Review Board

To run the Review Board code review tool using Unit:

1. Install Unit with a Python 2.7 language module.

2. Install and configure Review Board’s prerequisites

   Note:
   We’ll use Unit as the web server, so you can skip the corresponding step.

3. Install the core files and create a site. Here, it’s /path/to/app/; use a real path in your configuration:

   rb-site install /path/to/app/ # Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration
   
         * Welcome to the Review Board site installation wizard
   
             This will prepare a Review Board site installation in:
   
             /path/to/app
   
             We need to know a few things before we can prepare your site for
             installation. This will only take a few minutes.
             ...
   

4. Add the .py extension to the WSGI module’s name to make it discoverable by Unit, for example:

   mv /path/to/app/htdocs/reviewboard.wsgi \
   /path/to/app/htdocs/wsgi.py  # Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration
   

5. Change ownership:

   Run the following command (as root) so Unit can access the application directory (If the application uses several directories, run the command for each one):

   # chown -R unit:unit /path/to/app/  # User and group that Unit's router runs as by default
      

   Note:
   The unit:unit user-group pair is available only with official packages , Docker images, and some third-party repos. Otherwise, account names may differ; run the ps aux | grep unitd command to be sure.

   For further details, including permissions, see the security checklist.

   Also, make sure the following directories are writable:

   chmod u+w /path/to/app/htdocs/media/uploaded/  # Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration
   

   chmod u+w /path/to/app/data/ # Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration
   

6. Next, prepare the Review Board configuration for Unit (use real values for share and path):

   {
      "listeners": {
         "*:80": {
               "pass": "routes"
         }
      },
   
      "routes": [
         {
               "match": {
                  "uri": [
                     "/media/*",
                     "/static/*",
                     "/errordocs/*"
                  ]
               },
               "_comment_match": "Static file directories",
               "action": {
                  "share": "/path/to/app/htdocs$uri"
               },
               "_comment_action": "Serves matching static files"
         },
         {
               "action": {
                  "pass": "applications/rb"
               }
         }
      ],
   
      "applications": {
         "rb": {
               "type": "python 2",
               "path": "/path/to/app/htdocs/",
               "_comment_path": "Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration",
               "module": "wsgi",
               "_comment_module": "WSGI module basename with extension omitted"
         }
      }
   }
   

7. Upload the updated configuration.

   Assuming the JSON above was added to config.json. Run the following command as root:

   # curl -X PUT --data-binary @config.json --unix-socket \
         /path/to/control.unit.sock \  # Path to Unit's control socket in your installation
         http://localhost/config/      # Path to the config section in Unit's control API
      

   Note:
   The control socket path may vary; run unitd -h or see Startup and shutdown for details.

   After a successful update, browse to http://localhost and set up your Review Board installation: