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<h1>Installation<a class="headerlink" href="#installation" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>django-helpdesk installation isn&#8217;t difficult, but it requires you have a bit of existing know-how about Django.</p>
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<h2>Getting The Code<a class="headerlink" href="#getting-the-code" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<h3>Installing using PIP<a class="headerlink" href="#installing-using-pip" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>Try using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">django-helpdesk</span></tt>. Go and have a beer to celebrate Python packaging.</p>
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<h3>GIT Checkout (Cutting Edge)<a class="headerlink" href="#git-checkout-cutting-edge" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re planning on editing the code or just want to get whatever is the latest and greatest, you can clone the official Git repository with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">git</span> <span class="pre">clone</span> <span class="pre">git://github.com/rossp/django-helpdesk.git</span></tt></p>
<p>Copy the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk</span></tt> folder into your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PYTHONPATH</span></tt>.</p>
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<h3>I just want a .tar.gz!<a class="headerlink" href="#i-just-want-a-tar-gz" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>You can download the latest PyPi package from <a class="reference external" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-helpdesk/">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-helpdesk/</a></p>
<p>Download, extract, and drop <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk</span></tt> into your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PYTHONPATH</span></tt></p>
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<h2>Adding To Your Django Project<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-to-your-django-project" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<li><p class="first">Edit your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">settings.py</span></tt> file and add <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk</span></tt> to the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">INSTALLED_APPS</span></tt> setting. You also need <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.contrib.admin</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">INSTALLED_APPS</span></tt> if you haven&#8217;t already added it. eg:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">INSTALLED_APPS</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.auth&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.contenttypes&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.sessions&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.sites&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.admin&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c"># Required for helpdesk admin/maintenance</span>
<span class="s">&#39;django.contrib.markup&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c"># Required for text display</span>
<span class="s">&#39;helpdesk&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c"># This is new!</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
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<li><p class="first">Make sure django-helpdesk is accessible via <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urls.py</span></tt>. Add the following line to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urls.py</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">r&#39;helpdesk/&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">include</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;helpdesk.urls&#39;</span><span class="p">)),</span>
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<li><p class="first">Create the required database tables. I&#8217;d suggest using <em>South</em>, however the following will work:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>./manage.py syncdb</pre>
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<li><p class="first">Inside your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MEDIA_ROOT</span></tt> folder, create a new folder called <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk</span></tt> and copy the contents of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk/htdocs</span></tt> into it. Alternatively, create a symlink:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">ln</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">to</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">helpdesk</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">htdocs</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">to</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">media</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">helpdesk</span>
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<li><p class="first">Inside your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MEDIA_ROOT</span></tt> folder, inside the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">helpdesk</span></tt> folder, is a folder called <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">attachments</span></tt>. Ensure your web server software can write to this folder - something like this should do the trick:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>chown www-data:www-data attachments/
chmod 700 attachments</pre>
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<p>(substitute www-data for the user / group that your web server runs as, eg &#8216;apache&#8217; or &#8216;httpd&#8217;)</p>
<p>If all else fails ensure all users can write to it:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>chmod 777 attachments/</pre>
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<p>This is NOT recommended, especially if you&#8217;re on a shared server.</p>
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<li><p class="first">Ensure that your <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">attachments</span></tt> folder has directory listings turned off, to ensure users don&#8217;t download files that they are not specifically linked to from their tickets.</p>
<p>If you are using Apache, put a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.htaccess</span></tt> file in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">attachments</span></tt> folder with the following content:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">Options</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">Indexes</span>
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<p>You will also have to make sure that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.htaccess</span></tt> files aren&#8217;t being ignored.</p>
<p>Ideally, accessing <a class="reference external" href="http://MEDIA_URL/helpdesk/attachments/">http://MEDIA_URL/helpdesk/attachments/</a> will give you a 403 access denied error.</p>
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