Configuring Flask server¶

Note: assuming you have an Apache working and running.

Navigate to bin folder in a root of the ci-hpc repository and execute the start-flask-server.sh

bin/start-flask-server.sh

And you should see something like this in the terminal window:

>>> 1.6390 DEBUG: running server
 * Serving Flask app "visualisation.www" (lazy loading)
 * Environment: production
 * Debug mode: off
 * Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

And if you visit the url http://0.0.0.0:5000/ in your browser, you shoud see the message:

Your server is running!

Edit index.html located in www folder. Lines 20 and 21 is all you need to change. Simple change the values so they match your project and server:

By default project is set to hello-world and ip is just a dummy url. The IP you specify must be accessible by another computer!
```
 projectName: 'hello-world',
 flaskApiUrl: 'http://flask.server.example.com:5000',
```
Edit visualisation settings for yout project The yaml file is located at cfg/<project>.yaml. e.g. if you have project with name foo, the location is cfg/foo.yaml

This configuration is reasonably straightforward. You fill out the info about your project and then just say what variables will be used for what cause. Take a look at example file which explains what variable is for cause.
Create a symlink to Apache www folder: Note: assuming you are located at the repository root
```
ln -s $(pwd)/www /var/www/html/ci-hpc
```
If you visit http://localhost/ci-hpc you should see the the results.

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