VIPSWeb

This is the code for the public webpage for VIPS. It should be adaptable enough to suit many organizations.

Requirements

The system has been tested and found to run well on Ubuntu >= 18

• The programming language is Python >= 3.6
• The web framework is currently Django 3.1
• Apache web server with mod_wsgi compiled for Python 3

Install and setup

1. Install and activate a virtual Python environment

python3 -m venv my_venv
source my_env/bin/activate

2. Install all the requirements into the virtual environment. Remember to be in the folder where the requirements.txt file is

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run all database migrations

./manage.py migrate

Running with mod_wsgi

The official Django documentation for this can be found here

• If running on e.g. Ubuntu 18, please remember to install the libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 and not the libapache2-mod-wsgi package
• Here's an example mod_wsgi configuration in an Apache2 virtualhost

        WSGIDaemonProcess vipsweb python-path=/opt/VIPSWeb/VIPSWeb python-home=/opt/VIPSWeb/py3dj3
        WSGIProcessGroup vipsweb

        WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/VIPSWeb/VIPSWeb/VIPSWeb/wsgi.py

        <Directory /opt/VIPSWeb/VIPSWeb/VIPSWeb>
                <Files wsgi.py>
                        Require all granted
                </Files>
        </Directory>