Bushfire Mitigation System

A system to manage risk, planning, implementation and post-implementation review for the mitigation of bushfires in Western Australia

Backend

The backend of Prescribed Burns System is a Python Django project using Django REST Framework backed by a PostgreSQL database. The backend uses pip to manage its dependencies.

Requirements

• Python 3.10
• Pip
• GDAL

Development

Installation

To get a standard development environment up and running using Poetry and virtual environments:

# Ensure Python 3.10 is currently activated
$ python3 --version
Python 3.10.4

# Check GDAL is installed correctly
$ gdal-config --version
3.3.2

# Install Python GDAL
$ pip install gdal==`gdal-config --version`

Running

To run a development server, use the Django manage.py script:

$ DEBUG=True python manage.py runserver

Configuration

The backend requires the following environment variables to be set:

SECRET_KEY=...
DATABASE_URL=...
PRODUCTION_EMAIL=False
EMAIL_INSTANCE='DEV'
NON_PROD_EMAIL='nonprodemail@dbca.wa.gov.au'
EMAIL_DELIVERY=on
ENABLE_DJANGO_LOGIN=True  <-- Will enable a login screen for developement purposes, set to false for production

For convenience, these can also be defined in a .env file that will be loaded at runtime.

Requirements

• Node.js 18
• npm

Development

Installation

To install and/or appropriately update packages and their dependencies:

$ npm install

Building

To build the project:

$ npm run build

Development Environment

To run a development server:

$ npm run dev

or to use a different port:

$ PORT=9072 npm run dev

Structure

They are:

• govapp
  • contains the department base templates, base packages and backend code
• govapp/frontend
  • Contains node web app frontend code

Prebuilt GDAL wheel files that can be install with pip (alternative solution when pip install gdal doesn't work)

https://girder.github.io/large_image_wheels/