Monthly Archives: July 2013

Install tt-rss with nginx and Percona on Ubuntu 12.04

Starting with a base install of Ubuntu 12.04 with openssh installed

Install the Percona repo

import the Percona gpg key

sudo gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 1C4CBDCDCD2EFD2A
sudo gpg -a --export CD2EFD2A | sudo apt-key add -

now edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add these lines

# for percona
deb http://repo.percona.com/apt precise main
deb-src http://repo.percona.com/apt precise main

now install percona

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install percona-server-common-5.5 percona-server-server-5.5 libmysqlclient18 libmysqlclient16

Now install the rest of the pre-reqs

sudo apt-get install nginx php5-mysql php5-xmlrpc php5-curl php5-cli php5-fpm php5-gd php5-mcrypt php-apc git

Stop nginx

sudo service nginx stop

Create the directory for tt-rss

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/tt-rss

Create a suitable config for nginx in sites-available and link it to sites-enabled

server {
        listen [::]:80;
        server_name tt-rss;
        server_name ttrss.domain.com;
        access_log  /var/log/nginx/tt-rss.access.log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/tt-rss.error.log;
        root   /var/www/tt-rss;
 index index.php;
 client_max_body_size 20M;
 # while setting up I set an allow for the local network and deny all others, this prevents automatic logon to setup pages etc before default passwords have been set
        location / {
               # allow the local net
               allow   192.168.100.0/24;
               # deny everything else
               deny all;
                 }
 # Lock out access to some folders that contains files that should not be world readable (not fully tested)
 location ~* (include/|lock/|utils/|locale/|classes/*) {deny all; }
 location = / { } # Needed for index.* to work
 # location ~* \.(txt|css|js|png|gif|ico|jpg|svg)$ { } # Allow these file endings
        location ~ \.php$ {
                # Filter out arbitrary code execution
 fastcgi_index index.php;
                # location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ {return 404;}
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/rss/$fastcgi_script_name;
                }
 location ~* .(?:ico|css|js|gif|inc|txt|gz|xml|png|jpe?g) {
 expires max;
 access_log        off;
 log_not_found     off;
 }
}

Now grab the source and change the owndership

sudo git clone https://github.com/gothfox/Tiny-Tiny-RSS.git /var/www/tt-rss
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/tt-rss

Create the database and the user

mysql -u root -p 
CREATE DATABASE tt-rss;
GRANT ALL ON tt-rss.* TO ttrss-user IDENTIFIED BY "Password";
quit

Import the schema

mysql -u root -p tt-rss < /var/www/tt-rss/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql

Now start nginx and browse to the URL to complete the configuration

Once the configuration has been completed, create an executable upstart .conf script in /etc/init to update the feeds

description "tt-rss upstart script"
start on (runlevel [!2345] local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo and started mysql)
stop on stopping mysql
respawn
respawn limit 2 1
setuid www-data
setgid www-data
 
exec /var/www/tt-rss/update_daemon2.php

Apple TV 1 and 1080p

Adding a Broadcom BCM70015 has completely revitalized my Apple TV, it goes in the miniPCI slot that previously held the WiFi card, but as my ATV1 was connected over Ethernet anyway, losing the WiFi card wasn’t an issue. As I can now run crystalbuntu and have no need to run the original Apple software I also replaced the 160GB HD with an inexpensive (99p) passive IDE to CF adapter and a 8Gb CF card (£9.97). The CF card is only slightly faster than the original HD, but the heat output should be slightly lower.