8.2. Configuring the web front end¶
You’ll need to make a new (e.g. MySQL) database for the web front end, and an admin user with full access rights to it.
Under Windows, run the following in a suitable location.
crate_print_demo_crateweb_config > my_crateweb_config.py
Make sure this file is accessible only to you, as it will contain secrets. Edit it appropriately; see Web config file. Make the CRATE_WEB_LOCAL_SETTINGS environment variable point to it.
Now, create (or upgrade) the database structure:
crate_django_manage migrate
At this point, you should be able to run crate_launch_cherrypy_server
and
browse to http://127.0.0.1:8088/. You’ll also need to run
crate_django_manage createsuperuser
You’ll also want to implement SSL (HTTPS) access. For Linux, instructions are
in the instructions.txt file as above. For Windows, the quickest is to use
the CherryPy server, launched with crate_launch_cherrypy_server
. For help,
run
crate_launch_cherrypy_server --help
You can set an environment variable CRATE_CHERRYPY_ARGS and the arguments in this string will be appended to those passed to CherryPy. For example:
CRATE_CHERRYPY_ARGS=--port 443 --ssl_certificate SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE --ssl_private_key SSL_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE
If your machine is already using port 443, you may need to use another (e.g. 8443).