cStock System Administration

This section outlines common tasks performed by a cStock system administrator.

• cStock System Overview
  • Hosting
  • Code
  • Key Services
    • Web Application Process
    • SMS Application Process
    • Background Task Process
    • Database
    • Cache / Message Broker
    • Web Server
    • SMS Gateway
• Connecting to the Server
  • Prerequisites
  • VPN set up
    • Setting up two-factor authentication
  • Logging in to the VPN
  • Logging in to cstock
• Common System Administration Tasks
  • Deploying Updated Code
  • Restarting application processes
  • Restarting other processes
  • Making configuration changes
  • Getting an application shell
  • Getting a database shell
• Troubleshooting
  • Monitoring
  • Common errors
    • “Too many connections” error
    • “Warehouse already running, will do nothing…”
  • SMS issues
  • Report Issues
    • Viewing report task status
    • Checking the logs for a job
• Server Installation
  • Create a system user
    • Make the cstock user a sudoer
  • Install and configure MySQL
    • Set a root login/password
    • Secure installation
    • Restore user-based access
    • Create cstock database user
    • Create cstock database
  • Restore cstock database
  • Install Python, pip, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, mysql dependencies
    • Set up virtualenvewrapper
  • Install Redis
  • Create project directories
  • Set up cstock
    • Configure localsettings
  • Install and configure nginx
    • Set up static files
    • Set up SSL
  • Install and configure supervisord
  • Set up and configure Kannel (SMS gateway)