Revision as of 17:11, 27 March 2014

Local Staging Server Setup

The following steps will guide users to create a local staging server that we will than use to launch our experiments from.

Note: This guide was done using OSX 10.9.2, the process for Windows will be a little different

The first step is to run the OSX m-c bootstrap, the command can be found in the link below:
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Mac_OS_X_Prerequisites
Clone the telemetry experiment server using the following command:
- hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bsmedberg_mozilla.com/telemetry-experiment-server/
Once cloned, a directory named telemetry-experiment-server should have been created
Switch into the telemetry-experiment-server
Will than checkout the latest branch using the following command:
- hg checkout <checkout branch #>, Example: hg checkout 42b785b60c60
Once you've checked out the latest branch, will need to install genshi as it's a prerequisite for building our local server
To install genshi simply type pip install Genshi in the terminal and follow the onscreen directions

Once you have all of the above completed, the next step will be to edit the build.py file and change a few of the parameters.

Open build.py with your favorite text editor, vim was used in this guide (vim build.py)
- Change: 'xpiURL': to http://localhost:8080/experiment.xpi
- Change: 'channel': to whatever company you're currently testing on (nightly, aurora, beta, release)

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 * Open '''build.py''' with your favorite text editor, '''vim''' was used in this guide ('''vim build.py''')
-* Change the ''''xpiURL':'''' to point to
+** Change: ''''xpiURL':''' to '''http://localhost:8080/experiment.xpi'''
+** Change: ''''channel':''' to whatever company you're currently testing on (nightly, aurora, beta, release)