ckanext-envvars 0.0.1

Requirements

Tested in CKAN 2.3 and 2.4.0, but may work in previous versions.

To ensure all config settings are overridden by env var values, envvars must be the last plugin entry in the ckan.plugins list (see ‘Installation’ below).

Installation

To install ckanext-envvars:

1. Activate your CKAN virtual environment, for example:

   . /usr/lib/ckan/default/bin/activate

2. Install the ckanext-envvars Python package into your virtual environment:

   pip install ckanext-envvars

3. Add envvars to the ckan.plugins setting in your CKAN config file (by default the config file is located at /etc/ckan/default/production.ini).

4. Restart CKAN. For example if you’ve deployed CKAN with Apache on Ubuntu:

   sudo service apache2 reload

Development Installation

To install ckanext-envvars for development, activate your CKAN virtualenv and do:

git clone https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-envvars.git
cd ckanext-envvars
python setup.py develop
pip install -r dev-requirements.txt

Running the Tests

To run the tests, do:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini

To run the tests and produce a coverage report, first make sure you have coverage installed in your virtualenv (pip install coverage) then run:

nosetests --nologcapture --with-pylons=test.ini --with-coverage --cover-package=ckanext.envvars --cover-inclusive --cover-erase --cover-tests

Registering ckanext-envvars on PyPI

ckanext-envvars should be availabe on PyPI as https://pypi-hypernode.com/pypi/ckanext-envvars. If that link doesn’t work, then you can register the project on PyPI for the first time by following these steps:

1. Create a source distribution of the project:

   python setup.py sdist

2. Register the project:

   python setup.py register

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload

4. Tag the first release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.1 then do:

   git tag 0.0.1
   git push --tags

Releasing a New Version of ckanext-envvars

ckanext-envvars is availabe on PyPI as https://pypi-hypernode.com/pypi/ckanext-envvars. To publish a new version to PyPI follow these steps:

1. Update the version number in the setup.py file. See PEP 440 for how to choose version numbers.

2. Create a source distribution of the new version:

   python setup.py sdist

3. Upload the source distribution to PyPI:

   python setup.py sdist upload

4. Tag the new release of the project on GitHub with the version number from the setup.py file. For example if the version number in setup.py is 0.0.2 then do:

   git tag 0.0.2
   git push --tags