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tangentschool

software to run an online course

• app contains the python backend
• web contains the html/css/coffee-script frontend

deployment (ubuntu 15.10)

First, install the default nginx:

sudo apt-get install nginx

Copy files to:

local	remote
etc/*	/etc/*
web/*	/var/www/html/*
app/*	/var/www/wsgi/*

Update nginx to use the new config file:

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo rm default
sudo ln -s ../sites-available/tangentschool.conf
sudo service nginx restart

install node 5.x for the front-end:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
cd /var/www/html
npm install

Install PostgreSQL 9.5:

sudo su -
echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wily-pgdg main' \
    >  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc \
    | apt-key add -
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.5 postgresql-server-dev-9.5

# make sure the 'port' line is set to '5432' (not 5433):
grep ^port  /etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf
# (fix if necessary)
 
service postgresql restart
exit

Create a user and database:

sudo su - postgres
createuser -P tangentschool
# (enter password twice)
createdb -O tangentschool tangentschool
exit

add some data:

psql -h localhost -U tangentschool
# <enter password>
\i /path/to/tangentschool/sql/tangentschool.sql

now set up the python backend:

mkdir /var/www/wsgi
cd /var/www/wsgi
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev
pip install -r requirements.txt
python serve.py