Merge pull request #1121 from NicolasStr/develop

fix: create bench folder in user directory

bench/playbooks/create_user.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     - name: Set home folder perms
       file:
-        path: '/home/{{ frappe_user }}'
+        path: '{{ user_directory }}'
         mode: 'o+rx'
         owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
         group: '{{ frappe_user }}'

bench/playbooks/roles/bench/tasks/main.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
   - name: Fix permissions
     become_user: root
-    command: chown {{ frappe_user }} -R /home/{{ frappe_user }}
+    command: chown {{ frappe_user }} -R {{ user_directory }}
 
   - name:  python3 bench init for develop
     command: bench init {{ bench_path }} --frappe-path {{ frappe_repo_url }} --frappe-branch {{ frappe_branch }} --python {{ python }}
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@
   # Setup Bench for production environment
   - include_tasks: setup_bench_production.yml
     vars:
-      bench_path: "/home/{{ frappe_user }}/{{ bench_name }}"
+      bench_path: "{{ user_directory }}/{{ bench_name }}"
     when: not run_travis and production
 ...

bench/playbooks/roles/bench/tasks/setup_inputrc.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: insert/update inputrc for history
   blockinfile:
-    dest: "/home/{{ frappe_user }}/.inputrc"
+    dest: "{{ user_directory }}/.inputrc"
     create: yes
     block: |
       ## arrow up

bench/playbooks/site.yml

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 - name: setup bench and dev environment
   hosts: localhost
   vars:
-    bench_repo_path: "/home/{{ frappe_user }}/.bench"
+    bench_repo_path: "{{ user_directory }}/.bench"
-    bench_path: "/home/{{ frappe_user }}/{{ bench_name }}"
+    bench_path: "{{ user_directory }}/{{ bench_name }}"
   roles:
   # setup frappe-bench
     - { role: bench, tags: "bench", when: not run_travis and not without_bench_setup }

docs/easy_install.md

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ If you are on a fresh server and logged in as root, at first create a dedicated
 
 *(it is very common to use "frappe" as frappe-username, but this comes with the security flaw of ["frappe" ranking very high](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/b3sirt/i_deployed_over_a_dozen_cyber_honeypots_all_over/?st=JTJ0SC0Q&sh=76e05240) in as a username challenged in hacking attempts. So, for production sites it is highly recommended to use a custom username harder to guess)*
 
+*(you can specify the flag --home to specify a directory for your [frappe-user]. Bench will follow the home directory specified by the user's home directory e.g. /data/[frappe-user]/frappe-bench)*
+
 Switch to `[frappe-user]` (using `su [frappe-user]`) and start the setup
 
 	wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/develop/install.py
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ use --python flag to specify virtual environments python version, by default scr
 
 ## How do I start ERPNext
 
-1. For development: Go to your bench folder (`frappe-bench` by default) and start the bench with `bench start`
+1. For development: Go to your bench folder (`~[frappe-user]/frappe-bench` by default) and start the bench with `bench start`
 2. For production: Your process will be setup and managed by `nginx` and `supervisor`. Checkout [Setup Production](https://frappe.io/docs/user/en/bench/guides/setup-production.html) for more information.
 
 ---

install.py

@@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ def install_bench(args):
 	extra_vars = vars(args)
 	extra_vars.update(frappe_user=args.user)
 	
+	extra_vars.update(user_directory=get_user_home_directory(args.user))
+
 	if os.path.exists(tmp_bench_repo):
 		repo_path = tmp_bench_repo
-
 	else:
 		repo_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'bench')
 
@@ -386,6 +387,11 @@ def get_extra_vars_json(extra_args):
 
 	return ('@' + json_path)
 
+def get_user_home_directory(user):
+	# Return home directory /home/USERNAME or anything else defined as home directory in
+	# passwd for user.
+	return os.path.expanduser('~'+user)
+
 
 def run_playbook(playbook_name, sudo=False, extra_vars=None):
 	args = ['ansible-playbook', '-c', 'local',  playbook_name , '-vvvv']