SymPortal.org

Get Started

Set up .env

To set up environment variables, create .env file and put neccesary credentials and variables:

CONTACT_EMAIL_ADDRESS='yulia.iakovleva@uni-konstanz.de'

GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=''

POSTGRES_USER=''
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=''
POSTGRES_DB=''

SFTP_UID=1001
SFTP_GID=1001
SFTP_USERNAME=''
SFTP_PASSWORD=''
SFTP_HOME=''

SYMPORTAL_DATABASE_CONTAINER=symportal-database
SYMPORTAL_FLASK_CONTAINER=symportal-flask
SYMPORTAL_NGINX_CONTAINER=symportal-nginx
SYMPORTAL_FRAMEWORK_CONTAINER=symportal-framework

SENDGRID_API_KEY=''
SENDGRID_EMAIL_SENDER=''

Build the project

To build the project with Docker Compose, run the following script

sudo bash run_docker.sh

Application Architecture

This project utilizes the "Infrastructure as Code" approach to set up a scalable and reproducible architecture.

It utilizes Docker Compose to manage four containers:

• NGINX
• Flask + Gunicorn
• Symportal Framework
• PostgreSQL Database

Here below is an overview of the application architecture schema.

Application Instances

• Dev: https://symportal.org:8443/
• Prod: https://symportal.org:443/

About

The SymPortal Framework and Flask application was written by Benjamin Hume benjamincchume@gmail.com.

The architecture migration and CI/CD set up were made by Yulia Iakovleva yulia.iakovleva@uni-konstanz.de.