Fermitech-Website

Fermitech Softworks website written in Python, Jinja2, Javascript and HTML.

Installation

1. Clone this repository using git:

   git clone https://github.com/Fermitech-Softworks/Fermitech-Website.git
   

2. Create a new venv:

   python -m venv venv
   

3. activate the venv you just created:

   source venv/bin/activate

4. Install the requirements using pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

For development

5. Use export to set the required environment variables:

   export COOKIE_SECRET_KEY='qwerty'  # A random string of characters

6. Run the flask development server:

   python server.py
   

For production

Preparing for production

1. Use export to set the required environment variables:

   export COOKIE_SECRET_KEY='qwerty'  # A random string of characters

2. Run the flask development server. This will create the database:

   python server.py
   

Setting up production

5. Create the file /etc/systemd/system/web-fermitech-site.service with the following contents:

   [Unit]
   Name=web-fermitech-site
   Description=Fermitech Gunicorn Server
   Wants=network-online.target
   After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
   
   [Service]
   Type=exec
   User=fermitech-site
   WorkingDirectory=/opt/fermitech-site  # Replace with the directory where you cloned the repository
   ExecStart=/opt/fermitech-site/venv/bin/gunicorn -b 127.0.0.1:30002 server:app  # Replace with the directory where you cloned the repository
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

6. Create the file /etc/systemd/system/web-erre2.service.d/override.conf with the following contents:

   [Service]
   Environment="COOKIE_SECRET_KEY=qwerty"  # A random string of characters

7. Reload all systemd daemon files:

   systemctl daemon-reload
   

8. start (and optionally enable to run at boot) the web-erre2 systemd service:

   systemctl start web-fermitech-site
   systemctl enable web-fermitech-site
   

9. Configure a reverse proxy.