stopstalk-deployment

StopStalk

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Module Requirements

Note: Apply sudo if required for your system.

1. First, make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed

Assuming you are running a Debian-based distribution, you can install them by using:

apt-get install python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev

Install the required packages by running:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Also, pip doesn’t respect proxy while installing packages from the requirements file. So if you are using a proxy in your terminal you MAY use:

pip install -r requirements.txt --proxy=<proxy address>

2. To deploy the code, uglify-js and uglifycss needs to be installed

To install uglifyjs:

npm install uglify-js -g

To install uglifycss:

npm install uglifycss -g

Installation

1. Install web2py (We need 2.14.6 version only) in a directory. We have committed the web2py source so that you can directly unzip and start using it

   • Unzip the web2py_src.zip somewhere outside the stopstalk directory.
   • After unzipping the web2py, copy the source of stopstalk to its applications directory
   • Final directory structure should be something like -
     • web2py/
       • applications/
         • stopstalk/
           • models
           • views
           • controllers
           • …

2. Navigate into the applications directory in web2py directory.

   $ cd web2py/applications/
   

3. Install StopStalk by cloning this repository

   git clone https://github.com/stopstalk/stopstalk-deployment.git
   mv stopstalk-deployment stopstalk
   

   Note: Web2Py does not allow appname to contain hyphens.

4. Install MySQL - here Make sure you remember the root password for mysql server.

5. Create a database in MySQL

   $ mysql -u root -p        # Enter your mysql root password after this.
   
   mysql> CREATE DATABASE stopstalkdb;
   mysql> CREATE DATABASE uvajudge;
   

6. Copy 0firstrun.py to models/

   $ cd stopstalk/
   $ cp models/0firstrun.py.sample models/0firstrun.py
   

7. Open 0firstrun.py and change the settings.

   current.mysql_user = "root" # Change if you have given access to any other user in mysql
   current.mysql_password = "" # As per your mysql password
   current.mysql_server = "localhost"
   current.mysql_dbname = "migration" # Will remain same as long as you followed 5.
   current.mysql_uvadbname = "uvajudge" # Will remain same as long as you followed 5.
   
   # Configure mail options
   current.smtp_server = "logging" # Mails will not be sent. Will be logged where the web2py server is running
                                   # Else you can set it to your smtp server.
   current.sender_mail = ""        # Not required if logging
   current.sender_password = ""    # Not required if logging
   
   current.bulk_smtp_server = "logging"
   current.bulk_sender_mail = ""        # Not required if logging
   current.bulk_sender_password = ""    # Not required if logging
   
   current.analytics_id = "" # Leave it empty if you don't want Google Analytics on Localhost
   current.calendar_token = "" # Leave it empty if you don't have an access token ID for Google Calendar API
   
   # Leave the following empty for very basic email validation
   # https://app.neverbounce.com/settings/api
   current.neverbounce_user = ""
   current.neverbounce_password = ""
   

   In case if you want to send emails - Install postfix for your respective OS and configure the above smtp server accordingly.

8. Install Redis - here

9. Install InfluxDB (1.7) - here

10. Navigate back to the web2py folder and start the web2py server.

    $ cd web2py
    $ python web2py.py -a yourPassword // Choose any password
    

11. Open the browser and go to the URL -

    http://localhost:8000/stopstalk/

Note:

• The database will be completely empty after installation

12. Done. :smile:

13. To setup syntax check before all of your commits, just create a file in applications/stopstalk/.git/hooks/pre-commit with just make syntaxx_check as it’s content.

A few steps to setup your local database - StopStalk Wiki

Project Dependencies

StopStalk is built on the Web2Py Framework, which is a Python-based MVC framework. The project also depends on several other open-source packages, some of which are

• MySQL
• Redis
• Google Calender API
• Google Charts API
• Python Requests Library
• Beautiful Soup

Contribute

1. Fork the repository

2. Clone your forked repository

3. Find any of the issues from here - Issues and try solving it or any other enhancements

4. Solve the bug or enhance the code and send a Pull Request!

   Note: Make sure to add the issue number in the commit message.

   Example Commit message: Solved Issue #5

5. We will review it as soon as possible.

Configuration

Configure the models/000_config.py file as per your requirement.

Configuring Calendar API client ID

1. Goto Google developers console and click on New Project.
2. Give the project a name like stopstalk-test and create the project.
3. Goto API Manager.
4. Search and select Google Calendar API and enable it.
5. Click on Go To Credentials and fill out the form
6. Copy client ID and paste it in models/0firstrun.py
7. Done. :smile:

Contact

Contact Us Page: https://www.stopstalk.com/contact_us

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Creator Website: http://raj454raj.com

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