Backend

Local Installation

1. Clone and create, activate virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

2. Install the required libraries

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

3. Add the required credentials and other variables to .env file following the .env.example template

touch .env

4. Start the server as standalone for development purposes

python3 app.py

5. Start the server for deployment purposes

gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:8000 app:app

6. Run the app as a service using systemd in Linux systems

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/flixpedia.service

Add the following contents into the above mentioned file:

[Unit]
Description=Gunicorn instance for running FlixPedia
After=network.target
[Service]
User={USERNAME_HERE}
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory={WORKING_DIRECTORY_HERE}
ExecStart={WORKING_DIRECTORY_HERE}/venv/bin/gunicorn -b localhost:8000 app:app
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start flixpedia.service
sudo systemctl enable flixpedia.service