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author | ankitjavalkar | 2015-10-06 16:29:45 +0530 |
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committer | ankitjavalkar | 2015-10-07 15:06:10 +0530 |
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Clean setup procedure
- Make corresponding app name changes in script
- Change app name in setup.py
- Minor changes in Readme, it is now split into quickstart & production
- rename install script
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-rw-r--r-- | README_production.md | 189 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | setup.py | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | yaksh/scripts/cli.py (renamed from yaksh/scripts/yaksh.py) | 20 |
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@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Yaksh ======== [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/FOSSEE/online_test.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/FOSSEE/online_test) +This is a Quickstart guide to help users setup a trial instance. If you wish to deploy Yaksh in a production environment here is a [Production Deployment Guide] (https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test/blob/master/README_production.md) + #### Introduction This project provides an "exam" app that lets users take an online @@ -29,22 +31,28 @@ Quick Start #### Installation 1. Install the yaksh + - For latest stable release - pip install yaksh + pip install yaksh + + - For the development version + + pip install git+https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test.git 1. In the terminal run - yaksh create_demo [-p PATH] project_name - - ```project_name``` is the desired name of the django project - - PATH is an optional argument to specify where the django project will be installed + yaksh create_demo [-p PATH] [project_name] + - ```project_name``` is the desired name of the django project. + - In case a ```project_name``` is not specified, the project is initialised with the name ```yaksh_demo``` + - PATH is an optional flag to specify where the django project will be installed - If PATH is not provided, the project is created in the current directory 1. The script does the following; - 1. Creates a new django project called `projectname` - 1. Creates a new demo database - 1. Creates two users, test moderator and test examinee - 1. Loads demo questions - 1. Loads demo quiz + 1. Creates a new django project called `project_name` + 1. Creates a new demo database + 1. Creates two users, test moderator and test examinee + 1. Loads demo questions + 1. Loads demo quiz 1. Run: @@ -57,197 +65,9 @@ Quick Start 1. Open your browser and open the URL ```http://localhost:8000/exam``` 1. Login as a teacher to edit the quiz or as a student to take the quiz - Credentials: - - Student - Username: student | Password: student - - Teacher - Username: teacher | Password: teacher - -Production Deployment -====================== - -#### Pre-Requisite - - 1. Install dependencies using - pip install -r requirements.txt - 1. Install MySql Server - 1. Install Python MySql support - 1. Install Apache Server for deployment - -#### Configure MySql server - - 1. Create a database named ``yaksh`` by following the steps below - - $> mysql -u root -p - mysql> create database yaksh - - 1. Add a user named ```yaksh_user``` and give access to it on the database ```yaksh``` by following the steps below - - 1. mysql> grant usage on yaksh.* to yaksh_user@localhost identified by 'mysecretpassword'; - - 1. mysql> grant all privileges on yaksh.* to yaksh_user@localhost; - - 1. Add `DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mysecretpassword'` and `DATABASE_USER = 'yaksh_user'` to online_test/settings.py - -To deploy this app follow the steps below: - - 1. Clone this repository and cd to the cloned repo. - git clone https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test.git - - 1. Run: - python manage.py syncdb - - 1. Add questions by editing the "docs/sample_questions.py" or any other file in the same format and then run the following: - - python manage.py load_exam docs/sample_questions.py - - Note that you can supply multiple Python files as arguments and all of - those will be added to the database. - - 1. First run the python server provided. This ensures that the code is executed in a safe environment. Do this like so: - - $ sudo python yaksh/code_server.py - - Put this in the background once it has started since this will not - return back the prompt. It is important that the server be running - *before* students start attempting the exam. Using sudo is - necessary since the server is run as the user "nobody". This runs - on the ports configured in the settings.py file in the variable - "SERVER_PORTS". The "SERVER_TIMEOUT" also can be changed there. - This is the maximum time allowed to execute the submitted code. - Note that this will likely spawn multiple processes as "nobody" - depending on the number of server ports specified. - - 1. The ```wsgi.py``` script should make it - easy to deploy this using mod_wsgi. You will need to add a line of the form: - - WSGIScriptAlias / "/online_test/wsgi.py" - - to your apache.conf. For more details see the Django docs here: - - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/wsgi/ - - 1. Go to http://desired_host_or_ip:desired_port/admin - - 1. Login with your credentials and look at the questions and modify if - needed. Create a new Quiz, set the date and duration or - activate/deactivate the quiz. - - 1. Now ask users to login at: - - http://host:port/exam - - And you should be all set. - - 1. Note that the directory "output" will contain directories, one for each - user. Users can potentially write output into these that can be used - for checking later. - - 1. As Moderator user you can visit http://host/exam/monitor to view - results and user data interactively. You could also "grade" the - papers manually if needed. - - 1. You may dump the results and user data using the results2csv and - dump_user_data commands. - - 1. The file docs/sample_questions.py is a template that you can use for your own questions. - - 1. Sometimes you might be in the situation where you are not hosted as - "host.org/exam/" but as "host.org/foo/exam/" for whatever reason. In - this case edit "settings.py" and set the "URL_ROOT" to the root you - have to serve at. In the above example for "host.org/foo/exam" set - URL_ROOT='/foo'. - -Development Settings -==================== - -To install this app follow the steps below: - - 1. Clone this repository and cd to the cloned repo. - ```git clone https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test.git``` - - 1. Run: - - python manage.py syncdb - - 1. Add questions by editing the "docs/sample_questions.py" or any other file in the same format and then run the following: - - python manage.py load_exam docs/sample_questions.py - - Note that you can supply multiple Python files as arguments and all of - those will be added to the database. - - 1. First run the python server provided. This ensures that the code is executed in a safe environment. Do this like so: - - $ sudo python yaksh/code_server.py - - Put this in the background once it has started since this will not - return back the prompt. It is important that the server be running - *before* students start attempting the exam. Using sudo is - necessary since the server is run as the user "nobody". This runs - on the ports configured in the settings.py file in the variable - "SERVER_PORTS". The "SERVER_TIMEOUT" also can be changed there. - This is the maximum time allowed to execute the submitted code. - Note that this will likely spawn multiple processes as "nobody" - depending on the number of server ports specified. - - 1. Now, Run: - - python manage.py runserver <desired_ip>:<desired_port> - - 1. Go to http://desired_host_or_ip:desired_port/admin - - 1. Login with your credentials and look at the questions and modify if - needed. Create a new Quiz, set the date and duration or - activate/deactivate the quiz. - - 1. Now ask users to login at: - - http://host:port/exam - - And you should be all set. - - 1. Note that the directory "output" will contain directories, one for each - user. Users can potentially write output into these that can be used - for checking later. - - 1. As admin user you can visit http://host/exam/monitor to view - results and user data interactively. You could also "grade" the - papers manually if needed. - - 1. You may dump the results and user data using the results2csv and - dump_user_data commands. - - 1. The file docs/sample_questions.py is a template that you can use for your own questions. - - 1. Sometimes you might be in the situation where you are not hosted as - "host.org/exam/" but as "host.org/foo/exam/" for whatever reason. In - this case edit "settings.py" and set the "URL_ROOT" to the root you - have to serve at. In the above example for "host.org/foo/exam" set - URL_ROOT='/foo'. - -Additional commands available -============================== - -We provide several convenient commands for you to use: - - - load_exam : load questions and a quiz from a python file. See - docs/sample_questions.py - - - load_questions_xml : load questions from XML file, see - docs/sample_questions.xml use of this is deprecated in favor of - load_exam. - - - results2csv : Dump the quiz results into a CSV file for further - processing. - - - dump_user_data : Dump out relevalt user data for either all users or - specified users. - -For more information on these do this: - - $ python manage.py help [command] - -where [command] is one of the above. - + Credentials: + - Student - Username: student | Password: student + - Teacher - Username: teacher | Password: teacher Inspiration =========== diff --git a/README_production.md b/README_production.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7b99e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/README_production.md @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +Production Deployment +====================== + +This README provides documentation to help deploy Yaksh in a production environment. If you wish to take Yaksh on a trial run, here is a [Quickstart Guide] (https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test/blob/master/README.md) + +#### Pre-Requisite + + 1. Ensure [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html) is installed + 1. Install dependencies using + pip install -r requirements.txt + 1. Install MySql Server + 1. Install Python MySql support + 1. Install Apache Server for deployment + +#### Configure MySql server + + 1. Create a database named ``yaksh`` by following the steps below + + $> mysql -u root -p + mysql> create database yaksh + + 1. Add a user named ```yaksh_user``` and give access to it on the database ```yaksh``` by following the steps below + + 1. mysql> grant usage on yaksh.* to yaksh_user@localhost identified by 'mysecretpassword'; + + 1. mysql> grant all privileges on yaksh.* to yaksh_user@localhost; + + 1. Add `DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mysecretpassword'` and `DATABASE_USER = 'yaksh_user'` to online_test/settings.py + +To deploy this app follow the steps below: + + 1. Clone this repository and cd to the cloned repo. + git clone https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test.git + + 1. Run: + python manage.py syncdb + + 1. Add questions by editing the "docs/sample_questions.py" or any other file in the same format and then run the following: + + python manage.py load_exam docs/sample_questions.py + + Note that you can supply multiple Python files as arguments and all of + those will be added to the database. + + 1. First run the python server provided. This ensures that the code is executed in a safe environment. Do this like so: + + $ sudo python yaksh/code_server.py + + Put this in the background once it has started since this will not + return back the prompt. It is important that the server be running + *before* students start attempting the exam. Using sudo is + necessary since the server is run as the user "nobody". This runs + on the ports configured in the settings.py file in the variable + "SERVER_PORTS". The "SERVER_TIMEOUT" also can be changed there. + This is the maximum time allowed to execute the submitted code. + Note that this will likely spawn multiple processes as "nobody" + depending on the number of server ports specified. + + 1. The ```wsgi.py``` script should make it + easy to deploy this using mod_wsgi. You will need to add a line of the form: + + WSGIScriptAlias / "/online_test/wsgi.py" + + to your apache.conf. For more details see the Django docs here: + + https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/wsgi/ + + 1. Go to http://desired_host_or_ip:desired_port/admin + + 1. Login with your credentials and look at the questions and modify if + needed. Create a new Quiz, set the date and duration or + activate/deactivate the quiz. + + 1. Now ask users to login at: + + http://host:port/exam + + And you should be all set. + + 1. Note that the directory "output" will contain directories, one for each + user. Users can potentially write output into these that can be used + for checking later. + + 1. As Moderator user you can visit http://host/exam/monitor to view + results and user data interactively. You could also "grade" the + papers manually if needed. + + 1. You may dump the results and user data using the results2csv and + dump_user_data commands. + + 1. The file docs/sample_questions.py is a template that you can use for your own questions. + + 1. Sometimes you might be in the situation where you are not hosted as + "host.org/exam/" but as "host.org/foo/exam/" for whatever reason. In + this case edit "settings.py" and set the "URL_ROOT" to the root you + have to serve at. In the above example for "host.org/foo/exam" set + URL_ROOT='/foo'. + +Development Settings +==================== + +To install this app follow the steps below: + + 1. Clone this repository and cd to the cloned repo. + ```git clone https://github.com/FOSSEE/online_test.git``` + + 1. Run: + + python manage.py syncdb + + 1. Add questions by editing the "docs/sample_questions.py" or any other file in the same format and then run the following: + + python manage.py load_exam docs/sample_questions.py + + Note that you can supply multiple Python files as arguments and all of + those will be added to the database. + + 1. First run the python server provided. This ensures that the code is executed in a safe environment. Do this like so: + + $ sudo python yaksh/code_server.py + + Put this in the background once it has started since this will not + return back the prompt. It is important that the server be running + *before* students start attempting the exam. Using sudo is + necessary since the server is run as the user "nobody". This runs + on the ports configured in the settings.py file in the variable + "SERVER_PORTS". The "SERVER_TIMEOUT" also can be changed there. + This is the maximum time allowed to execute the submitted code. + Note that this will likely spawn multiple processes as "nobody" + depending on the number of server ports specified. + + 1. Now, Run: + + python manage.py runserver <desired_ip>:<desired_port> + + 1. Go to http://desired_host_or_ip:desired_port/admin + + 1. Login with your credentials and look at the questions and modify if + needed. Create a new Quiz, set the date and duration or + activate/deactivate the quiz. + + 1. Now ask users to login at: + + http://host:port/exam + + And you should be all set. + + 1. Note that the directory "output" will contain directories, one for each + user. Users can potentially write output into these that can be used + for checking later. + + 1. As admin user you can visit http://host/exam/monitor to view + results and user data interactively. You could also "grade" the + papers manually if needed. + + 1. You may dump the results and user data using the results2csv and + dump_user_data commands. + + 1. The file docs/sample_questions.py is a template that you can use for your own questions. + + 1. Sometimes you might be in the situation where you are not hosted as + "host.org/exam/" but as "host.org/foo/exam/" for whatever reason. In + this case edit "settings.py" and set the "URL_ROOT" to the root you + have to serve at. In the above example for "host.org/foo/exam" set + URL_ROOT='/foo'. + +Additional commands available +============================== + +We provide several convenient commands for you to use: + + - load_exam : load questions and a quiz from a python file. See + docs/sample_questions.py + + - load_questions_xml : load questions from XML file, see + docs/sample_questions.xml use of this is deprecated in favor of + load_exam. + + - results2csv : Dump the quiz results into a CSV file for further + processing. + + - dump_user_data : Dump out relevalt user data for either all users or + specified users. + +For more information on these do this: + + $ python manage.py help [command] + +where [command] is one of the above. @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ README = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')).read() os.chdir(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), os.pardir))) setup( - name='django-exam', - author='python team at IIT Bombay', + name='yaksh', + author='Python Team, IIT Bombay', author_email='python@fossee.in', version='0.1', packages=find_packages(), @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup( license='BSD License', entry_points = { 'console_scripts': [ - 'yaksh = yaksh.scripts.yaksh:main', + 'yaksh = yaksh.scripts.cli:main', ], }, description='A django app to conduct online tests.', diff --git a/yaksh/scripts/yaksh.py b/yaksh/scripts/cli.py index 4360d1b..5ad5ad6 100644 --- a/yaksh/scripts/yaksh.py +++ b/yaksh/scripts/cli.py @@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ TEMPLATE_DIR = path.join(PARENT_DIR, 'demo_templates') def main(): #Parse command-line to obtain the arguments and/or options # create top-level parser object - parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="vimarsh") + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="yaksh") subparser = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcommand") # create parser for the "create_demo" subcommand create_demo_parser = subparser.add_parser("create_demo", help="Create a new demo Django project") create_demo_parser.add_argument("project_name", type=str, + default="yaksh_demo", + nargs="?", help="name of demo Django project") create_demo_parser.add_argument("-p", "--path", type=str, help="path of demo Django project") @@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ def main(): # create parser for the "run_code_server" subcommand code_server_parser = subparser.add_parser("run_code_server", - help="Initialise Vimarsh code server") + help="Initialise yaksh code server") code_server_parser.add_argument("-P", "--ports", type=int, nargs='+', help="code server ports") @@ -65,13 +67,13 @@ def main(): else: run_server() -def create_demo(project_name='vimarsh_demo', project_dir=CUR_DIR): +def create_demo(project_name='yaksh_demo', project_dir=CUR_DIR): try: management.call_command('startproject', project_name, project_dir) print("Demo Django project '{0}' created at '{1}'".format(project_name, project_dir)) except Exception, e: - print("Error: {0}\nExiting Vimarsh Installer".format(e)) + print("Error: {0}\nExiting yaksh Installer".format(e)) if project_dir is None: top_dir = path.join(os.getcwd(), project_name) @@ -110,11 +112,11 @@ def run_demo(project_name, top_dir): subprocess.call(command, shell=True) def run_server(): - try: - from yaksh import code_server - code_server.main() - except Exception as e: - print("Error: {0}\nExiting Vimarsh code server".format(e)) + # try: + from yaksh import code_server + code_server.main() + # except Exception as e: + print("Error: {0}\nExiting yaksh code server".format(e)) def _set_project_details(project_name, top_dir): file_path = path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'project_detail.py') |