Build Seafile RPI 7.1.x with Seahub starting problems

Gustl22 · October 27, 2020, 12:32am

Launch images (Terminal 1)

lxc launch images:<image-name> <container-name>

1.a Build for armhf for 32 bit (armv7l):

lxc launch images:ubuntu/21.04/armhf armhf-hirsute
lxc launch images:ubuntu/20.04/armhf armhf-focal
lxc launch images:ubuntu/18.04/armhf armhf-bionic

lxc launch images:debian/11/armhf armhf-bullseye
lxc launch images:debian/10/armhf armhf-buster
lxc launch images:debian/9/armhf armhf-stretch

1.b Build for arm64 for 64 bit (aarch64):

lxc launch images:ubuntu/21.04/arm64 arm64-hirsute
lxc launch images:ubuntu/20.04/arm64 arm64-focal
lxc launch images:ubuntu/18.04/arm64 arm64-bionic

lxc launch images:debian/11/arm64 arm64-bullseye
lxc launch images:debian/10/arm64 arm64-buster
lxc launch images:debian/9/arm64 arm64-stretch

Optionally can start or stop container with:

lxc start <container-name>
lxc stop <container-name>

Do for each container:

Start another terminal (Terminal 2)!

2.1 Log in container (Terminal 2)
```
lxc exec <container-name> -- /bin/bash
```
2.2 If no internet connection / change domain name system (Terminal 2)

vim /etc/netplan/10-lxc.yaml
Then add:
```
eth0:
   nameservers:
       addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]
```
Then netplan apply

2.3 Install missing dependencies (Terminal 2)
```
apt install sudo // If not installed
```
2.4 Add seafile user (Terminal 2)
```
useradd -m -s /bin/bash seafile
visudo
```
Add the line:
```
seafile ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
```
Change visudo with commands: Insert-Key to edit, Esc to exit edit mode, :w to save, :q to quit.

2.5 Push build file to container (Terminal 1)
```
lxc file push build.sh <container-name>/home/seafile/
```
For stretch remove this string from build.sh beforehand or edit with vim:
```
--no-warn-script-location
```
2.6 Run build (Terminal 2)
```
su - seafile
time bash ./build.sh -D -A -v 9.0.1
```
Wait for build to finish…

If no success sudo bash ./build.sh -D -A -v 9.0.1

2.7 Download the built package (Terminal 1)
```
lxc file pull <container-name>/home/seafile/built-seafile-server-pkgs/seafile-server-9.0.1-<distro-name>-<architecture>.tar.gz ./
```

To clean the distro containers and images run (Terminal 1):

lxc list
lxc delete <container-name>

lxc image list
lxc image delete <image-fingerprint>

Test and fix your build

4.1 Start seafile and seahub
```
tar -xf seafile-server-9.0.1-<distro-name>-<architecture>.tar.gz -C ./
```
For debugging, set daemon = False in conf/gunicorn.conf.py
```
seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh start
seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh start
```
4.2 Fix bugs

If you get the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Image' most likely in (stretch and bionic), you have to install pillow again (see here):
```
pip3 install -U Pillow -t ./seafile-server-9.0.1/seahub/thirdpart
```