MAKE - Unified managment application for HMC's Makerspace

Live at make.hmc.edu

What does MAKE handle?

• Inventory management and discovery
• Workshop scheduling and registration
• Tool checkout system
• Shift scheduling and management
• Steward proficiency program
• Student grant applications
• Restock requests and fulfillment

What is in each folder?

./MAKE-server contains the server files for MAKE, written in Python with FastAPI as a framework.

./MAKE-website contains the website files for MAKE. These are served by the MAKE server as static resource files.

Development setup

To get started developing MAKE, you'll need git, python3, and a local MongoDB installation.

• Git can be downloaded from this page or by using brew for MacOS.
• Python can be downloaded from this page or by using brew for MacOS.
• MongoDB Community can be downloaded from this page, but make sure NOT to install mongodb-atlas, which is their cloud version of mongodb.
• MongoDB Compass is the GUI for MongoDB, and can be downloaded from this page.

Once you've installed these tools, clone this repo by running

git clone https://github.com/HMC-Makerspace/MAKE.git

Navigate into the server by running

cd MAKE/MAKE-server

Then install the requirements by running

pip install -r requirements.txt` or `pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Copy over the template config file

cp template_config.py config.py

Nothing needs to be filled out in the config file unless you're testing emailing or the Discord bot.

Finally, start the server by running

python main.py 

or

python3 main.py

and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8080. If you're deploying this in production, make sure to use the --prod flag.

Tips and Tricks

Backing Up

Before any large change, make sure to use mongoduump to backup the database. This can be done by running

mongodump --uri="mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017" --db make --out make_backup

Pushing Changes to Server

After committing your changes to the repo, you can push them to production by first SSHing into the server using

ssh ethan@make.hmc.edu

and navigating to the MAKE directory. The password should be known by the Head Steward team. After logging in, run git pull to pull the changes from the repo.

If you've made changes to any Python files, you'll need to restart the server by running screen -r make to reattach to the server screen. Run python3 main.py --prod to start the server again, then press CTRL + A, let go, and then press D, to leave the screen running in the background. If no changes were made to Python files, the server will automatically restart with the new changes, and this step can be skipped.