CiviCRM 2022/Technical documentation

Pagina legata al server ⚙️ lessema

This is the technical documentation of the server containing CiviCRM development serving these domains:

• https://crm.wikimedia.it
• https://crmdev.wikimedia.it

Provision

From a Debian GNU/Linux bullseye (stable) 11:

WMI_SERVER=lessema

# update and install stuff
apt update
apt upgrade --yes
apt install --yes mariadb-server apache2 libapache2-mod-php git pwgen
git clone http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/WIIN/wikimedia-it-wmit-infrastructure.git /etc/wmit-infrastructure

# remove default empty stuff
mv /etc/apache2/sites-available /etc/apache2/sites-available.legacy
mv /etc/apache2/sites-enabled   /etc/apache2/sites-enabled.legacy

# if the above fail, Apache is not empty.
# manually move your stuff in a versioned directory

# attach the versioned configuration
ln --symbolic /etc/wmit-infrastructure/servers/"$WMI_SERVER"/conf/apache2/sites-available /etc/apache2/sites-available
ln --symbolic /etc/wmit-infrastructure/servers/"$WMI_SERVER"/conf/apache2/sites-enabled   /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
ln --symbolic /etc/wmit-infrastructure/servers/"$WMI_SERVER"/conf/apache2/include         /etc/apache2/include

# enable upstream configurations
a2ensite it-wikimedia-crmdev-txt
a2ensite it-wikimedia-crm-txt

# reload configuration
apachectl graceful

# eventually deploy Let's Encrypt certificates
certbot certonly --webroot --webroot-path /var/www/html --domain crmdev.wikimedia.it
certbot certonly --webroot --webroot-path /var/www/html --domain    crm.wikimedia.it

# enable upstream SSL configurations
a2ensite it-wikimedia-crmdev-ssl
a2ensite it-wikimedia-crm-ssl

# reload configuration
apachectl graceful

# create the pathname
mkdir --parents /var/www/crm/{production,testing}

# generate some DB password
CIVI_DB_PROD_PWD=$(pwgen 20 --secure --symbols --remove-chars='$\#`\|"'"'")
CIVI_DB_TEST_PWD=$(pwgen 20 --secure --symbols --remove-chars='$\#`\|"'"'")

# create dedicated users
mysql <<< "CREATE DATABASE civicrm_testing"
mysql <<< "CREATE DATABASE civicrm_production"
mysql <<< "CREATE USER civicrm_testing@localhost    IDENTIFIED BY '$CIVI_DB_TEST_PWD'"
mysql <<< "CREATE USER civicrm_production@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$CIVI_DB_PROD_PWD'"
mysql <<< "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON civicrm_testing.*    TO civicrm_testing@localhost"
mysql <<< "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON civicrm_production.* TO civicrm_production@localhost"

# save credentials somewhere
echo "civicrm_testing@localhost    $CIVI_DB_TEST_PWD" >> /root/db-credentials.txt
echo "civicrm_production@localhost $CIVI_DB_PROD_PWD" >> /root/db-credentials.txt

Configuration

Configuration on Phabricator:

• phabricator:diffusion/WIIN/browse/master/servers/lessema/conf/apache2/sites-available/