I'm trying to find a way to integrate Kirby CMS with Dropbox running on Openshift using these tutorials:
http://getkirby.com/blog/kirby-meets-dropbox
http://getkirby.com/forum/how-to/topic:561
I already get stuck installing Dropbox, since I assume I don't really have permission while SSHing:
http://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx
So my question: Is there even any way of achieving all that greatness? If no, not even if we get reaaaally creative? If NO, why not? If yes, how?
Thanks a bunch!
I have no experience with Kirby, but here's how to get Dropbox working on Openshift.
The following is a combination of doing a Dropbox install on a server and doing it in a non-standard location. Everything gets done in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR because that's where you have write privileges.
First, make sure you're in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR
cd $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR
Next, download the appropriate version of Dropbox:
wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
This should give you the .dropbox-dist folder in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR.
Next, tell Dropbox to start the installation process, but tell it that your home directory is actually the $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR:
HOME=$OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR ./.dropbox-dist/dropboxd start -i
Follow the instructions to link your Dropbox account to the Openshift server. After it's linked, it should start syncing everything in your Dropbox account to $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/Dropbox. This might be a bad thing for you because you have too much data in your Dropbox account. If so, then you should exclude folders.
You can do that with the CLI script that Dropbox provides. Still in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR, download it:
wget -O dropbox.py "https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py"
Make sure it's executable:
chmod +x dropbox.py
You need to run it the same way you would Dropbox:
HOME=$OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/dropbox.py -h
Hope that helps.
You should be able to download/compile/install things into your OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR (app-root/data) on your gear by using something like ./configure --prefix=~/app-root/data/dropbox, i tried that but i ran into missing the nautilus-whatever package, which i assume you could download and install in the same fashion, but i did not try past that point. As long as whatever you are running can be installed into the app-root/data, and does not require root permissions to run, you should be able to do it. If you get it going, you could also create a downloadable cartridge to run install it more easily.
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I'm trying to use wkhtmltopdf on my CPanel server. But I haven't root access and I can't put it in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin/ .
So I just put the script on my /home/perso/wkhtmltopdf and made a chmod +x wkhtmltopdf.
But if I try to execute it, for example like this: ./wkhtmltopdf http://www.google.com test.pdf I get a
bash: ./wkhtmltopdf: cannot execute binary file
Any idea how can I place my script in order to be able to execute it ?
To run wkhtmltopdf, you need to install on the server.
Try to ask your hosting provider.
Usually for security, providers disable the execution of binary scripts by ordinary users.
I have inherited a cheffed OSX machine running chef-client 11.14.6. I am trying to lay my hands on the installer for 11.14.6, but it seems that Chef have pulled it from the downloads site ( https://downloads.chef.io/chef-client/mac/ ).
Does anyone know anything about this, or know where I can get "archived" version?
Much appreciated.
I don't see any copies in any repos so it's probably lost to the mists of time by now. You should be able to build a new one using this commit from omnibus-chef https://github.com/chef/omnibus-chef/tree/6d5001c588edacc98f6045e22c70195200111660
Yes. From my research, and the research of others. It seems as if it has been removed.
However, we (I can't take the credit - it was one of my colleagues :) ) managed to get it working. We had another machine with the correct version on it, so we grabbed it from there and zipped it up (using root as the base, and grabbing /opt/chef).
Once tarball (e.g. opt.chef-11.14.6.tar.gz) is transferred to new machine, these were the steps used:
install chef-client v11.10.4 using:
(echo "version=11.10.4"; curl -L https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh) | sudo bash
verify your chef-client version is currently reported as 11.10.4 with "chef-client -v"
extract the tarball as root into the root filesystem using:
cd / && tar xvfz /tmp/opt.chef-11.14.6.tar.gz
verify your chef-client version is now reported as 11.16.4 with "chef-client -v"
run your knife bootstrap command like normal, but don't include the --bootstrap-version parameter, it'll detect chef-client is already installed and use the one you have installed manually.
I did not try rebuilding it.
I have a basic understanding of navigating via SSH. I have installed OSQA following the instructions here:
https://github.com/openshift-quickstart/OSQA-openshift-quickstart
The installation worked, and I can access and modify my OSQA settings via the admin web interface with no problems.
I need to edit the settings_local.py file to disable OpenID (and a few other things), but when I ssh into my app through rhc, I can't find any of the directories I think I'm supposed to be looking for. Here is what I see when I ls:
app-deployments app-root git mysql python
And that's it!
I know I must be doing something wrong, but I've been searching all over, and most instructions start with "navigate to the OSQA installation directory - cd OSQA" -- which seems not to exist! I get the same list of directories when I SFTP in.
Try looking in ~/app-root/repo or ~/app-root/repo/wsgi
I'm running Drupal 7.4 on localhost, and I've downloaded some themes/modules but I'm unable to install them. I go to administration/modules, for example, select 'Upload a module or theme archive to install', choose the tar.gz from my file system, and before the install I'm asked for a FTP user and password and can not advance.
I'm working locally, so I'm thinking maybe I made some mistake during the install. How can I correct this? I have to do a lot of testing on local before moving the site to a server.
I found the solution here. All I have to do is place the modules/themes inside drupal_folder/sites/default/modules or themes and that's it.
Thanks #nmc
This can happen when sites/default folder is not owned by the user that executes the install script. Make sure the folder sites/default is owned by the apache user (from your drupal root):
Ubuntu:
chown www-data sites/default
Fedora:
chown apache sites/default
If your not able to install the module, because the lack of a ftp connection, it's possible to use the old fashion way.
The other solution has described it, but it's not correct for a 100%.
If you want to do it the drupal way, you need to install the modules/themes to
drupalfolder/sites/all/modules
or
drupalfolder/sites/all/themes
if you are having a multi-installation of drupal, then:
drupalfolder/sites/domain_name/modules
or
drupalfolder/sites/domain_name/themes
I fondly remember working with WinSCP and using the fully automated local-to-remote syncing functionality, where the app would monitor a directory hierarchy and send changes to the remote server as they happened.
Is there an app available on OSX that accomplishes the same thing? I haven't really been able to find anything. When I do find something promising, it always turns out to be a traditional syncing app, where you need to initiate the sync command manually and it then scans the hierarchy to find changed files. That takes too long and isn't automated.
Been looking at the File System Events API, wondering if a small app could be pieced together with a small utility to trigger hierarchy changes and feed the changed directory to rsync or something.
Thanks for any leads!
There are two Mac-specific utilities you may be able to utilize to make your job easier:
Automator (link and link)
Folder Actions (link link and link)
Both tools have AppleScript as a common thread (which can be used to execute shell commands). You might be able to write a small AppleScript that is launched when a folder changes to call rsync and perform the service you require.
Well, I had the same kind of problem and it is possible using these together: rsync, SSH Passwordless Login, Watchdog (a Python sync utility) and Terminal Notifier (an OS X notification utility made with Ruby. Not needed, but helps to know when the sync has finished).
I created the key to Passwordless Login using this tutorial from Dreamhost wiki: http://cl.ly/MIw5
1.1. When you finish, test if everything is ok… if you can't Passwordless Login, maybe you have to try afp mount. Dreamhost (where my site is) does not allow afp mount, but allows Passwordless Login. In terminal, type:
ssh username#host.com
You should login without passwords being asked :P
I installed the Terminal Notifier from the Github page: http://cl.ly/MJ5x
2.1. I used the Gem installer command. In Terminal, type:
gem install terminal-notifier
2.3. Test if the notification works.In Terminal, type:
terminal-notifier -message "Starting sync"
Create a sh script to test the rsync + notification. Save it anywhere you like, with the name you like. In this example, I'll call it ~/Scripts/sync.sh I used the ".sh extension, but I don't know if its needed.
#!/bin/bash
terminal-notifier -message "Starting sync"
rsync -azP ~/Sites/folder/ user#host.com:site_folder/
terminal-notifier -message "Sync has finished"
3.1. Remember to give execution permission to this sh script. In Terminal, type:
sudo chmod 777 ~/Scripts/sync.sh
3.2. Run the script and verify if the messages are displayed correctly and the rsync actually sync your local folder with the remote folder.
Finally, I downloaded and installed Watchdog from the Github page: http://cl.ly/MJfb
4.1. First, I installed the libyaml dependency using Brew (there are lot's of help how to install Brew - like an "aptitude" for OS X). In Terminal, type:
brew install libyaml
4.2. Then, I used the "easy_install command". Go the folder of Watchdog, and type in Terminal:
easy_install watchdog
Now, everything is installed! Go the folder you want to be synced, change this code to your needs, and type in Terminal:
watchmedo shell-command
--patterns="*.php;*.txt;*.js;*.css" \
--recursive \
--command='~/Scripts/Sync.sh' \
.
It has to be EXACTLY this way, with the slashes and line breaks, so you'll have to copy these lines to a text editor, change the script, paste in terminal and press return.
I tried without the line breaks, and it doesn't work!
In my Mac, I always get an error, but it doesn't seem to affect anything:
/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/argh-0.22.0-py2.7.egg/argh/completion.py:84: UserWarning: Bash completion not available. Install argcomplete.
Now, made some changes in a file inside the folder, and watch the magic!
I believe transmit does this.