CONTEXT: Along with "Tickets" and "GABC", this app was designed as a "concept app" to streamline various processes in the DoD. Whereas "Tickets" deals with streamlining customer IT support, "Network Monitoring Center" was designed to give better situational awareness to deployed COMMS personnel.
REASONING: Often times it is difficult to troubleshoot network outages in deployed locations. For example, is the problem a result of a bad internal config, or is it being caused by an "upstream" or "downstream" dependency?
This app would provide real-time outage reports from your dependent organizations, as well as provide other COMMS personnel with an up-to-date picture of your current COMSTAT.
Contributions are always welcome! Whether you are new to Django or web development in general (like me) or you're more experienced, you are more than welcome to contribute!
STEP 1: Clone the project (in the terminal): git clone git@github.com:tjdolan121/nmc.git
STEP 2: Create a new virtual environment: virtualenv env
STEP 3: Activate the virtual environment: source env/bin/activate
STEP 4: Navigate to the project directory (should contain "manage.py" file) and install requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt
STEP 5: Obtain a SECRET_KEY: https://www.miniwebtool.com/django-secret-key-generator/
STEP 5: Create a .env file in the project directory
STEP 6: Add a secret key environment variable (in .env): SECRET_KEY=(paste key here)
STEP 7: Run migrations (while in project directory): python manage.py migrate
STEP 8: Create a superuser account: python manage.py createsuperuser
STEP 9: Run server: python manage.py runserver
STEP 10: Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin in browser, log in with your super user account, and create some data.