NanoMine

NanoMine Nanocomposites Data Resource

NOTE: Prototype code. Some approaches will change. Monitor this README for updates.

Installation

(REQUIRES ubuntu 16.04 -- 18.04 will not work yet)

Note: if installing on a virtual machine, be sure to allocate at least 8G Memory, 2 CPUs and 60G Disk if installing MATLAB otherwise 35GB will probably work.

Also, this is a DEVELOPMENT only install for a personal system (or vm). Don't use these instructions for QA or production environments.

• whyis will be installed in /apps/whyis

• Run these commands after adjusting the mongo dump location and your fork and branch in a terminal window on your Ubuntu VM or native Ubuntu install:

export MONGO_DUMP_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION=http://somewhere.edu/mgi.tgz  # adjust this to the real download location
export NM_INSTALL_FORK='duke-matsci' # this should probably be YOUR github userid if you intend to push changes
export NM_INSTALL_BRANCH='dev' # usually, this should be 'dev' if you intend to push changes
sudo apt-get install -y curl
sudo apt-get install -y vim 
curl -skL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${NM_INSTALL_FORK}/nanomine/${NM_INSTALL_BRANCH}/install/install.sh > ./nminstall.sh
chmod a+x ./nminstall.sh
sudo -E ./nminstall.sh 2>&1 | tee nminstall.log # Take a break. It will take a while.

• IMPORTANT: Post install step - To set up email for job results

  • NOTE: most email vendors have a help page for setting up application access to send email. Consult your email provider's documentation for the proper values to use for the settings.
  • Edit /apps/nanomine_env
    • change the NM_SMTP_SERVER value to your email server i.e. smtp.gmail.com
    • NM_SMTP_PORT may need to change, but 587 usually works (TLS port)
    • NM_SMTP_TEST needs to be set to "false" instead of "true" to actually send emails
    • NM_SMTP_AUTH_USER="your email address or smtp server userid"
    • NM_SMTP_AUTH_PWD="your smtp server password"
      • Note that most email servers will allow creation of application passwords that are easily revoked without revoking your personal password. An application password may be used here. To find out more about application specific passwords consult your email provider's documentation.

• IMPORTANT: Post install step for MATLAB

  • To test jobs that require MATLAB
    • Edit /apps/nanomine_env
      • Enable calling MATLAB from scripts by setting 'NM_MATLAB_AVAILABLE="yes"'
    • ensure that MATLAB is in the system path for Ubuntu
      • You should be able to go to a terminal command line and type 'matlab' (with no additional path)
        • If MATLAB will not start this way, ensure that it has been installed and note the path to the binary
          • The path may be something like /opt/matlab/bin
          • Add a file called matlab.sh to the /etc/profile.d directory (sudo nano /etc/profile.d/matlab.sh)
            • Assuming the path is /opt/matlab/bin (test this with /opt/matlab/bin/matlab -- it should start)
            • The file should contain the single line 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/matlab/bin'
            • Be sure the path entered is the path to YOUR matlab bin -- it could be different
          • Log out of whyis and login again
          • verify that entering 'matlab' on a command line executes MATLAB
    • Assuming MATLAB is marked enabled for the server runtime and it's accessible via the system path, MATLAB jobs should be able to execute successfully.

• When loading data into whyis,

  • The load process can be monitored with 'sudo tail -f /var/log/celery/w1.log', but note that loading will usually not occur until upload via XMLCONV GUI

Use the server...

• go to http://YOURVMADDRESS/nm to access NanoMine

Code changes

• If code changes are made to the GUI

cd /apps/nanomine
npm run build
sudo systemctl restart apache2  # may be optional depending on what was changed. For nanomine javascript and job changes, it's not currently necessary.

• If code changes are made to the rest server - be sure to stop the rest server and restart

  sudo systemctl restart nm-rest

• NOTE: need both /etc/security/limits.conf settings and /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/limits.conf (system.conf.d may be new directory)
• add to /etc/security/limits.conf (sudo vi /etc/security/limits.conf)

  whyis hard nofile 40000
  whyis soft nofile 40000

• add to /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/limits.conf (sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system.conf.d; sudo vi /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/limits.conf)

   [Manager]
   DefaultLimitNOFILE=40000

Components and Libraries Used

• https://vuejs.org VueJS Javascript Framework
• https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/ VueJS Introduction
• https://router.vuejs.org/. Internal Router
• https://vue-loader.vuejs.org/. VueJS webpack component loader (Build)
• https://vuex.vuejs.org/ VueJS global state management
• https://vuetifyjs.com/en/ Vuetify Material Design CSS framework
  • NOTE: based on Material Design - https://material.io
• https://vuetifyjs.com/en/getting-started/quick-start Vuetify CSS framework docs
• https://github.com/axios/axios Axios Remote Request Library
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/axios Axios NPM package info
• https://google.github.io/material-design-icons/ ICONS
• https://expressjs.com ExpressJS Web Application Server Framework
• https://github.com/devstark-com/vue-google-charts Google Charts wrapper for Vue
  • NOTE: Google charts doc: https://developers.google.com/chart/

Development

Fork the nanomine repository and use the 'dev' branch for development (git checkout dev). Ensure that pull requests are for the dev branch and not master and not QA.