= Using Buildout to manage Trac instances
 
This page documents how to create one or several Trac instance with [http://www.buildout.org Buildout]. Buildout is a Python-based build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts.

Because [pypi:Trac Trac is released as eggs] you can use Buildout to manage Trac instances, which will lower the maintenance effort. Thus, an ongoing effort is made by the [pypi:pbp.recipe.trac pbp.recipe.trac] project to provide an easy mechanism to deploy and maintain Trac instances.

There are several lines of pbp.recipe.trac:
 * pbp.recipe.trac 0.4.x for Trac 0.12 support
 * pbp.recipe.trac 0.3.x for Trac 0.11 support
 * pbp.recipe.trac 0.2.x for Trac 0.10 support

Only the 0.4.x branch is currently developed.

A tutorial and usage example is available here: http://kevin.deldycke.com/2010/12/automate-trac-instance-deployment-buildout/