ckan paster commands

commands

		$ paster <ckan commands>

1. enabling ckan commands

        $ paster --plugin=ckan <ckan commands>
   

   1. pointing to ckan config

       $ paster --plugin=ckan <ckan commands> --config=<config file>
      
       # e.g.
       $ paster --plugin=ckan db init std.ini
      

   2. virtual environments

       $ conda create -n ckan2.5 ipython
       $ activate ckan2.5
       [ckan2.5]$ paster --plugin=ckan db init std.ini
      

   3. running paster on a deployment

       $ sudo -u www-data /var/lib/ckan/std/pyenv/bin/paster --plugin=ckan db init std.ini
      

   4. getting help on paster

       $ paster --plugin=ckan --help
       $ paster --plugin=ckan --help db
      

   5. paster executable

       # activating the virtual environments
       $ . pyenv/bin/activate
       # or
       $ pyenv/bin/paster ...
      

   6. position of paster parameters

       # --plugin is a parameter to paster
       # so needs to come before ckan commands
      
       # default value for --plugin is setup.py in the current directory
       # you don't need to specify the plugin parameter
      
       # default value for --config is development.ini
      
       $ paster --plugin=ckan db --config=development.ini init
       $ paster --plugin=ckan db init --config=development.ini
      

   7. running a paster shell

       # useful for development
       $ paster --plugin=pylons shell
       $ sudo -u www-data paster --plugin=pylons shell std.ini
      

2. db manage databases

   1. initialisation