The purpose of the script is to install KoBoToolbox in minutes without messing with configuration files.
It prompts the user to answer some questions to create configuration files automatically and to start docker containers based on kobo-docker.

Important notice when upgrading from any release older than 2.020.18

Prior to release 2.020.18(https://github.com/kobotoolbox/kobo-install/releases/tag/2.020.18), KPI and KoBoCAT both shared a common Postgres database. They now each have their own. If you are upgrading an existing single-database installation, you must follow these instructions to migrate the KPI tables to a new database and adjust your configuration appropriately.

If you do not want to upgrade at this time, please use the shared-database-obsolete branch instead.

Warning for kobo-docker installations made prior to March 2019

If you have already installed KoBoToolbox with kobo-docker prior March 2019, you must complete a manual upgrade process before using this repository. If you do not, kobo-install will not be able to start.

Versions

Branch stable is the recommended branch to use kobo-install on your production environment.
Just run git checkout stable before your first run.

Branch master is a pre-release of next stable version. It contains new features and bug fixes.

Other branches are for development purposes.

Usage

$kobo-install> python3 run.py

First time the command is executed, setup will be launched.
Subsequent executions will launch docker containers directly.

Rebuild configuration:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --setup

Get info:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --info

Get docker logs:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --logs

Update KoBoToolbox:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --update [branch or tag]

By default, fetch latest version of stable branch

Stop KoBoToolbox:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --stop

Get help:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --help

Get version:
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --version

Build kpi and kobocat (dev mode):
$kobo-install> python3 run.py --build

Run docker commands on frontend containers:
$kobo-install> python run.py --compose-frontend [docker-compose arguments]

Run docker commands on backend containers:
$kobo-install> python run.py --compose-backend [docker-compose arguments]

Start maintenance mode:
$kobo-install> python run.py --maintenance

Stop maintenance mode:
$kobo-install> python run.py --stop-maintenance

Build the configuration

User can choose between 2 types of installations:

• Workstation: KoBoToolbox doesn't need to be accessible from anywhere except the computer where it's installed. No DNS needed
• Server: KoBoToolbox needs to be accessible from the local network or from the Internet. DNS are needed

Options

Option	Default	Workstation	Server
Installation directory	../kobo-docker	✓	✓
SMTP information		✓	✓ (frontend only)
Public domain name	kobo.local		✓ (frontend only)
Subdomain names	kf, kc, ee		✓ (frontend only)
Use HTTPS1	False (Workstation) True (Server)		✓ (frontend only)
Super user's username	super_admin	✓	✓ (frontend only)
Super user's password	Random string	✓	✓ (frontend only)
Activate backups2	False	✓	✓ (backend only)

Advanced Options

Option	Default	Workstation	Server
Webserver port	80	✓
Reverse proxy interal port	8080		✓ (frontend only)
Network interface	Autodetected	✓	✓ (frontend only)
Use separate servers	No		✓
Use DNS for private routes	No		✓ (frontend only)
Primary backend IP (if previous answer is no)	Local IP		✓ (frontend only)
PostgreSQL DB	kobo	✓	✓
PostgreSQL user's username	kobo	✓	✓
PostgreSQL user's password	Autogenerate	✓	✓
PostgreSQL number of connections3	100	✓	✓ (backend only)
PostgreSQL RAM3	2	✓	✓ (backend only)
PostgreSQL Application Profile3	Mixed	✓	✓ (backend only)
PostgreSQL Storage3	HDD	✓	✓ (backend only)
MongoDB super user's username	root	✓	✓
MongoDB super user's password	Autogenerate	✓	✓
MongoDB user's username	kobo	✓	✓
MongoDB user's password	Autogenerate	✓	✓
Redis password4	Autogenerate	✓	✓
Use AWS storage	No	✓	✓ (frontend only)
uWGI workers	start: 2, max: 4	✓	✓ (frontend only)
uWGI memory limit	128 MB	✓	✓ (frontend only)
uWGI harakiri timeout	120s	✓	✓ (frontend only)
uWGI worker reload timeout	120s	✓	✓ (frontend only)
Google UA		✓	✓ (frontend only)
Google API Key		✓	✓ (frontend only)
Raven tokens		✓	✓ (frontend only)
Debug	False	✓
Developer mode	False	✓
Staging mode	False		✓ (frontend only)

¹⁾ HTTPS certificates must be installed on a Reverse Proxy. KoBoInstall can install one and use Let's Encrypt to generate certificates thanks to nginx-certbot project

²⁾ If AWS credentials are provided, backups are sent to configured bucket

³⁾ Custom settings are provided by PostgreSQL Configuration Tool API

⁴⁾ Redis password is optional but strongly recommended

ℹ Intercom App ID must now be configured through "Per user settings" in the Django admin interface of KPI.

Requirements

• Linux ⁵ / macOS ⁶

• Python 2.7/3.5+ ^{Python2 support will be dropped in a future release}

• Docker & Docker Compose

• Available TCP Ports: ⁷

  1. 80 NGINX
  2. 443 NGINX (if you use KoBoInstall with LetsEncrypt proxy)
  3. Additional ports when expose ports advanced option has been selected
     1. 5432 PostgreSQL
     2. 6379-6380 redis
     3. 27017 MongoDB

  WARNING:

  • If you use a firewall, be sure to open traffic publicly on NGINX port, otherwise KoBoInstall cannot work
  • By default, additional ports are not exposed except when using multi servers configuration. If you choose to expose them, be sure to not expose them publicly (e.g. use a firewall and allow traffic between frontend and backend containers only. NGINX port still has to stay publicly opened though).

⁵⁾ It has been tested with Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 18.04, CentOS 8

⁶⁾ Docker on macOS is slow. First boot usually takes a while to be ready. You may have to answer Yes once or twice to question Wait for another 600 seconds? when prompted

⁷⁾ These are defaults but can be customized with advanced options

Tests

Tests can be run with tox.
Be sure it's install before running the tests

$kobo-install> sudo apt install python3-pip
$kobo-install> pip3 install tox
$kobo-install> tox

or

$kobo-install> sudo apt install tox
$kobo-install> tox

To-Do

• Handle secondary backend