Printing via CUPS and attaching files to labfolder logbooks
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Follow this guide to set up CUPS virtual printers to be able to print webpages and pictures/files (PDF, PNG, JPG, PS) to one of labfolder's logbooks, thus, creating a new entry with an attachment. If you are an admin of the labfolder VM read the section :ref:`section_cups_admin`. Users of labfolder read the section :ref:`section_cups_user`.
.. _section_cups_admin:
Set up CUPS as labfolder admin
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First, you need to install CUPS on the virtual machine that runs labfolder::
sudo apt-get install cups cups-client cups-bsd
Next, configure ``/etc/cups/cupsd.conf``::
# Sample configuration file for the CUPS scheduler. See "man cupsd.conf" for a
# complete description of this file.
# Log general information in error_log - change "warn" to "debug"
# for troubleshooting...
LogLevel debug
# Deactivate CUPS' internal logrotating, as we provide a better one, especially
# LogLevel debug2 gets usable now
MaxLogSize 0
# Administrator user group...
SystemGroup lpadmin
ServerAdmin <name>@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
HostNameLookups On
ServerAlias *
# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
Listen lftest.rz-berlin.mpg.de:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing Off
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow all
BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS dnssd
BrowseAddress @LOCAL
# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic
# Web interface setting...
WebInterface Yes
# Restrict access to the server...
<Location />
Satisfy All
Allow localhost
Allow 141.14.*
Allow 172.16.*
Allow 192.*
Allow all
# Allow shared printing and remote administration...
Order allow,deny
Allow all
</Location>
# Restrict access to the admin pages...
<Location /admin>
Order deny,allow
Satisfy All
AuthType Basic
Require user @SYSTEM
Deny All
Allow localhost
Allow 141.14.*
Allow 172.16.*
</Location>
# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf>
Order deny,allow
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Satisfy All
Require user root
Deny All
Allow 127.0.0.1
Allow 141.14.*
Allow 172.16.*
</Location>
# Set the default printer/job policies...
<Policy default>
... # probably as in the original
</Policy>
Change the *Server Admin*'s e-mail address and the server that shall be listened to (see the ``Listen`` statement). Set ``FileDevice Yes`` in ``/etc/cups/cups-files.conf``. Now, create a directory where all printers will go, e.g. ``/usr/local/labfolder/printers``.
Get the package for creating new printers from git::
labfolder@lftest:~$ git clone https://github.molgen.mpg.de/weiher/cupsPrinters
labfolder@lftest:~$ ls
cupsPrinters labfolder
The only file you need to adapt is ``newPrinter.sh``. It is not a must but it is suggested to name the printers like the projects. For example, the FEL projects *operating* and *installation* could be placed at ``.../printers/FEL/operating`` and ``.../printers/FEL/installation``. Execute the script with sudo rights::
labfolder@lftest:~/cupsPrinters$ sudo ./newPrinter.sh
To prevent ``DENIED`` errors from apparmor install and set the following and restart the CUPS server::
$ sudo apt-get install apparmor-utils apparmor-profiles
$ sudo aa-complain cupsd
$ sudo service cups restart
In case you need to debug some logfiles can be found here: */var/log/syslog*, */var/log/cups/error_log* and */var/log/cups/acces_log*
One last change is that you need to once add a user named *Printer Print* (firstname lastname) to the labfolder database. This can be done manually inside the DB by this command::
$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
...
mysql> use labfolder;
mysql> INSERT INTO user (email, password, firstname, lastname, signupTimestamp, maxStorage) VALUES ('printer@fhi-berlin.mpg.de', '91a13f2aba4a35b00c35dfacadd1d75f4a5171dfa7a465fca9c40e6b007ce982', 'Printer', 'Print', '2018-03-21 10:54:00', '10000000');
Das Passwort steht für "test1234". Der entsprechende Hash-Wert im MySQL-Kommando wurde von Florian Hauer (labfolder) erstellt.
.. _section_cups_user:
Printing to labfolder projects
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The last thing you need to do is to set up a printer, for example, *operating* on your local machine. In Ubuntu Gnome hit Alt+F2 keys and enter ``system-config-printer``. In this printer config interface add a new printer *operating* as follows:
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Now, just select this printer when printing a webpage or a picture to a labfolder project.