is 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.
 
-Note that if the username or password of the connection string (if applicable) contains the `:`, `/` or `@` characters, they need to be URL encoded.
+Note that if the username or password of the connection string (if applicable) contains the `:`, `/` or `@` characters, they need to be [https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/ URL encoded].
+{{{#!sh
+$ python -c "import urllib; print urllib.quote('password@:/123', '')"
+password%40%3A%2F123
+}}}
 
 === SQLite Connection String
@@ -49 +53 @@
 }}}
 where `db/trac.db` is the path to the database file within the Trac environment.
+
+See [trac:DatabaseBackend#SQLite] for more information.
 
 === PostgreSQL Connection String
@@ -72 +78 @@
 }}}
 
-See the [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ PostgreSQL documentation] for detailed instructions on how to administer [http://postgresql.org PostgreSQL].
+See the [https://www.postgresql.org/docs/ PostgreSQL documentation] for detailed instructions on how to administer [https://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL].
 Generally, the following is sufficient to create a database user named `tracuser` and a database named `trac`:
 {{{#!sh
@@ -99 +105 @@
 }}}
 
+=== Changing Database Backend
+
+The TracAdmin `convert_db` command allows migrating between SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
+
+[[TracAdminHelp(convert_db)]]
+
+== Deleting a Trac Environment
+
+The Trac environment can be deleted using standard filesystem utilities to delete the directory that was passed to the `initenv` command. For an environment using SQLite, this will also delete the SQLite database, which resides on-disk in the environment `db` directory. For an environment using PostgreSQL or MySQL, you will need to use the associated database utilities to delete the database.
+
 == Source Code Repository
 
-A 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.
+A 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. There are several ways to connect repositories to an environment, see TracRepositoryAdmin.
 
-There are several 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.
+Repositories can be defined at the time of environment creation by specifying a configuration file to the `initenv` command using the `--config` or `--inherit` options. Cached repositories will be synchronized if the repository connector(s) are enabled. Example:
+
+{{{#!sh
+$ trac-admin $ENV initenv --config=config.ini
+$ cat config.ini
+[components]
+tracopt.versioncontrol.* = enabled
+
+[repositories]
+.dir = /path/to/default/type/repos
+repos1.type = git
+repos1.dir = /path/to/git/repos
+repos2.type = svn
+repos2.dir = /path/to/svn/repos
+}}}
 
 == Directory Structure