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• Installation
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The Web application requires the following programs to be installed to run:

• PHP 5.6.x
• Redis server version 2.4.x / 3.2.x
• MongoDB version v2.6.x / v3.4.x

Checkout a repository from https://github.com/qlinkit/webapp

git clone https://github.com/qlinkit/webapp 

Download composer.phar from https://getcomposer.org/download/

Run composer in the main folder of the cloned repository to install the vendor of Laravel PHP Framework and all the necessary dependencies

composer.phar install

Run the following commands in the main folder

mkdir app/src/Qlink/Commands
mkdir app/storage/meta
mkdir app/storage/views
mkdir app/storage/logs
chmod -R 777 app/storage

Update the PSR-0 class autoloader information ( Run this command each time you add a PHP class to the project ).

php artisan dump-autoload

or

composer.phar dumpautoload

You need install PHP 5.6 Redis and Mongo extensions.

Create a MongoDB database and user

• Connect to mongo client

mongo

• Then execute the following statements

use qlinkmemory;
db.createUser({user:'qlinkuser', pwd:'w3lc0m3', roles: [{role:"readWrite", db: "qlinkmemory"}]});
db.createCollection('qlink_memory');

Configure your Redis server config and set your password.

• Define your local, QAT, UAT, production environment. For example:

For use config for local environment ( placed in app/config/local/ folder ), set de environment variable ENV_NAME to 'local' in the shell console

export ENV_NAME=local

• Configure de MongoDB and Redis databases connections in app/config/{local/production/QAT/UAT}/database.php. For example:

                ...
                // MONGO
                'qlink_mongodb' => array(
                        'driver'   => 'mongodb',
                        'host'     => 'localhost',
                        'port'     => 27017,
                        'username' => 'qlinkuser',
                        'password' => 'w3lc0m3',
                        'database' => 'qlinkmemory'
                ),
                ...
                ...
                
                // REDIS
                'default' => array(
                        'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
                        'port'     => 6379,
                        'password' => 'qwerty',
                        'database' => 7,
                ),

                'ip' => array(
                    'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
                    'port'     => 6379,
                    'password' => 'qwerty',
                    'database' => 1,
                ),
                ...
                ...

• Configure the application parameters for the different environments in app/config/qlinkconfig.php. For example:

    ...
    'local' => array(
        'site_url' => 'http://my-domain',
        'secure_site' => false,
        'enabled_anti_fire' => false,
        'expire_seconds' => 86400, //24horas
        'allowed_servers' => array(
                "one",
                "two"
        ),
        'current_storage' => 'two',
        'qlink_corporate_site_url' => 'http://my-domain/main'
    ),
    ...
    ...

• Compiling CSS: To compile the CSS you need to have Sass and Compass installed. Once installed run the following script:

cd theme/qlink_web/sass
compass watch

Then, if you modify the .sass files stored in theme/qlink_web/sass/, you will find the css compiled in theme/qlink_web/css/global.css. Then run:

cp theme/qlink_web/css/global.css public/css/

Finally, to minimize the .js and .css files execute the following script (this step require a JRE java installed):

./minify.sh 

To run the web application you need install and run a web application server as nginx. Then, do:

1. Install NGINX application web server in your host.

2. Add this enrty in your hosts file (usually /etc/hosts):
   
   

    127.0.0.1       qlink 

3. Configure the nginx server to serve the qlink web application. For example, assuming / var / www is the main application folder, configure the new web server as follows:
   
   

server {

    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name qlink;
    root /var/www/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_pass php-upstream;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

If you do not have enough time to invest in the configuration and installation of the necessary components, you may want to follow the steps we propose to run the dockerized application using docker-compose and laradock.

Do the following:

a. Follow the steps in the Installation section.

b. Add this enrty in your hosts file (usually /etc/hosts):

    127.0.0.1       qlink 

c. Install and run the Docker Engine following the steps described in Install Docker.

d. In laradock folder of our project, run the following bash script to build and run docker containers:

cd laradock

./createProyect.sh 

e. Then, open http://qlink/ in your browser. That is all.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Only use the Dockerized application for development or testing purposes. Do not use it for a productive environment unless you take all the necessary security and configuration precautions.

PD: You will also find the following scripts to re-build, stop, start and connect to the workspace by ssh (rebuildProyect.sh, stopServer.sh, startServer.sh and connectSSH.sh)

1. Qlink.it client application for android here

Qlink.it application is distributed under MIT license. You can read more about this project at https://qlink.it/main.