Server configuration

The recommended server configuration is to use Apache as a reverse proxy to Gunicorn.

Pre-requisites

Diskcache

The GWDataFind Server serves information read from a 'diskcache' file prepared by the diskcache service. This needs to be configured an running in order to provide the necessary input to the GWDataFind Server.

Apache HTTP server

Custom pre-configuration may be required to enable Apache HTTP to act as the reverse proxy for gunicorn.

Step-by-step

1. Configure your Yum client to include the IGWN Yum Repositories for Scientific Linux 7 or Rocky Linux 7

2. Install the necessary packages using yum:

   yum install gwdatafind-server httpd python3-gunicorn
   

3. Move the Apache Configuration file into the right place:

   ln -s /usr/share/gwdatafind-server/gunicorn.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/gwdatafind-server.conf
   

4. Customise the /etc/gwdatafind-server.ini file as required

5. Start the gwdatafind-server service and the Apache http server:

   systemctl start gwdatafind-server.service
   systemctl start httpd.service