Parking Lot Management

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.7.10
2. Pipenv

Intallation

1. Clone the Git repository and goto the project root directory.

git clone https://gitlab.ergov.com/abid/parking-lot-monitoring.git
cd parking-lot-monitoring
cp .env.example .env

2. Install the dependencies using pipenv and activate virtual environment.

pipenv install
pipenv shell

3. Run the server using the below command

pipenv run flask run

The application can be browse with the below URL. http://localhost:5000

Useful Commands

A couple of helper commands are given below.

1. DB initialization

pipenv run flask db init

2. Migrate the database

pipenv run flask db migrate

Some helping commands for DB usage

1. Create/ run Postgres/ Pgadmin container

docker pull postgres
docker run -p 5432:5432 --name postgresdb -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=admin -d postgres

docker pull dpage/pgadmin4
docker run -p 5050:80  -e "[email protected]" \
         -e "PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=password" \
         -d dpage/pgadmin4

# Create DB user for the project
create database parking_lot;
create user parking_lot with encrypted password 'password';
grant all privileges on database parking_lot to parking_lot;
# Login to the DB (host/ username maybe change accordingly)
psql -h 127.0.0.1 -d parking_lot -U admin -p 5432

Conclusion

An useful user data script while launching Amazon EC2 instance to deploy flask project. Flask Deployment in AWS

Special thanks to ParkingLot Repository.