Content translation/cxserver/Setup

Content Translation Server
If you want to do an anonymous checkout:

Or if you plan to hack CXServer, then please follow the Gerrit 'getting started' docs and use an authenticated checkout url instead, such as:

Nodejs
Install nodejs 0.8 or 0.10. When you are using Ubuntu and depending on OS version you will not end up with the most recent version of nodejs please read this first before you proceed:

On Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS instead do (to get v0.10.x) :

For other systems, see:
 * http://nodejs.org/download/
 * https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager

JS dependencies
Install the JS dependencies. Run this command in the cxserver directory:

Server Configuration
An example configuration file is given as config.example.js. Rename that file to config.js and make your changes. Then restart the server.

As a cxserver command
Following step is to be performed only once. You might have to use ```sudo```.

Subsequently, just use following to start the server.

Then browse to http://localhost:8080/. You'll see the server playground page.

Running it in secure mode (https)
You need to provide SSL certificate to start the server over secure mode.

As a cxserver command
Following step is to be performed only once. You might have to use ```sudo```.

Subsequently, just use following to start the server.

Then browse to https://localhost:8080/. You'll see the server playground page.

Debugging
To run the ContentTranslation server:

It will open Chrome developer tools with the ContentTranslation source code. You can debug the code just like a web application. You can also edit the code and save from the debugger.

Starting cxserver automatically
There are many ways to start services automatically, consult your server's operating system documentation.

On Ubuntu and other operating systems using Upstart, one approach is

And, use following upstart script:

Configuration
1. Configure varnish http accelerator port:

edit /etc/default/varnish

Example configuration to run varnish on port 8000

2. Configure the varnish default backend:

edit /etc/varnish/default.vcl

3. Restart the varnish:

Make sure you are running cxserver nodejs server on port 8080 - the backend configuration of varnish

127.0.0.1:8000 will be your server URL with varnish 127.0.0.1:8080 will be your server URL without varnish

4. Configure cxclient's wgContentTranslationServerURL to 127.0.0.1:8000

Extensions dependencies
cxserver requires following extensions as dependencies.


 * 1) BetaFeatures
 * 2) CLDR
 * 3) EventLogging