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This document will describe the overall architecture of the UMO services in detail. It should include sub-sections on pfs, addons, etc. that will be populated by the developers working on those components.

Addons.Mozilla.Org End-User Website

Addons serves as the main point of interaction for developers and end-users to get extensions and themes for their Mozilla products.

Overview

• DocumentRoot: /opt/update
• URL: addons.update.mozilla.org
• URL: addons.mozilla.org -> redirect to addons.update.mozilla.org (fix for FF 1.0 whitelist)
• Type of content: PHP intensive, very dynamic
• Example request: N/A

Questions

• How do extenion files get to the mirrors?
• Can we get Firefox to point at this URL for 1.0.1?

Architecture

Main - Items that are common between versions

• ID - Database identifier used to tie tables together
• GUID - Unique identifier from inside the install.rdf. Allows the application and the website to talk about the same thing
• Name - Name of the addon
• Type - Enumerator (T/E/P) that specifies if the listing is a theme, extension, or plugin
• Date Added - Date the item was submitted to the website
• Homepage - Website for the submission
• Description - Description of the addon
• Rating - Accumulated rating
• Download Count - ?
• Total Downloads - ?
• Developer's Comments - Additional comments by the developer

Version - Details for each file on the site (one row per app/os)

• ID - Database identifier
• Version - Version string x.x.x.x
• OSID - Database identifier linking compatibility with Operating Systems
• AppID - Database identifier linking compatibility with Applications
• MinAppVer - Minimum version of the supported application
• MinAppVer_int - Internal numbering of the minimum version
• MaxAppVer - Maximum version of the supported application
• MaxAppVer_int - Internal numbering of the maximum version
• Size - size of the file in kilobytes
• Date Added - Date version was added
• Date Updated - Date information about the version last changed
• URI - Download URI
• Notes - Release notes/changelog
• Approved - Enumerator (Yes/No/Disabled) used to show whether it has been approved to be listed

Userprofiles - Details for each user

• UserID - Database Identifier
• User Name - Name or nickname for users
• User Email - Email address
• User Website - User's website
• User Pass - Password
• User Mode - Enumerator (A/E/U/D) reprsenting whether the user is an Administrator, Editor, Developer, or Disabled
• User Trusted - Determines whether user is allowed to bypass approval queue
• User Email Hide - Does the user wish to disclose their email address on their public profile
• User Last Login - Last time the user logged in
• Confirmation Code - ?

AuthorXref - Relates Addons to their Authos

• ID - Main ID
• User ID - Author ID

Categories - Allows grouping of Addons

• Category ID - Database Identifier
• Cat Name - Name of Category
• Cat Desc - Description
• Cat Type - Enumerator (T/E/P) specifying whether this category is for Themes, Extensions, or Plugins
• Cat App - Name of the application the category applies to

File Repository

The following directory structure should be created and given write permissions:

• /
  • files
    • approval
      • extensions
      • themes
    • ftp
    • temp

Plugin Finder Service

Overview

• DocumentRoot: /opt/update
• URL: addons.update.mozilla.org
• URL: addons.mozilla.org -> redirect to addons.update.mozilla.org (fix for FF 1.0 whitelist)
• Type of content: PHP intensive, very dynamic
• Example request: N/A

Questions

• How do extenion files get to the mirrors?
• Can we get Firefox to point at this URL for 1.0.1?

Application Update Service

This is the section of the UMO service that actually allows specific applications to check if they need to be upgraded.

Overview

• DocumentRoot: /opt/update
• URL: aus.mozilla.org
• Type of content: Completely static
• Example request: http://aus.mozilla.org/update/firefox/en-US.rdf

Questions

• Can we get Firefox to point at this URL for 1.0.1?
• What if this was generated with the UMO toolset and then pushed to several machines designed for delivering static content?
• Can we return a base URL for Firefox/Thunderbird to chew on?
• Can we better leverage/integrate with the bouncer so as to not overload the mirror network?