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Backend

Local Installation

  1. Clone and create, activate virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
  1. Install the required libraries
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  1. Add the required credentials and other variables to .env file following the .env.example template
touch .env
  1. Start the server as standalone for development purposes
python3 app.py
  1. Start the server for deployment purposes
gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:8000 app:app
  1. 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