jaeyubsong/IVIST_server

IVIST server

IVIST: Interactive VIdeo Search Tool in VBS 2020

Getting Started

Let's set up the environment

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Access server via ssh
• (Optional: Add local forwarding to port 5000 to access flask backend directly)

$ ssh USERNAME@"SERVER_IP_ADDRESS" -L localhost:5000:localhost:5000

Setting up the environment

• Build docker image

$ git clone https://github.com/jsong0327/IVIST_server.git
$ cd IVIST_server
$ docker-compose build --no-cache

Run docker environment

• start docker image with container

$ CURRENT_UID=$(id -u):$(id -g) docker-compose up

Useful commands

• access mongoDB with shell

$ docker exec -it simpleflaskapp_mongo_1 mongo

• access mongoDB with bash

$ docker exec -it simpleflaskapp_mongo_1 bash

• View containers

$ docker container ls -a

• Remove containers

$ docker container rm "container_name or id"

• View images

$ docker images

• Remove images

$ docker rmi "image_name or id"

• Export mongodb data

$ mongodump --db database_name --collection collection_name

• Copy file from container to host

docker cp <container id>:/source/file/path/in/container /destination/on/host

• Import mongodb data

$ mongorestore --db database_name path_to_bson_file

Permission errors for 'mondoData' folder

• Access root account

$ ssh ROOT_USERNAME@"SERVER_IP_ADDRESS"

• Locate mongoData folder

$ ssh cd /home/USERNAME/SOMEWHERE_IN_YOUR_ACCOUNT

• Change folder permission

$ sudo chown -R $(id -u USERNAME):$(id -g USERNAME) ./mongoData