foerderbarometer/README.md

# foerderbarometer

purpose: gather data from intern(WMDE) and extern(volunteers) forms to create a database ('förderdatenbank') and send emails with links for a questionary.

## installation and development setup

    ln -sr foerderbarometer/settings_development.py foerderbarometer/settings.py

build database with

  python3 manage.py makemigrations

run the development server with

    python3 manage.py runserver

## versions used in development

    python 3.8.2
    django 3.1.1
    django-formtools 2.2
    whitenoise 5.2.0
    gunicorn 20.0.4

## testing

run some tests with

    python3 manage.py test

## production setup

    ln -sr foerderbarometer/settings_production.py foerderbarometer/settings.py

edit /secrets.json to contain something similar to

    {
      "DATABASE_PASSWORD": "THIS IS TOP SECRET!",
      "SECRET_KEY": "THIS IS ANOTHER SECRET!"
    }

edit foerderbarometer/settings_production.py according to your database setup (tested with MariaDB 10.0.36)

run the following commands:

    python3 manage.py makemigrations
    python3 manage.py migrate
    python3 manage.py collectstatic

add to cron at least one time a day:

    python3 manage.py sendmails

server starts with

    nohup gunicorn --forwarded-allow-ips="*" -b '0:8000' foerderbarometer.wsgi 2&> logfile &


Should be executed at least daily e.g. in crontab

    python3 manage.py sendmails