# Installation

## Dependencies
* Python 3.7 +
* virtualenv
* Install postgresql and add pg_config to PATH
* Install Apache server (Alternatively, on a Mac, make sure you have xcode installed, which includes Apache server)

## Install Python requirements
Run the following commands in the root folder
* Create a virtual environment. ```python3 -m venv virt_env```
* Activate the virtual env ```source virt_env\bin\activate```
* Install python requirements ```pip3 install -r requirements.txt```

### Troubleshooting pip install errros on a Mac
* Install python 3.7 if you don't already have it. Latest xcode upgrades to 3.9, which does not work.
* psutil fails because of Mac architecture. Set env variable ```export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"```
* Update requirements.txt to install ```psycopg2-binary``` instead of ```psycopg2```

## Run Django migrations
* ```cd src``` 
* ```python3 manage.py migrate```

## Run Django application
* ```python3 manage.py runserver ```

## Register cronjobs for generating Dashboard reports
* Register - ```python3 manage.py crontab add```