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Config Seahub with Apache

Prepare

  1. Install python-flup library. On Ubuntu:

     sudo apt-get install python-flup

  2. Install and enable mod_fastcgi and also enable mod_rewrite. On Ubuntu:

     sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi
 sudo a2enmod rewrite
 sudo a2enmod fastcgi

    On Debian you will need to first enable the non-free repo in /etc/apt/sources.list before you can install libapache2-mod-fastcgi e.g.:

     deb http://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/ wheezy main non-free
 deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/ wheezy main non-free

 deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main non-free
 deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main non-free

  3. Enable apache proxy

     sudo a2enmod proxy_http

On raspbian install fcgi like this

Deploy Seahub/FileServer With Apache

Seahub is the web interface of Seafile server. FileServer is used to handle raw file uploading/downloading through browsers. By default, it listens on port 8082 for HTTP request.

Here we deploy Seahub using fastcgi, and deploy FileServer with reverse proxy. We assume you are running Seahub using domain '''www.myseafile.com'''.

First edit your apache config file. Depending on your distro, you will need to add this line to the end of the file:

apache2.conf, for Ubuntu/Debian:

FastCGIExternalServer /var/www/seahub.fcgi -host 127.0.0.1:8000

httpd.conf, for Centos/Fedora:

FastCGIExternalServer /var/www/html/seahub.fcgi -host 127.0.0.1:8000

Note, seahub.fcgi is just a placeholder, you don't need to actually have this file in your system, but be sure to use a path that is in the DocumentRoot of your Domain/Subdomain to avoid 404 errors.

Second, modify Apache config file: (sites-enabled/000-default) for ubuntu/debian, (vhost.conf) for centos/fedora

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.myseafile.com
    # Use "DocumentRoot /var/www/html" for Centos/Fedora
    # Use "DocumentRoot /var/www" for Ubuntu/Debian
    DocumentRoot /var/www
    Alias /media  /home/user/haiwen/seafile-server-latest/seahub/media

    RewriteEngine On

    # For apache2.2, you may need to change to
    #  <Location /media>
    #    Order allow,deny
    #    Allow from all
    #  </Location>
    <Location /media>
        Require all granted
    </Location>

    #
    # seafile fileserver
    #
    ProxyPass /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:8082
    ProxyPassReverse /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:8082
    RewriteRule ^/seafhttp - [QSA,L]
    # For apache2.2, you may need to add
    #  <Location /seafhttp>
    #    Order allow,deny
    #    Allow from all
    # </Location>

    #
    # seahub
    #
    RewriteRule ^/(media.*)$ /$1 [QSA,L,PT]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /seahub.fcgi$1 [QSA,L,E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</VirtualHost>

If you are running Apache 2.2 then you will need to update your access control configuration accordingly e.g.

    <Location /media>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Location>
    <Location /seafhttp>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Location>

Modify ccnet.conf and seahub_setting.py

Modify ccnet.conf

You need to modify the value of SERVICE_URL in /data/haiwen/ccnet/ccnet.conf to let Seafile know the domain you choose.

SERVICE_URL = http://www.myseafile.com

Note: If you later change the domain assigned to seahub, you also need to change the value of SERVICE_URL.

Modify seahub_settings.py

You need to add a line in seahub_settings.py to set the value of FILE_SERVER_ROOT (or HTTP_SERVER_ROOT before version 3.1)

FILE_SERVER_ROOT = 'http://www.myseafile.com/seafhttp'

Start Seafile and Seahub

sudo service apache2 restart
./seafile.sh start
./seahub.sh start-fastcgi

Notes when Upgrading Seafile Server

When upgrading seafile server, besides the normal steps you should take, there is one extra step to do: '''Update the path of the static files in your Nginx/Apache configuration'''. For example, assume your are upgrading seafile server 1.3.0 to 1.4.0, then:

  Alias /media  /home/user/haiwen/seafile-server-1.4.0/seahub/media

Tip: You can create a symbolic link seafile-server-latest, and make it point to your current seafile server folder (Since seafile server 2.1.0, the setup-seafile.sh script will do this for your). Then, each time you run a upgrade script, it would update the seafile-server-latest symbolic link to keep it always point to the latest version seafile server folder.

In this case, you can write:

    location /media {
        root /home/user/haiwen/seafile-server-latest/seahub;
    }

This way, you no longer need to update the apache config file each time you upgrade your seafile server.

Detailed explanation

This may help you understand seafile server better: Seafile Components

There are two components in Seafile server, Seahub and FileServer. FileServer only servers for raw file uploading/downloading, it listens on 8082. Seahub that serving all the other pages, is still listen on 8000. But under https, Seahub should listen as in fastcgi mode on 8000 (run as ./seahub.sh start-fastcgi). And as in fastcgi mode, when you visit http://domain:8000 directly, it should return an error page.

When a user visit https://domain.com/home/my/, Apache receives this request and sends it to Seahub via fastcgi. This is controlled by the following config items:

#
# seahub
#
RewriteRule ^/(media.*)$ /$1 [QSA,L,PT]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^/(seahub.*)$ /seahub.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L,E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

and

FastCGIExternalServer /var/www/seahub.fcgi -host 127.0.0.1:8000

When a user click a file download link in Seahub, Seahub reads the value of FILE_SERVER_ROOT and redirects the user to address https://domain.com/seafhttp/xxxxx/. https://domain.com/seafhttp is the value of FILE_SERVER_ROOT. Here, the FILE_SERVER means the FileServer component of Seafile, which only serves for raw file downloading/uploading.

When Apache receives the request at 'https://domain.com/seafhttp/xxxxx/', it proxies the request to FileServer, which is listening at 127.0.0.1:8082. This is controlled by the following config items:

ProxyPass /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:8082
ProxyPassReverse /seafhttp http://127.0.0.1:8082
RewriteRule ^/seafhttp - [QSA,L]