nest-server-simulation

A flask server for NEST simulation

Requirements

To install this application you'll need NEST and Flask installed on your computer.

Install NEST

Install standard configuration before installing NEST 2.14.0

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake libltdl7-dev libreadline6-dev \
libncurses5-dev libgsl0-dev python-all-dev python-numpy wget

Install NEST with PyNEST in your home folder. Read the installation instructions.

wget https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/releases/download/v2.14.0/nest-2.14.0.tar.gz
tar -zxf nest-2.14.0.tar.gz

Go to build folder for compiling NEST

mkdir nest-build
cd nest-build

Configure NEST (in Python 2.7)

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$HOME/opt/nest </path/to/NEST/src>

Compile and install NEST (with sudo)

make
make install

Load NEST commands and source

source /opt/nest/bin/nest_vars.sh

Install python-flask

Install Flask with sudo

sudo apt-get install python-flask

Install nest-server-simulation

Clone nest-server-simulation from github

git clone https://github.com/babsey/nest-server-simulation.git

Start nest-server-simulation

Default hostname is 127.0.0.1 and port 5000. Start flask server in nest-server-simulation folder

python main.py

or running on all or a custom host

python main.py -H 0.0.0.0

or running on custom port

python main.py -p 8000

Docker

Build a docker image

docker build -t nest-server-simulation .

Start a docker container

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 -t nest-server-simulation

Check if nest server simulation is running

curl localhost:5000

FAQ

Stop the process is failed. How can I stop the process?

Unfortunately, I did not found the solution for this issue. You can close the terminal or tab to terminate the process.