oTree Production Server Setup

This documentation contains all the information neccessary to setup oTree on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 install. The rough process is as follows:

• install required software

• setup an otree user and set privileges

• install Python 3.9.9 from sources

• initialize the PostgreSQL database

• setup Git with post-receive hooks

• setup nginx as a reverse proxy

The individual chapters cover the steps in more detail.

Contents

• About
• Preparations
• Quick Setup
  • Basic setup as root
  • Userspace setup without SSL
  • Userspace setup with SSL
• Detailed steps
  • Step 1: Software, Users and Privileges
  • Step 2: Python 3.9
  • Step 3: Database and Supervisor
  • Step 4: Git Repository
  • Step 5: Nginx
  • Step 6: Final
• Experimenter Usage
  • Git Setup on experimenter’s computer
  • Setting up the remote repository
  • Pushing to production
  • A note of caution

Indices

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page