absence-note

Online absence note system

Brought to you by:

TeaTime

Leon Chou
Johnny So
Roy Xu
Kevin Yan

Deployment Guide

To setup nodejs

$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

To setup server

7. Run "sudo apt-get install git"

8. Run "npm install forever"

9. Clone the repo and navigate into directory

10. Run "npm install"

11. Create a file called ownerstartup.sh

12. Copy and paste the following into the file -things omitted for obvious reasons

    export env=production export PORT=3000 export OWNER="Is owner"

    export SECRET=

    export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= export GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=

    export GMAIL_USERNAME= export GMAIL_PASSWORD= export GMAIL_SENDER="Stuy Absence Note"

    nodejs ./bin/www

13. Replace the necessary information in the file (secret key, google client id, etc.)

14. Run "chmod +x ownerstartup.sh"

To setup PM2

$ sudo npm install pm2 -g  
$ pm2 start --name "absence_note" ./startup.sh

Run the command you get from the output of this line to start the server on startup
$ pm2 startup ubuntu

Nginx setup

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

then create a file named /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
paste the following

server {  
    listen 80;  

    server_name <example.com>;  

    location / {  
        proxy_pass http://0.0.0.1:3000;  
        proxy_http_version 1.1;  
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;  
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';  
        proxy_set_header Host $host;  
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;  
    }  
}  

then run
$ sudo service nginx restart

The server should now be running!

Changelog

• May 17
  • fixed models error in config & module.js
  • added the accounts.js in models directory
  • working homepage button
  • setting the environment
• May 18
  • GOOGLE AUTH working
• May 20
  • Absence and Student / Teacher / Admin Schemas created
• May 21
  • Frontpage completed
  • Schemas created (Account, Student, Teacher)
• May 22
  • Home Page changed to support google auth
  • Created launch screen for students and admins
  • Created absence note form
  • Absences model finished (schema & add method)
• May 24
  • Finished early excuse note
  • Updated launch screen (rotated square)
• May 25
  • Added method .approve to the AbsenceSchema
• May 26
  • Updated route names and finished new absence form
• May 27
  • Added method .remove to AbsenceSchema
• May 28
  • Updated early excuse form
• May 29
  • Finished creating all possible routes
• June 2
  • Finished history page
• June 3
  • Early Excuse Schema
  • Ajax for Absences
  • Profile Page
• June 7
  • Initial Deployment Guide
  • Updated Profile Page
  • Working on Note Submission Backend
• June 8
  • Updated Absence Note
  • Added pickaday and autocomplete
• June 9
  • Added Javascript to most pages
  • Created teacher pages
  • Created pages to view Absences and Early Excuse
  • Approve/Deny for admin and teacher
• June 10
  • Finished frontend (all pages created)