New HKN Portal

Set up instructions for local development

Mac/Linux

• Clone the repository
• (Recommended) Create a virtualenv (Instructions)
  • Try to name the virtualenv venv as that name has been added in gitignore
  • Activate the virtualenv (Note - Make sure to always activate the virtualenv before working with new terminals)
• Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install all of the required libraries
• Run the following commands to set up the database
  • Run python manage.py makemigrations api to create new migrations
  • Run python manage.py migrate to set up the database
  • Run python manage.py set_up_database to create necessary objects in the database
• Run python manage.py runserver to start the django server
• Open a new terminal and activate the virtualenv
• Run cd frontend && npm install
  • Debug any issues that may come up regarding npm or node versions
• Run npm run dev to start the development server

You should now be set up to develop locally. Go to localhost:8000 on a browser and you should see the portal hosted locally. Changes should automatically show on the server and there's no need to re-run the server unless you install new packages.

If changes are made that affect the database, run:

• Run python manage.py makemigrations to generate new migration files
• Run python manage.py migrate to update the database

In deployment:

• ssh -i "key_pair_1.pem" [email protected] to access the remote server
• cd hkn-portal to enter repository directory
• git pull to grab latest repository
• cd frontend & npm run build to create build rollup
• cd .. & source venv/bin/activate & python manage.py collectstatic to collect static files
• If changes to database structure: python manage.py makemigrations & python manage.py migrate
• sudo service apache2 restart to restart server with changes

Custom python manage.py commands:

• setUpDatabase creates a necessary groups and objects needed
• createsuperuser creates a superuser
• generate_inductees generates a json file containing emails of inductees
• induct file.json induct inductees (change their role to members)
  • JSON file format is [{"email": "[email protected]"}]
• promote_officer file.json promotes members to officers
  • JSON file format is [{"email": "[email protected]", "position": "position"}]
• newinductionclass creates a new induction class object & related event for points rollover
• inducteeform generates a new url for inductee forms based on current induction class
• clearoutreachhours file.json removes all outreach hours for given users
  • JSON file format is [{"email": "[email protected]"}]