How-to Guides

Getting started

• Getting the source code
• Setting up and running Launchpad
• Launchpad Database Setup

Common development tasks

• Fixing Bugs
• Contributing changes
• Submitting a Patch to launchpad
• Handling exceptions
• Handling security policies
• Using breakpoints
• Preserving query count
• Landing updates for Loggerhead
• Updating the global configuration for tests
• Testing CLI scripts
• Create job to publish artifact
• Running Launchpad with Chameleon Template Engine
• Database schema changes process

Common operational tasks

• Triaging Launchpad project bugs

Operating development instances

• Creating additional user accounts in the development environment
• Applying database schema changes
• Using an updated dependency
• Importing an Ubuntu package

Operating Canonical’s instances

• Deploying configuration changes to production
• Checking availability of Launchpad frontends
• Getting an overview of Launchpad’s build farm