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    1 = Trac Installation Guide for 1.0 =
     1= Trac Installation Guide for 1.0
    22[[TracGuideToc]]
    33
    44Trac is written in the Python programming language and needs a database, [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], or [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. For HTML rendering, Trac uses the [http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] templating system.
    55
    6 Since version 0.12, Trac can also be localized, and there's probably a translation available for your language. If you want to be able to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you have installed the optional package [#OtherPythonPackages Babel]. Pay attention to the extra steps for localization support in the [#InstallingTrac Installing Trac] section below. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default english version, as usual.
    7 
    8 If you're interested in contributing new translations for other languages or enhance the existing translations, then please have a look at [[trac:TracL10N]].
    9 
    10 What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac and its requirements. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms] on the main Trac site, please be sure to '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
     6Since version 0.12, Trac can also be localized, and there is probably a translation available in your language. If you want to use the Trac interface in other languages, then make sure you have installed the optional package [#OtherPythonPackages Babel]. Pay attention to the extra steps for localization support in the [#InstallingTrac Installing Trac] section below. Lacking Babel, you will only get the default English version.
     7
     8If you're interested in contributing new translations for other languages or enhance the existing translations, then please have a look at [trac:wiki:TracL10N TracL10N].
     9
     10What follows are generic instructions for installing and setting up Trac. While you may find instructions for installing Trac on specific systems at [trac:TracInstallPlatforms TracInstallPlatforms] on the main Trac site, please '''first read through these general instructions''' to get a good understanding of the tasks involved.
    1111
    1212[[PageOutline(2-3,Installation Steps,inline)]]
    1313
    14 == Dependencies ==
     14== Dependencies
    1515=== Mandatory Dependencies
    1616To install Trac, the following software packages must be installed:
     
    1818 * [http://www.python.org/ Python], version >= 2.5 and < 3.0
    1919   (note that we dropped the support for Python 2.4 in this release)
    20  * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6, or better yet, [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute distribute]
    21  * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6 (unreleased version 0.7dev should work as well)
    22 
    23 You also need a database system and the corresponding python bindings.
    24 The database can be either SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
     20 * [http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools setuptools], version >= 0.6
     21 * [http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Genshi], version >= 0.6
     22
     23You also need a database system and the corresponding python bindings. The database can be either SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL.
    2524
    2625==== For the SQLite database #ForSQLite
    2726
    28 As you must be using Python 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7, you already have the SQLite database bindings bundled with the standard distribution of Python (the `sqlite3` module).
    29 
    30 However, if you'd like, you can download the latest and greatest version of [[trac:Pysqlite]] from
     27As you must be using Python 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7, you already have the SQLite database bindings bundled with the standard distribution of Python: the `sqlite3` module.
     28
     29However, if you like, you can download the latest and greatest version of [[trac:PySqlite]] from
    3130[http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/downloads/list google code], where you'll find the Windows
    3231installers or the `tar.gz` archive for building from source:
    33 {{{
     32{{{#!sh
    3433$ tar xvfz <version>.tar.gz
    3534$ cd <version>
     
    3736}}}
    3837 
    39 This will download the latest SQLite code and build the bindings.
    40 
    41 SQLite 2.x is no longer supported.
    42 
    43 A known bug PySqlite versions 2.5.2-4 prohibits upgrade of trac databases
    44 from 0.11.x to 0.12. Please use versions 2.5.5 and newer or 2.5.1 and
    45 older. See #9434 for more detail.
    46 
    47 See additional information in [trac:PySqlite PySqlite].
     38This will download the latest SQLite code and build the bindings. SQLite 2.x is no longer supported.
     39
     40A known bug in [trac:PySqlite] versions 2.5.2-4 prohibits upgrades of Trac databases from 0.11.x to 0.12. Please use versions 2.5.5 and newer or 2.5.1 and older. See #9434 for more detail. See additional information in [trac:PySqlite PySqlite].
    4841
    4942==== For the PostgreSQL database #ForPostgreSQL
     
    5144You need to install the database and its Python bindings:
    5245 * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], version 8.0 or later
    53  * [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2 psycopg2]
     46 * [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2 psycopg2], version 2.0 or later
    5447
    5548See [trac:DatabaseBackend#Postgresql DatabaseBackend] for details.
    5649
    57 
    5850==== For the MySQL database #ForMySQL
    5951
    60 Trac can now work quite well with MySQL, provided you follow the guidelines.
     52Trac works well with MySQL, provided you follow the guidelines:
    6153
    6254 * [http://mysql.com/ MySQL], version 5.0 or later
    6355 * [http://sf.net/projects/mysql-python MySQLdb], version 1.2.2 or later
    6456
    65 It is '''very''' important to read carefully the [trac:MySqlDb] page before creating the database.
     57Given the caveats and known issues surrounding MySQL, read carefully the [trac:MySqlDb] page before creating the database.
    6658
    6759=== Optional Dependencies
    6860
    69 ==== Version Control System ====
    70 
    71 ===== Subversion =====
     61==== Version Control System
     62
     63===== Subversion
    7264 * [http://subversion.apache.org/ Subversion], 1.5.x or 1.6.x and the '''''corresponding''''' Python bindings. Older versions starting from 1.0, like 1.2.4, 1.3.2 or 1.4.2, etc. should still work. For troubleshooting information, check the [trac:TracSubversion#Troubleshooting TracSubversion] page.
    7365
    74 There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. (Good luck finding precompiled SWIG bindings for any Windows package at that listing. TracSubversion points you to [http://alagazam.net Algazam], which works for me under Python 2.6.)
     66There are [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html pre-compiled SWIG bindings] available for various platforms. (Good luck finding precompiled SWIG bindings for any Windows package at that listing. [trac:TracSubversion] points you to [http://alagazam.net Alagazam], which works for me under Python 2.6.)
    7567
    7668Note that Trac '''doesn't''' use [http://pysvn.tigris.org/ PySVN], neither does it work yet with the newer `ctype`-style bindings.
    7769
    78 
    7970'''Please note:''' if using Subversion, Trac must be installed on the '''same machine'''. Remote repositories are currently [trac:ticket:493 not supported].
    8071
    81 
    82 ===== Others =====
     72===== Others
    8373
    8474Support for other version control systems is provided via third-parties. See [trac:PluginList] and [trac:VersionControlSystem].
    8575
    86 ==== Web Server ====
    87 A web server is optional because Trac is shipped with a server included, see the [#RunningtheStandaloneServer Running the Standalone Server ] section below.
    88 
    89 Alternatively you configure Trac to run in any of the following environments.
     76==== Web Server
     77A web server is optional because Trac is shipped with a server included, see the [#RunningtheStandaloneServer Running the Standalone Server] section below.
     78
     79Alternatively you can configure Trac to run in any of the following environments:
    9080 * [http://httpd.apache.org/ Apache] with
    9181   - [http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ mod_wsgi], see [wiki:TracModWSGI] and
    9282     http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/IntegrationWithTrac
    93    - [http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], deprecated: see TracModPython)
     83   - [http://modpython.org/ mod_python 3.3.1], (deprecated: see TracModPython)
    9484 * a [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI]-capable web server (see TracFastCgi)
    9585 * an [http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html AJP]-capable web
     
    9989   
    10090
    101 ==== Other Python Packages ====
     91==== Other Python Packages
    10292
    10393 * [http://babel.edgewall.org Babel], version >= 0.9.5,
     
    10595 * [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ docutils], version >= 0.3.9
    10696   for WikiRestructuredText.
    107  * [http://pygments.pocoo.org Pygments] for
     97 * [http://pygments.org Pygments] for
    10898   [wiki:TracSyntaxColoring syntax highlighting].
    10999   [http://silvercity.sourceforge.net/ SilverCity] and/or
     
    114104   an internal time zone implementation.
    115105
    116 '''Attention''': The various available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangable, so please pay attention to the version numbers above. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the [trac:MailingList] or [trac:IrcChannel].
    117 
    118 Please refer to the documentation of these packages to find out how they are best installed. In addition, most of the [trac:TracInstallPlatforms platform-specific instructions] also describe the installation of the dependencies. Keep in mind however that the information there ''probably concern older versions of Trac than the one you're installing'' (there are even some pages that are still talking about Trac 0.8!).
    119 
    120 
    121 == Installing Trac ==
     106'''Attention''': The available versions of these dependencies are not necessarily interchangeable, so please pay attention to the version numbers. If you are having trouble getting Trac to work, please double-check all the dependencies before asking for help on the [trac:MailingList] or [trac:IrcChannel].
     107
     108Please refer to the documentation of these packages to find out how they are best installed. In addition, most of the [trac:TracInstallPlatforms platform-specific instructions] also describe the installation of the dependencies. Keep in mind however that the information there ''probably concern older versions of Trac than the one you're installing''. There are even some pages that are still talking about Trac 0.8!
     109
     110== Installing Trac
    122111=== Using `easy_install`
    123 One way to install Trac is using [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools setuptools].
    124 With setuptools you can install Trac from the subversion repository;
     112One way to install Trac is using [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools setuptools]. With setuptools you can install Trac from the Subversion repository.
    125113
    126114A few examples:
    127115
    128  - install Trac 1.0:
    129    {{{
     116 - Install Trac 1.0:
     117   {{{#!sh
    130118   easy_install Trac==1.0
    131119   }}}
    132    (NOT YET ENABLED)
    133  - install latest development version 1.0dev:
    134    {{{
     120 - Install latest development version:
     121   {{{#!sh
    135122   easy_install Trac==dev
    136123   }}}
     
    138125   either use a released version or install from source
    139126
     127{{{#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em"
     128**Setuptools Warning:** If the version of your setuptools is in the range 5.4 through 5.6, the environment variable `PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS` must be set in order to avoid significant performance degradation. More information may be found in the sections on [#RunningtheStandaloneServer Running The Standalone Server] and [#RunningTraconaWebServer Running Trac on a Web Server].
     129}}}
     130
    140131=== Using `pip`
    141132'pip' is an easy_install replacement that is very useful to quickly install python packages.
    142 To get a trac installation up and running in less than 5 minutes:
     133To get a Trac installation up and running in less than 5 minutes:
    143134
    144135Assuming you want to have your entire pip installation in `/opt/user/trac`
    145136
    146137 -
    147 {{{
    148 pip -E /opt/user/trac install trac psycopg2
     138 {{{#!sh
     139pip install trac psycopg2
    149140}}}
    150141or
    151142 -
    152 {{{
    153 pip -E /opt/user/trac install trac mysql-python
    154 }}}
    155 
    156 Make sure your OS specific headers are available for pip to automatically build PostgreSQL (libpq-dev) or MySQL (libmysqlclient-dev) bindings.
     143 {{{#!sh
     144pip install trac mysql-python
     145}}}
     146
     147Make sure your OS specific headers are available for pip to automatically build PostgreSQL (`libpq-dev`) or MySQL (`libmysqlclient-dev`) bindings.
    157148
    158149pip will automatically resolve all dependencies (like Genshi, pygments, etc.) and download the latest packages on pypi.python.org and create a self contained installation in `/opt/user/trac`.
     
    160151All commands (`tracd`, `trac-admin`) are available in `/opt/user/trac/bin`. This can also be leveraged for `mod_python` (using `PythonHandler` directive) and `mod_wsgi` (using `WSGIDaemonProcess` directive)
    161152
    162 Additionally, you can install several trac plugins (listed [http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=search&term=trac&submit=search here]) through pip.
    163 
    164 
     153Additionally, you can install several Trac plugins (listed [https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=browse&show=all&c=516 here]) through pip.
    165154
    166155=== From source
    167 Of course, using the python-typical setup at the top of the source directory also works.
    168 
    169 You can obtain the source for a .tar.gz or .zip file corresponding to a release (e.g. Trac-1.0.tar.gz), or you can get the source directly from the repository (see Trac:SubversionRepository for details).
    170 
    171 {{{
     156Of course, using the python-typical setup at the top of the source directory also works. You can obtain the source for a .tar.gz or .zip file corresponding to a release (e.g. `Trac-1.0.tar.gz`), or you can get the source directly from the repository. See [trac:SubversionRepository] for details.
     157
     158{{{#!sh
    172159$ python ./setup.py install
    173160}}}
    174161
    175 ''You'll need root permissions or equivalent for this step.''
    176 
    177 This will byte-compile the python source code and install it as an .egg file or folder in the `site-packages` directory
    178 of your Python installation. The .egg will also contain all other resources needed by standard Trac, such as htdocs and templates.
     162''You will need root permissions or equivalent for this step.''
     163
     164This will byte-compile the Python source code and install it as an .egg file or folder in the `site-packages` directory
     165of your Python installation. The .egg will also contain all other resources needed by standard Trac, such as `htdocs` and `templates`.
    179166
    180167The script will also install the [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] command-line tool, used to create and maintain [wiki:TracEnvironment project environments], as well as the [wiki:TracStandalone tracd] standalone server.
    181168
    182 If you install from source and want to make Trac available in other languages, make sure  Babel is installed. Only then, perform the `install` (or simply redo the `install` once again afterwards if you realize Babel was not yet installed):
    183 {{{
     169If you install from source and want to make Trac available in other languages, make sure Babel is installed. Only then, perform the `install` (or simply redo the `install` once again afterwards if you realize Babel was not yet installed):
     170{{{#!sh
    184171$ python ./setup.py install
    185172}}}
    186 Alternatively, you can do a `bdist_egg` and copy the .egg from dist/ to the place of your choice, or you can create a Windows installer (`bdist_wininst`).
    187 
    188 === Advanced Options ===
     173Alternatively, you can run `bdist_egg` and copy the .egg from `dist/` to the place of your choice, or you can create a Windows installer (`bdist_wininst`).
     174
     175=== Advanced Options
    189176
    190177To install Trac to a custom location, or find out about other advanced installation options, run:
    191 {{{
     178{{{#!sh
    192179easy_install --help
    193180}}}
    194181
    195 Also see [http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html Installing Python Modules] for detailed information.
     182Also see [http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html Installing Python Modules] for detailed information.
    196183
    197184Specifically, you might be interested in:
    198 {{{
     185{{{#!sh
    199186easy_install --prefix=/path/to/installdir
    200187}}}
    201 or, if installing Trac to a Mac OS X system:
    202 {{{
     188or, if installing Trac on a Mac OS X system:
     189{{{#!sh
    203190easy_install --prefix=/usr/local --install-dir=/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages
    204191}}}
    205 Note: If installing on Mac OS X 10.6 running {{{ easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/trunk }}} will install into {{{ /usr/local }}} and {{{ /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages }}} by default
     192Note: If installing on Mac OS X 10.6 running {{{ easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/trunk }}} will install into {{{ /usr/local }}} and {{{ /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages }}} by default.
    206193
    207194The above will place your `tracd` and `trac-admin` commands into `/usr/local/bin` and will install the Trac libraries and dependencies into `/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages`, which is Apple's preferred location for third-party Python application installations.
    208195
    209 
    210 == Creating a Project Environment ==
    211 
    212 A [TracEnvironment Trac environment] is the backend storage where Trac stores information like wiki pages, tickets, reports, settings, etc. An environment is basically a directory that contains a human-readable [TracIni configuration file], and various other files and directories.
     196== Creating a Project Environment
     197
     198A [TracEnvironment Trac environment] is the backend where Trac stores information like wiki pages, tickets, reports, settings, etc. An environment is basically a directory that contains a human-readable [TracIni configuration file], and other files and directories.
    213199
    214200A new environment is created using [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]:
    215 {{{
     201{{{#!sh
    216202$ trac-admin /path/to/myproject initenv
    217203}}}
     
    222208For the other [DatabaseBackend database backends] you should plan ahead and already have a database ready to use at this point.
    223209
    224 Since 0.12, Trac doesn't ask for a [TracEnvironment#SourceCodeRepository source code repository] anymore when creating an environment. Repositories can be [TracRepositoryAdmin added] afterward, or the version control support can be disabled completely if you don't need it.
     210Since 0.12, Trac doesn't ask for a [TracEnvironment#SourceCodeRepository source code repository] anymore when creating an environment. Repositories can be [TracRepositoryAdmin added] afterwards, and support for specific version control systems is disabled by default.
    225211
    226212Also note that the values you specify here can be changed later by directly editing the [TracIni conf/trac.ini] configuration file.
    227213
     214When selecting the location of your environment, make sure that the filesystem on which the environment directory resides supports sub-second timestamps (i.e. **not** `ext2` or `ext3` on Linux), as the modification time of the `conf/trac.ini` file will be monitored to decide whether an environment restart is needed or not. A too coarse-grained timestamp resolution may result in inconsistencies in Trac < 1.0.2. The best advice is to opt for a platform with sub-second timestamp resolution, regardless of the Trac version.
     215
    228216Finally, make sure the user account under which the web front-end runs will have '''write permissions''' to the environment directory and all the files inside. This will be the case if you run `trac-admin ... initenv` as this user. If not, you should set the correct user afterwards. For example on Linux, with the web server running as user `apache` and group `apache`, enter:
    229 {{{
    230 # chown -R apache.apache /path/to/myproject
    231 }}}
     217{{{#!sh
     218$ chown -R apache.apache /path/to/myproject
     219}}}
     220
     221The actual username and groupname of the apache server may not be exactly `apache`, and are specified in the Apache configuration file by the directives `User` and `Group` (if Apache `httpd` is what you use).
    232222
    233223{{{#!div class=important
     
    235225}}}
    236226
    237 
    238227== Deploying Trac
    239228
    240 === Running the Standalone Server ===
     229=== Running the Standalone Server
    241230
    242231After having created a Trac environment, you can easily try the web interface by running the standalone server [wiki:TracStandalone tracd]:
    243 {{{
     232{{{#!sh
    244233$ tracd --port 8000 /path/to/myproject
    245234}}}
    246235
    247236Then, fire up a browser and visit `http://localhost:8000/`. You should get a simple listing of all environments that `tracd` knows about. Follow the link to the environment you just created, and you should see Trac in action. If you only plan on managing a single project with Trac you can have the standalone server skip the environment list by starting it like this:
    248 {{{
     237{{{#!sh
    249238$ tracd -s --port 8000 /path/to/myproject
    250239}}}
    251240
    252 === Running Trac on a Web Server ===
     241{{{#!div style="border: 1pt dotted; margin: 1em"
     242**Setuptools Warning:** If the version of your setuptools is in the range 5.4 through 5.6, the environment variable `PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS` must be set in order to avoid significant performance degradation. The environment variable can be set system-wide, or for just the user that runs the `tracd` process. There are several ways to accomplish this in addition to what is discussed here, and depending on the distribution of your OS.
     243
     244To be effective system-wide a shell script with the `export` statement may be added to `/etc/profile.d`. To be effective for a user session the `export` statement may be added to `~/.profile`.
     245{{{#!sh
     246export PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS=1
     247}}}
     248
     249Alternatively, the variable can be set in the shell before executing `tracd`:
     250{{{#!sh
     251$ PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS=1 tracd --port 8000 /path/to/myproject
     252}}}
     253}}}
     254
     255=== Running Trac on a Web Server
    253256
    254257Trac provides various options for connecting to a "real" web server:
     
    260263Trac also supports [trac:TracOnWindowsIisAjp AJP] which may be your choice if you want to connect to IIS. Other deployment scenarios are possible: [trac:TracNginxRecipe nginx], [http://projects.unbit.it/uwsgi/wiki/Example#Traconapacheinasub-uri uwsgi], [trac:TracOnWindowsIisIsapi Isapi-wsgi] etc.
    261264
    262 ==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory ==== #cgi-bin
     265==== Generating the Trac cgi-bin directory #cgi-bin
    263266
    264267In order for Trac to function properly with FastCGI you need to have a `trac.fcgi` file and for mod_wsgi a `trac.wsgi` file. These are Python scripts which load the appropriate Python code. They can be generated using the `deploy` option of [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin].
    265268
    266269There is, however, a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. The [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] command requires an existing environment to function, but complains if the deploy directory already exists. This is a problem, because environments are often stored in a subdirectory of the deploy. The solution is to do something like this:
    267 {{{
     270{{{#!sh
    268271mkdir -p /usr/share/trac/projects/my-project
    269272trac-admin /usr/share/trac/projects/my-project initenv
     
    271274mv /tmp/deploy/* /usr/share/trac
    272275}}}
    273 
    274 
    275 ==== Mapping Static Resources ====
     276Don't forget to check that the web server has the execution right on scripts in the `/usr/share/trac/cgi-bin` directory.
     277
     278==== Mapping Static Resources
    276279
    277280Out of the box, Trac will pass static resources such as style sheets or images through itself. For anything but a tracd only based deployment, this is far from optimal as the web server could be set up to directly serve those static resources (for CGI setup, this is '''highly undesirable''' and will cause abysmal performance).
     
    289292 - `<plugins>/` - one directory for each resource directory managed by the plugins enabled for this environment
    290293
    291 ===== Example: Apache and `ScriptAlias` ===== #ScriptAlias-example
     294===== Example: Apache and `ScriptAlias` #ScriptAlias-example
    292295
    293296Assuming the deployment has been done this way:
    294 {{{
    295 $ trac-admin /var/trac/env deploy /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
     297{{{#!sh
     298$ trac-admin /var/trac/env deploy /path/to/shared/trac
    296299}}}
    297300
    298301Add the following snippet to Apache configuration ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` (which map all the other requests to the Trac application), changing paths to match your deployment:
    299 {{{
     302{{{#!apache
    300303Alias /trac/chrome/common /path/to/trac/htdocs/common
    301304Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/trac/htdocs/site
     
    308311
    309312If using mod_python, you might want to add this too (otherwise, the alias will be ignored):
    310 {{{
     313{{{#!apache
    311314<Location "/trac/chrome/common/">
    312315  SetHandler None
     
    317320
    318321Similarly, if you have static resources in a project's `htdocs` directory (which is referenced by `/trac/chrome/site` URL in themes), you can configure Apache to serve those resources (again, put this ''before'' the `ScriptAlias` or `WSGIScriptAlias` for the .*cgi scripts, and adjust names and locations to match your installation):
    319 {{{
     322{{{#!apache
    320323Alias /trac/chrome/site /path/to/projectenv/htdocs
    321324
     
    327330
    328331Alternatively to aliasing `/trac/chrome/common`, you can tell Trac to generate direct links for those static resources (and only those), using the [[wiki:TracIni#trac-section| [trac] htdocs_location]] configuration setting:
    329 {{{
     332{{{#!ini
    330333[trac]
    331334htdocs_location = http://static.example.org/trac-common/
     
    334337
    335338Of course, you still need to make the Trac `htdocs/common` directory available through the web server at the specified URL, for example by copying (or linking) the directory into the document root of the web server:
    336 {{{
     339{{{#!sh
    337340$ ln -s /path/to/trac/htdocs/common /var/www/static.example.org/trac-common
    338341}}}
    339342
    340 
    341 ==== Setting up the Plugin Cache ====
    342 
    343 Some Python plugins need to be extracted to a cache directory. By default the cache resides in the home directory of the current user. When running Trac on a Web Server as a dedicated user (which is highly recommended) who has no home directory, this might prevent the plugins from starting. To override the cache location you can set the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE environment variable. Refer to your server documentation for detailed instructions on how to set environment variables.
    344 
    345 == Configuring Authentication ==
    346 
    347 Trac uses HTTP authentication. You'll need to configure your webserver to request authentication when the `.../login` URL is hit (the virtual path of the "login" button). Trac will automatically pick the REMOTE_USER variable up after you provide your credentials. Therefore, all user management goes through your web server configuration. Please consult the documentation of your web server for more info.
     343==== Setting up the Plugin Cache
     344
     345Some Python plugins need to be extracted to a cache directory. By default the cache resides in the home directory of the current user. When running Trac on a Web Server as a dedicated user (which is highly recommended) who has no home directory, this might prevent the plugins from starting. To override the cache location you can set the `PYTHON_EGG_CACHE` environment variable. Refer to your server documentation for detailed instructions on how to set environment variables.
     346
     347== Configuring Authentication
     348
     349Trac uses HTTP authentication. You'll need to configure your webserver to request authentication when the `.../login` URL is hit (the virtual path of the "login" button). Trac will automatically pick the `REMOTE_USER` variable up after you provide your credentials. Therefore, all user management goes through your web server configuration. Please consult the documentation of your web server for more info.
    348350
    349351The process of adding, removing, and configuring user accounts for authentication depends on the specific way you run Trac.
     
    354356 * TracFastCgi if you're using another web server with FCGI support (Cherokee, Lighttpd, !LiteSpeed, nginx)
    355357
     358The following document also constains some useful information for beginners: [trac:TracAuthenticationIntroduction].
     359
    356360== Granting admin rights to the admin user
    357361Grant admin rights to user admin:
    358 {{{
     362{{{#!sh
    359363$ trac-admin /path/to/myproject permission add admin TRAC_ADMIN
    360364}}}
    361 This user will have an "Admin" entry menu that will allow you to admin your trac project.
     365This user will have an "Admin" entry menu that will allow you to administrate your Trac project.
    362366
    363367== Finishing the install
    364368
    365 === Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets ===
     369=== Enable version control components
     370
     371Support for version control systems is provided by optional components in Trac and the components are disabled by default //(since 1.0)//. Subversion and Git must be explicitly enabled if you wish to use them. See TracRepositoryAdmin for more details.
     372
     373The components can be enabled by adding the following to the `[components]` section of your [TracIni#components-section trac.ini], or enabling the components in the "Plugins" admin panel.
     374
     375{{{#!ini
     376tracopt.versioncontrol.svn.* = enabled
     377}}}
     378
     379{{{#!ini
     380tracopt.versioncontrol.git.* = enabled
     381}}}
     382
     383After enabling the components, repositories can be configured through the "Repositories" admin panel or by editing [TracIni#repositories-section trac.ini].
     384
     385=== Automatic reference to the SVN changesets in Trac tickets
    366386
    367387You can configure SVN to automatically add a reference to the changeset into the ticket comments, whenever changes are committed to the repository. The description of the commit needs to contain one of the following formulas:
     
    370390
    371391This functionality requires a post-commit hook to be installed as described in [wiki:TracRepositoryAdmin#ExplicitSync TracRepositoryAdmin], and enabling the optional commit updater components by adding the following line to the `[components]` section of your [wiki:TracIni#components-section trac.ini], or enabling the components in the "Plugins" admin panel.
    372 {{{
     392{{{#!ini
    373393tracopt.ticket.commit_updater.* = enabled
    374394}}}
    375395For more information, see the documentation of the `CommitTicketUpdater` component in the "Plugins" admin panel.
    376396
    377 === Using Trac ===
     397=== Using Trac
    378398
    379399Once you have your Trac site up and running, you should be able to create tickets, view the timeline, browse your version control repository if configured, etc.