atlantic-server 0.3.5

Server side of an application of an Aircraft Technical Log

Atlantic

This program is the sever side of the Atlantic app. It gives you a restful api.

Installation on debian 10 (or ubuntu 20.04) for production

The recommended way to install it is to use a virtual environment.

1. Install package

   apt install -y pipx apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 mariadb-server python3-dev libmariadb-dev libmariadbclient-dev build-essential
   

2. Create and configure database

   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE atlantic CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
   CREATE USER 'aristide'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON atlantic . * TO 'aristide'@'localhost';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   quit;
   

3. Create a user and log it

   adduser aristide
   su - aristide
   

4. Install atlantic_server

   pipx install atlantic_server
   

5. In the user home directory, create a conf.py file

   nano ~/conf.py
   

   and paste following parameters (with adjust):

   SECRET_KEY = "enter here a lot of randoms letters and numbers here"
   DEBUG = True
   DATABASES = {
       "default": {
           "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
           "NAME": "aristide",
           "USER": "atlantic",
           "PASSWORD": "password",
       }
   }
   MEDIA_ROOT = "/home/aristide/www/media/"
   
   

6. Configure Django app

   atlantic_server makemigrations com atl smd 
   atlantic_server migrate
   atlantic_server collectstatic
   atlantic_server createsuperuser
   

7. Configure Apache2

   • Return to root user

     exit
     

   • Create a new file

     nano /etc/apache2/site-available/atlantic.conf
     

   • Paste following parameters (with adjust):

     <VirtualHost *:80>
         ServerName url.for.your.site
         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
         DocumentRoot /home/aristide/www/vue/
         <Directory /home/aristide/.local/pipx/venvs/atlantic-server/lib/python3.7/site-packages/atlantic_server>
             <Files wsgi.py>
                 Require all granted
             </Files>
         </Directory>
         WSGIPassAuthorization On
         WSGIDaemonProcess aristide python-home=/home/aristide/.local/pipx/venvs/atlantic-server python-path=/home/aristide
         WSGIProcessGroup aristide
         WSGIScriptAlias /admin /home/aristide/.local/pipx/venvs/atlantic-server/lib/python3.7/site-packages/atlantic_server/wsgi.py/admin
         WSGIScriptAlias /api /home/aristide/.local/pipx/venvs/atlantic-server/lib/python3.7/site-packages/atlantic_server/wsgi.py/api
         <Directory /home/aristide/www/>
                 Require all granted
         </Directory>
         Alias /media/ /home/aristide/www/media/
         Alias /static/ /home/aristide/www/static/
     </VirtualHost>
     

   The DocumentRoot directory is the place where you upload the atlantic_client side.

   • Save and close file

8. Enabled site for apache

   a2dissite *
   a2ensite atlantic
   systemctl reload apache2
   

9. It is recommended to secure the access of your site with a certificate...