overleaf/services/git-bridge

writelatex-git-bridge

Required

• ant (for building)
• jdk-7 (for compiling and running)

Installation

Ubuntu

Run install.sh to get dependencies, build, test, package, and make it a service.

Use service wlgb start and service wlgb stop to start and stop the server.

The configuration file will be at /etc/wlgb/config.json.

Run uninstall.sh to undo what install.sh did.

Manually

Run ant all to build, test, and package it into a jar at bin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar.

Use java -jar <path_to_jar> <path_to_config_file> to run the server.

Runtime Configuration

The configuration file is in .json format. There is an example at bin/config.json.

{
    "port" (int): the port number,
    "rootGitDirectory" (string): the directory in which to store git repos and the db/atts,
    "apiBaseUrl" (string): base url for the snapshot api,
    "username" (string, optional): username for http basic auth,
    "password" (string, optional): password for http basic auth,
    "serviceName" (string): current name of writeLaTeX in case it ever changes,
    "hostname": (string): the public hostname of the server, for postback,
    "ssl": { (object): ssl configuration
        "enabled": (boolean): decides on http or https for the postback url
    }
}

You have to restart the server for configuration changes to take effect.