fittrackee installation on debian 12 host

[speefak]

Hello, I've been trying to get Fittrackee up and running for days. I've tried different approaches, such as:

Compiling Python 3.9 myself.
Installing Python 3.11 from the sources.
Installing using pip, pip3.9, pip3.11, and pipx.

I haven't been able to complete the entire manual installation because I don't know where and how to set the environment parameters. Using pipx and the whl installation, I managed to install Fittrackee, but with each reinstall, I encounter the following error when creating the Fittrackee database or during the installation:

fittrackee
2024/02/18 11:50:50 - fittrackee - WARNING - Redis not available, API rate limits are disabled.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/fittrackee", line 5, in
from fittrackee.main import main
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/fittrackee/main.py", line 23, in
app = create_app()
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/fittrackee/init.py", line 87, in create_app
db.init_app(app)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/flask_sqlalchemy/extension.py", line 310, in init_app
raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Either 'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI' or 'SQLALCHEMY_BINDS' must be set.

Can anyone help me troubleshoot and resolve this issue? I appreciate any assistance!

[SamR1]

Hi,

To set environment variables, a .env file can be created (an example can be found here).
Some variables are mandatory, like DATABASE_URL.

Once the variables have been set, the .env file must be sourced to make them available:

$ source .env

[speefak]

Thank you for the information. The part about creating the configuration and then loading it via the source command was a bit confusing in the tutorial. I am writing guide to install fittrackee on debian 12 :

https://speefak.spdns.de/oss_lifestyle/fittrackee-installation-unter-debian-12/

Email , Redis , Worker Infos comming soon. Now i try to reach the fittrackee installation from other host than local host. Its a little bit tricky, cause i dont know where i can setup these configs. fittrackee does not run on a apache webserver.

[SamR1]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback, I'll try to improve this part.
The documentation focuses on FitTrackee, since the other parts depend on the operating system and host configuration.

[SamR1]

documentation updated