Initial Setup with Docker

Docker Build

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The MLSB app can be ran locally using Docker. One just needs to install Docker and run the setup.sh script. For those on Windows it is recommended to use git bash.

./setup.sh

This will create a Docker container with a postgres database, redis mem cache and flask web app. The following environment variables are defaulted but can be overridden simply by setting them in your environment:

1. ADMIN=admin (the admin's user name)
2. PASSWORD=password (the admin password)
3. DATABASE_URL=postgresql://$ADMIN:$PASSWORD@postgres:5432/mlsb (the postgres database to connect to)
4. KIK=kik (the Kik user name used to access certain APIs)
5. KIKPW=password (the password for the Kik user)
6. SECRET_KEY=secret (a secret key used by Flask)
7. REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/1 (the redis database to use for caching)

Finally, the app can be shutdown by simply running the teardown.sh script

./teardown.sh