Setup Seafile Server Development Environment

install necessary packages by apt

install libevhtp from source

cd ~/Downloads/
git clone https://github.com/haiwen/libevhtp.git
cd libevhtp/
cmake -DEVHTP_DISABLE_SSL=ON -DEVHTP_BUILD_SHARED=OFF .
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

create project root directory dev

cd
mkdir dev

download and install libsearpc

cd ~/dev/
git clone https://github.com/haiwen/libsearpc.git
cd libsearpc/
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

download and install ccnet-server

download and install seafile-server

cd ~/dev/
git clone https://github.com/haiwen/seafile-server.git
cd seafile-server/
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

download seahub

git clone https://github.com/haiwen/seahub.git
cd seahub/

Start ccnet-server and seaf-server in two separate terminals.

cd ~/dev/seafile-server/tests
ccnet-server -c conf -f -

Seahub is the web front end of Seafile. It is written in the Django framework, requires Python 2.7 installed on your server.

set environment

cd ~/dev/seahub/
cat > setenv.sh << EOF
export CCNET_CONF_DIR=~/dev/seafile-server/tests/conf
export SEAFILE_CONF_DIR=~/dev/seafile-server/tests/conf/seafile-data
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:thirdpart:\$PYTHONPATH
EOF
sudo chmod u+x setenv.sh

install requirements

# Expand setenv.sh in the current shell
. setenv.sh
cd ~/dev/seahub/
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

create database and admin account

. setenv.sh
python manage.py migrate

NOTE: currently, your ccnet directory is ~/dev/seafile-server/tests/conf

run seahub

If you have set up Nginx/Apache to run Seafile, you should run seahub in fastcgi mode.

python manage.py runfcgi host=127.0.0.1 port=8000