mongodb needs 0.5 GB for a fresh install. Half of this goes to kombu.

kombu could use redis or some other transport (see #322), so fixing #322 will help this issue too.

mongodb database files contain a lot of NUL bytes. So one can easily use sparse files to save space on disk:

# service mongodb stop
# cd /var/lib/
# cp -a --sparse=always mongodb mongodb.new
# mv mongodb mongodb.old
# mv mongodb.new mongodb
# service mongodb start
# # TEST mongodb
# rm -rf mongodb.old

Maybe later versions of mongodb do this already internally. The above was needed on mongodb from debian/stable.

Documenting the "make sparse" possibility will also help this issue.

The idea is to create a mediagoblin.setup submodule. This should contain code to get the app running.

Things to move there (as examples):

• celery_setup/ -> setup/celery/
• util.get_jinja_loader (and friends?)
• setup_beaker, if/when it's coming
• Maybe code from MediaGoblinApp.**init**()

This issue is to track this idea.

The current configuration for the storage looks like this:

[mediagoblin]
publicstore_class = StorageBackend
publicstore_base_dir = %(here)s/user_dev/media/public
publicstore_base_url = /mgoblin_media/
publicstore_password = secret

Instead I suggest an alternative configuration scheme:

[storage:publicstore]
class = StorageBackend
base_dir = %(here)s/user_dev/media/public
base_url = /mgoblin_media/
password = secret

I implemented this on my dev/storage_config branch.

There is also an other config option with configobj, sub sub sections:

[storage]
  [ [ publicstore ] ]
  base_dir = %(here)s/user_dev/media/public
  base_url = /mgoblin_media/

  [ [ queuestore ] ]
  base_dir = %(here)s/user_dev/media/queue

I don't know, if this one is "better". I would prefer the first one.