Sentry on OpenShift

Basic Setup

Create a new OpenShift app:

rhc app create -a <app_name> -t diy-0.1

Choose a database engine to install.

note: if you have an older version of rhc you may need to use the syntax rhc app cartridge add -c <db_cartrige> -a <app_name>

For postgresql (the default setup for this repo):

rhc cartridge add postgresql-8.4 -a <app_name>

For mysql (may be your preference, or installing mysql is having issues):

rhc cartridge add mysql-5.1 -a <app_name>

Add this upstream repo

cd <app_name>
git remote add upstream -m master git://github.com/755/openshift-sentry.git
git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master

Configuration

Edit sentry.conf.py:

SENTRY_KEY = 'super_secret_key'

Two additional changes if you are choosing mysql:

Firstly, change the database engine as well in sentry.conf.py from:

'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',  # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.

to:

'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',  # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.

Secondly, switch which database python package is commented out in requirements.txt:

psycopg2==2.4.5
#MySQL-python

(There should not be a problem if you leave both uncommented, you will just waste time installing things you do not need)

Deployment and final setup

Now, push the repo upstream

git push

Create superuser

• login to rhcloud

ssh c8812345:123214@<app_name>-namespace.rhcloud.com

• activate virtual env

source ${OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR}/${OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME}/bin/activate

• create superuser

sentry --config=$OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/sentry.conf.py createsuperuser

Warning: You need to create superuser via ssh