• This file contains instruction on how to operate and how to configure the website
• The website is a forum that is supposed to be be answered by the users and partners (NGOs)
• The user will receive notifications if someone posted a new answer

• Install apache2 server using the following command: apt-get install apache2

• install apache2 modules related to php

• Configure apache2 to use ssl and https by creating a certificate. Consult digital ocean documentation

• install mysql database using the following command apt-get install mysql-server

• Configure mysql database to have a user with the password/username of boubou4

• Creating another user for the database would lead to fixing the code to reflect that.

• Run the database.sql schema against your newly created database so that it will create the tables

• Install postfix sever and configure an internet site with the capability of sending emails apt-get install postfix

• configure postfix using the command dpkg-reconfigure postfix

• set up an internet site for postfix

• set up an authentication to gmail [email protected] by creating an sasl_password file

• run the command postmap against sasl_password file

• start all services using the following command service apache2 start; service mysql start; service postfix start;

• see error logs inside /var/log/apache2/error.log and /var/log/mail/mail.log

• test email services configured using the following command echo 'text-content' | mail -s 'subject' '[email protected]'

• visit index.php inside the folder or set the default route to it

• run npm install autosize so that we get the autosize functionality for the post

• passwords are saved nd secure using hash salt system

• website functions under ssl tunnel

• postfix is installed so that email notification system is set up to notify the user when ever he receives an answer

• documents are uploaded and saved in the database and retrived from there

• ability to sign a document using the user's private key or encrypt it using the user's public key

• posts are searchable through tags

• The website is prone to mysql injection (do you know that myconcordia.ca is prone to this???)

• tags are dynamically created and there is an auto complete feature for them to help the user entering tags

• forum is ordered based on the number of up votes each post has received

• the forum is 80% phone responsive

• images and documents (pdf) are able to preview before download

• responsive menu depending on screen size

• light green 89d475
• pale green 69D4A0
• cyan 75cad7
• meduim blue 648ad1
• navy 776bc9
• purple 7f3ec2

a) RSS feed if necessary
b) final touches for the phone reposivness

#docker run -it -v $PWD/src:/var/www/html/ -p80:80 -p443:443 --name edel --link edel-mysql:edel-mysql edel:3.0 /bin/bash

-- DOCKER init #start the docker deamon systemctl start docker.service docker.socket

#run both of the servicess
docker start edel-mysql edel5 

#run the apache and the email services
docker attach edel5
apachectl start
postfix start

#inshort
two dockers one mysql and the other is apache and postfix

-- Overview #what is this: prototype of a webforum to test the idea of user contribution

#what is the general achitecture
the edel database has the following elements:
    a) Users (create a ppk pair and salted hash password)
    b) Posts (Tree Structure)
    c) Documents (documents stored in database and signed)
    d) Votes (upvote and downvote a post)
    e) Tags (taging a post and grabbing posts related to a tag)
    

#backend
backend is done with php and mysql

#frontend
front end is done with w3.css javascript