Systers Portal

Systers Portal is for Systers communities to post and share information within and with other communities.

Website: http://portal.systers.org

Project page: https://anitab-org.github.io/portal/

If you are interested in learning more about this project, start with reading Portal GitHub Wiki.

Setup for developers (Unix)

1. Make sure you have installed Python 3.6, pip3 and virtualenv.

2. If working behind a proxy, make sure your environment variables are properly set up. If you still get an error due to proxy, use "-E" flag along with "sudo" to export all the environment variables.

3. Make sure you have python3-dev installed on your operating system. For Debian, you would additionally require libpq-dev. Install by using sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python3-dev

4. Make sure you have PostgreSQL installed. For a tutorial on installing Postgres, Django Girls' ebook, Tutorials Extension, is a reference. The info is also on Django Girls GitHub repository.

5. Clone the repo - git clone https://github.com/systers/portal.git and cd into the portal directory. If working behind a proxy, follow the instructions here.

6. Create a virtual environment with Python 3 and install dependencies:

   $ virtualenv venv --python=/path/to/python3
   $ source venv/bin/activate
   $ pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
   $ sudo apt-get install python-gdal

7. Create systersdb database, where systersdb might be any suitable name [Password should not be empty].

   $ sudo -i -u postgres
   $ createuser <any name e.g. alice> --pwprompt
   $ psql
   $ CREATE DATABASE systersdb;
   $ \c systersdb;
   $ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE systersdb to <the name>;
   

8. Fill in the database details in systers_portal/settings/dev.py.

9. Run export SECRET_KEY=foobarbaz in your terminal, ideally the secret key should be 40 characters long, unique and unpredictable. Optionally to set the shell variable every time you activate the virtualenv, edit venv/bin/activate and add to the bottom the export statement.

10. Run python systers_portal/manage.py migrate.

11. Run python systers_portal/manage.py cities_light for downloading and importing data for django-cities-light.

12. Run python systers_portal/manage.py createsuperuser to create a superuser for the admin panel. Fill in the details asked.

13. Run python systers_portal/manage.py runserver to start the development server. When in testing or production, feed the respective settings file from the command line, e.g. for testing python systers_portal/manage.py runserver --settings=systers_portal.settings.testing.

14. Before commiting run flake8 systers_portal and fix PEP8 warnings.

15. Run python systers_portal/manage.py test --settings=systers_portal.settings.testing to run all the tests.

If you face some issues while installing and making Portal up in your local, have a look at issues labelled as While Setting up Portal.

Setup for developers (Windows)

1. Make sure you have installed Python 3.6, make sure you the right one (32/64 bits). Source. During installation please pay attention to the following details :

• Tick/Select Add Python 3.6 to PATH
• Select Customize Installation (this is important)
• Tick/Select pip (others, leave as default), this is important
• Tick install for all users
• Tick add Python to environment variables
• Tick create shortcuts for installed applications
• Precomplie standard libary
• Select install location and hit install

1. Run pip install virtualenv using windows command line

2. You would have to install PostgreSQL. Download from official location or alternative location, you could lookup some PostgreSQL tutorials online if you are completely blank on this.

3. Clone the repo - git clone https://github.com/systers/portal.git and cd into the portal directory. Use git CMD or git Bash(unix-like terminal) to do so.

4. Create a virtual environment with Python 3 and install dependencies, using CMD :

   $ virtualenv venv
   $ ./venv/Scripts/activate
   $ pip install -r requirements/dev.txt 

5. Make sure you have GDAL installed.

• Download OSGeo4W using the OSGeo4W installer
• Specifically, install pkg-gdal-python, which is within 'Libs' in the installer tree.
• Add GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH in the systers_portal/settings/base.py and make sure the path points to the GDAL Library on your local machine.

6. Create systersdb database, where systersdb might be any suitable name.

• Open the SQL Shell for postgresql from the windows start menu or wherever accessible

  $ Server [localhost]:  Just press enter, leave this empty
  $ Database [postgres]: Just press enter, leave this empty
  $ Port [5432]: This is the default port just press enter, leave this empty
  $ Username [postgres]: This is the default username just press enter, leave this empty
  $ Password for user postgres: Input password you created during installation and press enter
  $ CREATE USER <anyname you want e.g systers> WITH PASSWORD 'your password';
  $ CREATE DATABASE systersdb;
  $ \c systersdb;
  $ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON systersdb TO <username created above>;
  

1. Fill in the database details in systers_portal/settings/dev.py.
2. Run set SECRET_KEY=foobarbaz in your terminal, ideally the secret key should be 40 characters long, unique and unpredictable.
3. Run python systers_portal/manage.py migrate.
4. Run python systers_portal/manage.py cities_light for downloading and importing data for django-cities-light.
5. Run python systers_portal/manage.py createsuperuser to create a superuser for the admin panel. Fill in the details asked.
6. Run python systers_portal/manage.py runserver to start the development server. When in testing or production, feed the respective settings file from the command line, e.g. for testing python systers_portal/manage.py runserver --settings=systers_portal.settings.testing.
7. Before commiting run flake8 systers_portal and fix PEP8 warnings.
8. Run python systers_portal/manage.py test --settings=systers_portal.settings.testing to run all the tests.

Congratulations! you just set up the Systers Portal on you windows dev enviroment. If you face any issues while installing and making Portal up in your local, have a look at issues labelled as While Setting up Portal.

Run Portal in a Docker container

If you wish to view a sneak peek of the Systers Portal, you may use Docker to preview the Portal. Note: The following Docker configuration is not intended to be run in production at the moment. It may be configured to do so in the future.

1. Install Docker. Follow the installation steps for your specific operating system:
   • Docker runs natively on a Linux-based system.
   • For Windows and Mac OS X, you should follow instructions for installing boot2docker which also installs VirtualBox.
2. Install docker-compose. Note: fig has been deprecated. Docker-compose replaces fig.
3. Create a new directory on your local system.
4. Enter git clone https://github.com/systers/portal.git to clone the Systers Portal repository. After the clone is done, change directory (cd) to the portal directory.
5. Run docker-compose build. This pulls the Docker images required to run the project and installs the necessary dependencies.
6. This step will require the Django SECRET_KEY. Run docker run -e SECRET_KEY=foobarbaz portal_web.
7. Run docker-compose run web python systers_portal/manage.py migrate.
8. Run docker-compose run web python systers_portal/manage.py cities_light for downloading and importing data for django-cities-light.
9. Optional: Run docker-compose run web python systers_portal/manage.py createsuperuser if you wish to create a superuser to access the admin panel.
10. Run docker-compose up to start the webserver for the Django Systers Portal project.
11. Systers Portal should be running on port 8000.
    • If you are on Linux, enter http://0.0.0.0:8000 in your browser.
    • If you are using boot2docker on Windows or Mac OS X, enter http://192.168.59.103:8000/ in your browser. If this IP address doesn't work, run boot2docker ip from the command line and replace the previous IP address in the HTTP request with the IP returned by boot2docker.

Documentation

Documentation for Systers Portal is generated using Sphinx and available online at http://systers-portal.readthedocs.org/

To build the documentation locally run:

$ cd docs/
$ make html

To view the documentation open the generated index.html file in browser - docs/_build/html/index.html.

For more information on semantics and builds, please refer to the Sphinx official documentation.

You can view the requirements document here.

Contact

You can reach the maintainers and our community on AnitaB.org Open Source Zulip. If you are interested in contributing to portal, we have a dedicated stream for this project #portal, where you can ask questions and interact with the community, join with us!