Initial commit of the index update scheduling support

apps/dynamic_search/__init__.py

@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ import logging
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
+from haystack.management.commands.update_index import Command
+
 from navigation.api import register_sidebar_template, register_links
 from documents.models import Document
 from scheduler.runtime import scheduler
 from signaler.signals import post_update_index, pre_update_index
+from scheduler.api import register_interval_job
+from lock_manager import Lock, LockError
 
 from .models import IndexableObject
+from .conf.settings import INDEX_UPDATE_INTERVAL
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -35,3 +40,27 @@ def clear_pending_indexables(sender, **kwargs):
 def scheduler_shutdown_pre_update_index(sender, **kwargs):
     logger.debug('Scheduler shut down on pre update index signal')
     scheduler.shutdown()
+
+
+def search_index_update():
+    lock_id = u'search_index_update'
+    try:
+        logger.debug('trying to acquire lock: %s' % lock_id)
+        lock = Lock.acquire_lock(lock_id)
+        logger.debug('acquired lock: %s' % lock_id)
+
+        logger.debug('Executing haystack\'s index update command')
+        command = Command()
+        command.handle()
+
+        lock.release()
+    except LockError:
+        logger.debug('unable to obtain lock')
+        pass
+    
+    
+register_interval_job('search_index_update', _(u'Update the search index with the most recent modified documents.'), search_index_update, seconds=INDEX_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
+
+
+
+

apps/dynamic_search/conf/settings.py

@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ Setting(
     default=5,
     description=_(u'Maximum number of search queries to remember per user.')
 )
+
+Setting(
+    namespace=namespace,
+    name='INDEX_UPDATE_INTERVAL',
+    global_name='SEARCH_INDEX_UPDATE_INTERVAL',
+    default=1800,
+    description=_(u'Interval in second on which to trigger the search index update.')
+)

docs/releases/0.13.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ POP3 and IMAP
 Send document or document links via E-mail
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Haystack
+~~~~~~~~
 
 Upgrading from a previous version
 =================================
@@ -43,9 +45,12 @@ Afterwards migrate existing database schema with::
     $ ./manage.py migrate sources 0001 --fake
     $ ./manage.py migrate sources
 
-#Haystack - build index
+Issue the following command to index existing documents in the new full text search database::
 
-The upgrade procedure is now complete.
+    $ ./manage.py rebuild_index --noinput
+    
+Depending on the existing size of you current document base this make take from a few minutes up to an hour.
+Once the full text initial indexing ends, the upgrade procedure is complete.
 
 
 Backward incompatible changes