[ckan-dev] DataStorer extension location question

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Hi Salman,

~/pyenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ckanext-datasource.egg-link does
NOT exist.  (Nor does that filename exist in any other folder on the
system.)

Is that useful info?  Was there a problem with the datastorer
extension installation or something else?

Thanks!
Jim




On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Haq, Salman <Salman.Haq at neustar.biz> wrote:
> The log file suggests that the extension has not been properly installed.
>
> Does the following file exist?
>
> YOURCKANHOME/pyenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ckanext-datasource.egg-link
>
> And if does exist, what is the output of `cat`ting it?
>
> Salman
>
> On 6/14/12 12:21 PM, "Jim Craner" <jim at codeforamerica.org> wrote:
>
>>Hi Adrià,
>>
>>Here is a pastebin of the /var/log/apache/MYCKAN.error.ini when I try
>>to load the home page and get the 500 error:
>>
>>http://pastebin.com/h6a6jjVM
>>
>>The datastorer extension installation procedure you suggested
>>yesterday resulted in this path:
>>
>>/home/backadmin/pyenv/src/ckanext-datastorer/ckanext/datastorer
>>
>>I also pasted my datastorer nosetests results to the list yesterday;
>>not sure if that helps at all either.
>>
>>Please let me know if there is any other info I can provide that might
>>help you or other list members suggest troubleshooting steps.
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>Jim
>>
>>On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Adrià Mercader <amercadero at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> Yes, the traceback would be great to have, can you post it somewhere?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Adrià
>>>
>>> On 14 June 2012 00:02, Jim Craner <jim at codeforamerica.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi Adrià,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the suggestions -- every command ran successfully until I
>>>> restarted Apache.  I'm still getting a 500 error when I try to access
>>>> CKAN, and the "PluginNotFoundException: datastorer" in the error logs.
>>>>
>>>> Would the rest of the Traceback help you troubleshoot?  Any other
>>>>suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> [Wed Jun 13 00:20:54 2012] [error] [client 127.0.0.1]
>>>> PluginNotFoundException: datastorer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Adrià Mercader <amercadero at gmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to hear that you are having trouble with the datastorer. Trust
>>>>> me, it definitely works on different projects :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I've improved the install instructions on the README [1], which I
>>>>> agree could be confusing, so I suggest we start all over again.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Remove any datastorer folder that you have right now
>>>>> 2. Activate your virtualenv
>>>>> 3. Run pip install -e
>>>>>
>>>>>git+git://github.com/okfn/ckanext-datastorer.git#egg=ckanext-datastorer
>>>>> 4. Run pip install -r ckanext-datastorer/requires.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point you should have a ~/pyenv/src/ckanext-datastorer folder
>>>>> and running this command should not return any errors or prompts:
>>>>>
>>>>> python -c "import ckanext.datastorer"
>>>>>
>>>>> After this point you need to add this to your ini file:
>>>>>
>>>>> ckan.plugins = datastorer <rest of plugins>...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if this works for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adrià
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-datastorer/blob/master/README.rst
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 June 2012 16:30, Jim Craner <jim at codeforamerica.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Sean,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really appreciate the suggestions, but I think at this point I need
>>>>>> explicit "You should do X, Y, and Z" instructions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pretty sure I've tried a hundred variations on everything you
>>>>>> suggested over the past couple of weeks, I *have* been referring to
>>>>>> that "how to install an extension" doc, I've tried every combination
>>>>>> of file structure for the extensions folder and I'm still getting
>>>>>> nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since this (allegedly :-) works on the Data Hub, could someone with
>>>>>> access to that server just go in and tell me how the "datastorer"
>>>>>> extension is set up in the CKAN source folder structure?  And what
>>>>>>the
>>>>>> plugins line is?  (I've seen "datastore archiver" and "datastorer
>>>>>> archive" but never know which was correct).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My offer to help improve this part of the documentation -- assuming I
>>>>>> can ever get this figured out -- still stands as well :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Sean Hammond
>>>>>><sean.hammond at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm (still) trying to get the DataStorer functionality working.  I
>>>>>>>> have a fresh install of CKAN 1.7 from source running on a local
>>>>>>>>Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> 10.04 LTS virtual environment.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I got CKAN running, the FileStore running, everything is looking
>>>>>>>>good.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I really need some help clarifying the instructions found here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-datastorer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> These instructions *seem* to work, as in no errors are generated
>>>>>>>> during the installation, but I'm really not sure where the files
>>>>>>>>are
>>>>>>>> supposed to end up.  When I try to access CKAN after installing
>>>>>>>>this,
>>>>>>>> I get a 500 error and the logs report "PluginNotFoundException:
>>>>>>>> datastore."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My CKAN folder is in my server's user's home folder,
>>>>>>>>~/pyenv/src/ckan.
>>>>>>>>  The config file is ~/pyenv/src/ckan/datasc.ini.  The installation
>>>>>>>> instructions instruct me to download a zip file which becomes an
>>>>>>>> okfn-ckanext-datastorer folder (which I've tried putting in ~ and
>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>> ~/pyenv/src/ckan).  When I run the installation, it generates a
>>>>>>>> subfolder "ckanext" which has its own folder within it called
>>>>>>>> "datastorer".  I tried putting that final "datastorer" folder
>>>>>>>>directly
>>>>>>>> in my existing ~/pyenv/src/ckan/ckanext folder and got the same
>>>>>>>> results.  So at that point I'm completely lost.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can someone who has DataStorer running successfully tell me a)
>>>>>>>>what to
>>>>>>>> put in my CONFIG.ini file's plugins line (e.g., "datastore
>>>>>>>>archiver"
>>>>>>>> or "datastorer archiver" or something else)?  And b) what should
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>> correct file structure be for the datastorer extension folder(s)
>>>>>>>> relative to the root of my CKAN installation?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I haven't installed datastorer before myself, but I would try
>>>>>>>reading
>>>>>>> the 'Installing an Extension' docs here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-1.7/extensions.html#installing-an-extens
>>>>>>>ion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and then you might understand the ckanext-datastorer README a little
>>>>>>> better. For example, I would probably download ckanext-datastorer by
>>>>>>> activating my virtualenv and running a command like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    pip install -e
>>>>>>>git+https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-datastorer.git#egg=ckanext-datast
>>>>>>>orer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> this should download and install ckanext-datastorer in a directory
>>>>>>>like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    pyenv/src/ckanext-datastorer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You might still need to run pip install -r on the requires.txt file
>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>> the ckanext-datastorer directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the plugins line of your CKAN ini file you should add something
>>>>>>>like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    plugins = datastorer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A couple of things you can do to test whether datastorer is working
>>>>>>> properly are to run CKAN with `paster serve development.ini` and
>>>>>>>see if
>>>>>>> it crashes with something like 'Plugin not found: datastorer', run
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>> datastorer tests, something like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    nosetests tests
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> from the ckanext-datastorer directory, and to try out the
>>>>>>> `paster datastorer` command (from the pyenv/src/ckan directory).
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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