devicehub-teal/README.md

# Devicehub

Devicehub is a distributed IT Asset Management System focused in reusing devices, created under the project [eReuse.org](https://www.ereuse.org)

This README explains how to install and use Devicehub. [The documentation](http://devicehub.ereuse.org) explains the concepts and the API.

Devicehub is built with [Teal](https://github.com/ereuse/teal) and [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org).

# Installing
The requirements are:

-  Python 3.7.3 or higher. In debian 10 is `# apt install python3`.
-  [PostgreSQL 11 or higher](https://www.postgresql.org/download/).
-  Weasyprint [dependencie](http://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html)

Install Devicehub with *pip*: `pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt -e .`

# Running
Create a PostgreSQL database called *devicehub* by running [create-db](examples/create-db.sh):

-  In Linux, execute the following two commands (adapt them to your distro):

   1. `sudo su - postgres`.
   2. `bash examples/create-db.sh devicehub dhub`, and password `ereuse`.

-  In MacOS: `bash examples/create-db.sh devicehub dhub`, and password `ereuse`.

Configure project using environment file (you can use provided example as quickstart):                    
```bash
$ cp examples/env.example .env
```

Using the `dh` tool for set up with one or multiple inventories.  
Create the tables in the database by executing:

```bash
$  export dhi=dbtest;  dh inv add --common --name dbtest
```

Finally, run the app:

```bash
$ export dhi=dbtest;dh run --debugger
```

The error ‘bdist_wheel’ can happen when you work with a *virtual environment*.  
To fix it, install in the *virtual environment* wheel
package. `pip3 install wheel`

## Multiple instances

Devicehub can run as a single inventory or with multiple inventories, each inventory being an instance of the `devicehub`. To add a new inventory  execute:
```bash
$ export dhi=dbtest;  dh inv add --name dbtest
```

Note: The `dh` command is like `flask`, but it allows you to create and delete instances, and interface to them directly.


# Testing

1. `git clone` this project.
2. Create a database for testing executing `create-db.sh` like the normal installation but changing the first parameter from `devicehub` to `dh_test`: `create-db.sh dh_test dhub` and password `ereuse`.
3. Execute at the root folder of the project `python3 setup.py test`.


# Migrations

At this stage, migration files are created manually.
Set up the database:

```bash
$ sudo su - postgres
$ bash $PATH_TO_DEVIHUBTEAL/examples/create-db.sh devicehub dhub
```

Initialize the database:

```bash
$ export dhi=dbtest; dh inv add --common --name dbtest
```

This command will create the schemas, tables in the specified database.
Then we need to stamp the initial migration.

```bash
$ alembic stamp head
```


This command will set the revision **fbb7e2a0cde0_initial**  as our initial migration.
For more info in migration stamping please see https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/cookbook.html


Whenever a change needed eg to create a new schema, alter an existing table, column or perform any
operation on tables, create a new revision file:

```bash
$ alembic revision -m "A table change"
```

This command will create a new revision file with name `<revision_id>_a_table_change`.
Edit the generated file with the necessary operations to perform the migration:

```bash
$ alembic edit <revision_id>
```

Apply migrations using:

```bash
$ alembic -x inventory=dbtest upgrade head
```
Then to go back to previous db version:

```bash
$ alembic -x inventory=dbtest downgrade <revision_id>
```

To see a full list of migrations use

```bash
$ alembic history
```

## Generating the docs


1. `git clone` this project.
2. Install plantuml. In Debian 9 is `# apt install plantuml`.
3. Execute `pip3 install -e .[docs]` in the project root folder.
4. Go to `<project root folder>/docs` and execute `make html`. Repeat this step to generate new docs.

To auto-generate the docs do `pip3 install -e .[docs-auto]`, then execute, in the root folder of the project `sphinx-autobuild docs docs/_build/html`.