SyncServer - a firefox sync server written in perl
1.1
Mozilla's firefox sync server which is written in python has quite a lot of dependencies and is quite tricky to install on enterprise distros that don't ship with all those requirements.
This syncserver implements the syncserver user api 1.0 and the storage api 1.1 as a fcgi application. It is entirely written in perl, the requirements are as written below.
Run the following commands to install (see perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker for more options):
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
install -D -m 644 examples/syncserver.cfg \
/etc/syncserver/syncserver.cfg
install -m 755 examples/wbo-expire.cron /etc/cron.d
SyncServer requires an ssl aware vhost with fcgi
AddHandler fcgid-script fpl
FcgidPassHeader AUTHORIZATION
FcgidPassHeader HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
set Aliases to the scripts as proposed in examples/httpd.conf
edit /etc/syncserver/syncserver.cfg
to fit your needs:
register = 1|0
enable / disable user registration.
recaptcha = 1|0
use Google reCAPTCHA, please note this requires Captcha::reCAPTCHA.
recaptcha_privkey = 'xxx', recaptcha_pubkey = 'xxx'
enter your Google reCAPTCHA key sets here.
secret = 'xxx'
to override reCAPTCHA with an X-Weave-Secret header specify the secret here.
mailfrom = 'xxx'
when sending password reset mails use this sender address.
memcached = 'server1:11211'
memcached is required for ldap authentification and optional for database authentification (but it's recommended). specify the memcached servers here. Use multiple memcached lines for multiple servers.
dbi = driver
specify your backend here (mysql and sqlite supported atm):
dbi = 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=/tmp/foo.sqlite' # for sqlite
dbi = 'dbi:mysql:database=dbname;host=localhost' # for mysql
dbuser = 'user', dbpass = 'pass'
The database credentials. These directives must be set but are only evaluated by mysql.
ldap = 1|0
Use LDAP for authentication
ldapuri = 'ldap://server:port'
Bind against this LDAP server.
ldapbinddn = 'cn=...', ldapbindpw = 'xxx'
the ldap readonly user's credentials.
ldapbasedn = 'dc=...'
The LDAP search base.
ldapfilter = '(&(uid=*)(mail=*))'
The LDAP search filter. 'mail' is required, but apart from that you're free to use any filter you like.
to authenticate against an ldap server you'll need the following:
LDAP-Users still need to 'register' in order to initialize the database but they cannot change their password nor their email address. The password is not saved in the database.
Please take a look at the provided sql files.