ACM-BackEnd

Backend for ACM-ICPC Registration Website

NOTE: This is a Django project, the only reason why GitHub thinks that it's in JavaScript is because the static files of its dependencies didn't work in production, so I had to put them alongside the main files. :))))

AUT ICPC Website documents

** This project is no longer deployed using docker (except its nginx), so the below methods aren't that accurate. **

AUT ICPC website can be deployed with either Swarm or a single docker-compose file. This document will explain both methods. But before doing any actions these Docker images should already exist on the server. (You should pull them from Docker Hub):

• postgres:11
• python:3.7

Method1: Running with Swarm

Gitlab CI/CD Runners Configuration

In this method you can configure GitLab CI/CD runner. If you don't need to have continuous deployment or integration, you can safely skip this step.

1. Install GitLab runner on the server. Read documentations here.

2. Obtain runner token from our Gitlab instance. It can be found in group's settings. Remind that just the owner of the group can have access to this part. You can read more here. Remember that address of GitLab should have https at the start of it.

3. Register a new shell runner on the server with the following command:

sudo gitlab-runner register

From now on, every change you make on the master branch of the front-end or back-end repositories would be deployed on the server beacuse of having the .gitlab-ci.yml file in them.

Load up other parts of the system in the swarm

1. First of all, a local Docker registry should be initiated. It is needed for our Swarm service deployment. Docker-compose is for deploying the local registry and related documents can be found here.

2. Define 127.0.0.1 as a host with acm-registry name by:

sudo echo "127.0.1.1   acm-registry" >> /etc/hosts

3. Init Docker swarm, create a network and push images to the local registry:

docker swarm init
docker network create --scope=swarm --driver=overlay production-net
docker tag postgres:11 acm-registry:5000/postgres:11
docker push acm-registry:5000/postgres:11

4. Clone database repository and follow instructions to bring it up. Repo can be found here.

5. Clone application and follow instructions here.

6. Clone NGINX repository and follow instrctions here.

Method2: Running with single swarm file

Frankly I've skipped on doing this for so long I've forgotten what I was supposed to do, hopefully I'll remember.