silo.pub

silo.pub is a self-hostable Micropub endpoint for hosted blogs like Tumblr, WordPress.com, Blogger, and Twitter. It implemented the ideas laid out in the post Micropub for Hosted Blogs.

Its code is still available as open source.

History

• silo.pub was temporary named "Feverdream" while it was being developed. And hosted at https://feverdream.herokuapp.com during that period.
• In 2018, the domain expired and the hosted service is no longer available

Installation

Some notes on how to install silo.pub on an Ubuntu 16.04 server running nginx.

This guide was helpful: https://chriswarrick.com/blog/2016/02/10/deploying-python-web-apps-with-nginx-and-uwsgi-emperor/

• Create a new venv in a folder like /web/sites/silopub

cd /web/sites/
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 silopub

• Clone the git repo to /web/sites/silopub/silo.pub, e.g.:

cd /web/sites/silopub
git clone https://github.com/kylewm/silo.pub.git

• Install the project dependencies

./bin/pip install -r silo.pub/requirements.txt

• Change ownership of the folder to the web server user

chown -R www-data: silo.pub

• Create a folder for the socket and logs

mkdir srv
chown www-data: srv

• Create the uwsgi config file at /web/sites/silopub/silopub.ini

[uwsgi]
socket = /web/sites/silopub/srv/uwsgi.sock
chmod-socket = 775
chdir = /web/sites/silopub/silo.pub
master = true
binary-path = /web/sites/silopub/bin/uwsgi
virtualenv = /web/sites/silopub
module = silopub.wsgi:application
uid = www-data
gid = www-data
process = 1
threads = 2
logger = file:/web/sites/silopub/srv/uwsgi.log
die-on-term = true

• Configure nginx to point to the socket

server {
  listen 443 ssl;

  # ... your normal nginx ssl/log stuff here

  location / {
    uwsgi_pass      unix:///web/sites/silopub/srv/uwsgi.sock;
    include         uwsgi_params;
    uwsgi_param     UWSGI_SCHEME $scheme;
    uwsgi_param     SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;
  }

  location /static {
    root /web/sites/silopub/silo.pub/silopub/;
    index index.html;
  }
}

• Configure the startup script at /etc/systemd/silopub.service

[Unit]
Description=SiloPub

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/web/sites/silopub/
ExecStart=/web/sites/silopub/bin/uwsgi --ini silopub.ini
Restart=always
User=www-data

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• Enable the systemd service
  • sudo systemctl enable /etc/systemd/silopub.service
• Start the service
  • sudo service silopub start

See Also

• "Installed my own copy of silo.pub ... A screencast of how I configure my syndication endpoints..." https://aaronparecki.com/2016/11/29/7/syndication