system-config/doc/source/etherpad.rst
Clark Boylan 2e2ee170f8 Fix rooted path to docker-compose
In places like crontab entries we use full paths to executables because
PATH is different under cron. Unfortunately, this meant we broke
docker-compose commands using /usr/bin/docker-compose when we installed
it under /usr/local/bin/docker-compose. In particular this impacted
database backups on gitea nodes and etherpad.

Update these paths so that everything is happy again.

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Etherpad

Etherpad

Etherpad (previously known as "etherpad-lite") is installed on etherpad.opendev.org to facilitate real-time collaboration on documents. It is used extensively during OpenStack Developer Summits.

At a Glance

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Overview

Apache is configured as a reverse proxy and there is a MySQL database backend.

Manual Administrative Tasks

The following sections describe tasks that individuals with root access may need to perform on rare occasions.

Deleting a Pad

On occasion it may be necessary to delete a pad, so as to redact sensitive or illegal data posted to it (the revision history it keeps makes this harder than just clearing the current contents through a browser). This is fairly easily accomplished via the HTTP API, but you need the key which is saved in a file on the server so it's easiest if done when SSH'd into it locally:

/usr/local/bin/docker-compose -f /etc/etherpad-docker/docker-compose.yaml exec -T etherpad \
bash -c "wget -qO- 'http://localhost:9001/api/1/deletePad?apikey='$(cat \
/opt/etherpad-lite/APIKEY.txt)'&padID=XXXXXXXXXX'"

...where XXXXXXXXXX is the pad's name as it appears at the end of its URL. If all goes well, you should receive a response like:

{"code":0,"message":"ok","data":null}

Browse to the original pad's URL and you should now see the fresh welcome message boilerplate for a new pad. Check the pad's history and note that it has no authors and no prior revisions.