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@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Remember to set your PowerShell execution policy to at least @RemoteSigned@ firs
h3. Extract Stackdump
Stackdump was to be self-contained, so to get it up and running, simply extract the Stackdump download to an appropriate location.
Stackdump was designed to be self-contained, so to get it up and running, simply extract the Stackdump download archive to an appropriate location.
h3. Verify dependencies
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@stackdump_dir/manage.sh import_site --base-url site_url --dump-date dump_date path_to_xml_files@
... where site_url is the URL of the site you're importing, e.g. __android.stackexchange.com__; dump_date is the date of the data dump you're importing, e.g. __August 2012__, and finally path_to_xml_files is the path to the XML files you just extracted. The dump_date is a text string that is shown in the app only, so it can be in any format you want.
... where @site_url@ is the URL of the site you're importing, e.g. __android.stackexchange.com__; @dump_date@ is the date of the data dump you're importing, e.g. __August 2012__, and finally @path_to_xml_files@ is the path to the directory containing the XML files that were just extracted. The @dump_date@ is a text string that is shown in the app only, so it can be in any format you want.
For example, to import the August 2012 data dump of the Android StackExchange site, you would execute -
For example, to import the August 2012 data dump of the Android StackExchange site, with the files extracted into @/tmp/android@, you would execute -
@stackdump_dir/manage.sh import_site --base-url android.stackexchange.com --dump-date "August 2012" /tmp/android@
It is normal to get messages about unknown PostTypeIds and missing comments and answers. These errors are likely due to those posts being hidden via moderation.
This can take anywhere between a minute to 10 hours or more depending on the site you're importing. As a rough guide, __android.stackexchange.com__ took a minute on my VM, while __stackoverflow.com__ took just over 10 hours.
This can take anywhere between a minute to 20 hours or more depending on the site you're importing. As a rough guide, __android.stackexchange.com__ took a minute on my VM, while __stackoverflow.com__ took just under 24 hours.
Repeat these steps for each site you wish to import. Do not attempt to import multiple sites at the same time; it will not work and you may end up with half-imported sites.
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stdout_logfile=/path/to/stackdump/web_stdout.log
stderr_logfile=/path/to/stackdump/web_stderr.log
p. Yet another option for those using newer Linux distributions is to create native "systemd service definitions":http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html of type _simple_ for each of the components.
h2. Maintenance
Stackdump stores all its data in the @data@ directory under its root directory. If you want to start fresh, just stop the app and the search indexer, delete that directory and restart the app and search indexer.
To delete certain sites from Stackdump, use the manage_sites management command -
To delete certain sites from Stackdump, use the @manage_sites@ management command -
@stackdump_dir/manage.sh manage_sites -l@ to list the sites (and their site keys) currently in the system;
@stackdump_dir/manage.sh manage_sites -d site_key@ to delete a particular site.