red-rover-ui

Desc

Simple web-based ui for the YURT cargo rover. This is a web-based interface for the Red Rover. Before installing on a new OBC, you should...

Prepare the server environment:

Install the server software from a repository:

sudo apt-get install lighttpd --> this is the server software
sudo apt-get install python-flup --> this utility parses http requests for us

Create new user and group:

sudo groupadd lighttpd
sudo useradd -g lighttpd -d /var/www/html -s /sbin/nologin lighttpd --> this user will run the server for security purposes

Edit permissions for the following files:

sudo chown -R lighttpd:lighttpd /var/log/lighttpd
sudo chown -R lighttpd:lighttpd /var/run/lighttpd.pid
sudo chown -R lighttpd:lighttpd /var/www/red-rover-ui
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/red-rover-ui

Make a root-enabled copy of Python:

sudo cp /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/pythonRoot
sudo chmod -R u+s /usr/bin/pythonRoot

Edit the config files:

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

• Add mod_cgi and mod_fastcgi to the list of mods
• Change server and groupname to lighttpd
• Change the port to 8080
• Append the following lines:

fastcgi.server = (
   ".py" => (
     "python-fcgi" => (
       "socket" => "/tmp/fastcgi.python.socket",
       "bin-path" => "/var/www/red-rover-ui/test.py",
       "check-local" => "disable",
       "max-procs" => 1)
    )
 )

Start the server:

/etc/init.d/lighttpd start