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4.5 KiB
HTML
114 lines
4.5 KiB
HTML
{% extends "zerver/portico.html" %}
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{# Zephyr Mirroring information page #}
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{% block portico_content %}
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<div class="row-fluid">
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<div class="span8">
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<h2>Zephyr Mirroring for Zulip</h2>
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<p>Thanks for giving Zulip a try! This page describes how to use
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Zulip with MIT Zephyr; if you're not a current Zephyr user,
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you probably want to visit the main Zulip website.</p>
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<p>There are a few steps you need to take to setup Zulip for your
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MIT Zephyr account.</p>
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<h3>First time setup</h3>
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<ol>
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<li><p>Create a password and activate your account using the URL in
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your email.</p></li>
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<li><p>Get your API key from the "Settings" panel and put it in a file in your
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Athena home directory called <code>~/Private/.humbug-api-key</code>.</p></li>
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<li><p>Copy over your Zephyr subscriptions</p>
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<p>If you would like to copy over all of your subscriptions, please
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run the following command:<br />
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<code>/mit/tabbott/humbug/zephyr_mirror.py --sync-subscriptions</code></p>
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<p> NOTE: Zulip does not fully support the equivalent of Barnowl
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filters. If you have too many subscriptions (you know who you
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are), you may want to either manually subscribe to just your main
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barnowl view or make extensive use of the "Not in home view"
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option on streams. You can add or remove subscriptions from the
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Zulip app (or your Zulip home view) by clicking the gear in the
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upper right-hand corner and then selecting "Streams."</p>
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</ol>
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<h3 id="mirror">Running the Zephyr Mirror script</h3>
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<p>On an Athena dialup
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(<a href="https://linerva.mit.edu">linerva.mit.edu</a>,
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<a href="https://athena.dialup.mit.edu">athena.dialup.mit.edu</a>,
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etc.), run the Zephyr mirroring script inside a screen
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session.</p>
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<p><strong>IMPORTANT: You must keep the Zephyr mirroring script
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always running in a session with unexpired Kerberos
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tickets.</strong> The script forwards personals you receive on
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Zephyr to Zulip, and forwards messages you send in Zulip to
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Zephyr. <strong>If it is not running, only other Zulip users
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will receive messages you send from Zulip!</strong>. The Zulip
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web application will warn you if the Zephyr mirroring script is
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not running.</p>
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<p>If you already have Barnowl running in screen/tmux somewhere,
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you can just run:</p>
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<p><code>/mit/tabbott/humbug/zephyr_mirror.py</code></p>
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<p>inside that screen session.</p>
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<h4>Mirroring without a Barnowl session</h4>
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<p>If you are not already running a screen/tmux for Barnowl, you
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can setup a screen session to run the Zephyr mirroring script by
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running the following on a dialup such
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as <a href="https://linerva.mit.edu">linerva.mit.edu</a>:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><code>kinit -l7d && aklog</code></li>
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<li>(Type your password to create 7-day renewable Kerberos tickets)</li>
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<li><code>env ZEPHYR_SCREEN_CLIENT=/mit/tabbott/humbug/zephyr_mirror.py
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SCREEN_SESSION_NAME=humbug athrun kchen owl-screen
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</code></li>
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</ol>
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<p>This will run the Zephyr Mirroring script inside a screen
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session, and use `/mit/kchen/bin/cont-renew-notify` to continually
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renew your Kerberos tickets for up to a week; each week, it will
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send you a Zephyr/Zulip letting you know that you need to renew
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your tickets. To do so, login to the server that you setup the
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screen session on and use the following procedure:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Run <code>screen -x humbug</code> to connect to the mirroring
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screen session created above.</li>
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<li>The first time, you'll need to type <code>ctrl-a c</code> to switch to a new terminal in your screen session.</li>
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<li><code>kinit -l7d && aklog</code></li>
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<li>(Type type your password to renew your Kerberos tickets).</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Don't run multiple copies of the Zephyr mirroring script;
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doing so will result in messages you sent being forwarded to
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Zephyr twice.</p>
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<h3>Using the app</h3>
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<p>You can use the app by visiting <a href="https://zulip.com/">https://zulip.com</a></p>
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<p>If you're interested in mobile apps, we have early alphas available
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as well. You can get the
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<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.humbughq.mobile">
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Android app</a> immediately or <a href="http://goo.gl/ROOVQ">join
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our waitlist for the iPhone version</a>.</p>
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<p>Feel free to send us a message via the Feedback button under the
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gear tab within the app if you have any questions or encounter any
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problems.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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{% endblock %}
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