Databases

RDMO can be used with all database supported by the Django framework. The particular database connection is defined using the setting DATABASE. An overview about the Django database settings is given here. In the following, we show the settings for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL can be installed using:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install postgresql

# CentOS
sudo yum install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql

To use PostgreSQL as your database backend install psycopg2 in your virtual environment:

pip install -r requirements/postgres.txt

Then, add the following to your config/settings/local.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'rdmo',
        'USER': 'rdmo',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': '',
    }
}

where Name is the name of the database, USER the PostgreSQL user, PASSWORD her password, HOST the database host, and PORT the port PostgreSQL is listening on. Note that, depending on your setup, not all settings are needed. If you are using the peer authentication methods you only need the NAME and ENGINE settings. The user and the database can be created using:

sudo su - postgres
createuser rdmo
createdb rdmo -O rdmo

This assumes peer authentication for the rdmo user.

The command

python manage.py migrate

should now create the RDMO database tables on PostgreSQL.

MySQL

MySQL (or community-developed fork MariaDB) can be installed using:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev        # for MySQL
sudo apt install mariadb-client mariadb-server libmariadbclient-dev  # for MariaDB

# CentOS
sudo yum install -y mysql mysql-server mysql-devel                            # for MySQL
sudo yum install -y mariadb mariadb-server mariadb-devel                      # for MariaDB
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation

To use MySQL as your database backend install mysqlclient in your virtual environment:

pip install -r requirements/mysql.txt

Then, add the following to your config/settings/local.py:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'rdmo',
        'USER': 'rdmo',
        'PASSWORD': 'not a good password',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': '',
        'OPTIONS': {
            'unix_socket': '',
        }
    }
}

to your config/settings/local.py. Here, Name is the name of the database, USER the MySQL user, PASSWORD her password, HOST the database host, and PORT the port MySQL is listening on. If you don’t use /tmp/mysql.sock, you can use unix_socket to specify its path. The user and the database can be created using:

CREATE USER 'rdmo'@'localhost' identified by 'not a good password';
GRANT ALL ON `rdmo`.* to 'rdmo'@'localhost';
CREATE DATABASE `rdmo`;

on the MySQL-shell.

The command

python manage.py migrate

should now create the RDMO database tables on MySQL.

SQLite

SQLite ist the default option in RDMO and configured in config/settings/base.py. We recommend it only for a development/testing setup. It can be configured in config/settings/local.py by adding:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': '',
    }
}

where Name is the name of database file.

The command

python manage.py migrate

should now create RDMO database tables in the specified database file.