Quickstart Guide

TODO: rework this for our new git-based repository.

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pySTeVe

Quickstart Guide

• svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/steve/trunk/pysteve/
• Edit steve.cfg to suit your needs (karma, DB backend etc)
  • IF you choose ElasticSearch as backend, install the python module (pip install elasticsearch)
  • OR IF you choose files as your backend, run setup.py in the CLI directory.
• Edit httpd.conf, add it to your existing httpd configuration
• Set up authorization using htpasswd for admins, monitors etc
• Go to http://steve.example.org/admin and set up an election
• Start voting!

Building a Docker image

You can also build pySTeVe as a Docker image using the Dockerfile locate in the docker directory:

• svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/steve/trunk/pysteve/
• docker build -t pysteve docker/
• docker run -i -p 127.0.0.1:80:80 pysteve
• Navigate to http://localhost/admin to set up stuff, using the default credentials (admin/demo)