MO2.2 Install openIMIS without using Docker
General comments about the installation procedure
We have seen in the previous section that Docker packaging is managing all components of the modular openIMIS. If you wish to install the modular openIMIS without Docker, you will have to install separately the backend, the frontend and the gateway (and other optional modules).
Installing openIMIS directly is a tradeoff: it is more complex to get running, has more components to update and monitor but it is also much more flexible for low-bandwidth environments where downloading large docker images is an issue.
TO DO
This guide is still missing:
configuration of the images folder
Database
This guide does not cover the database setup. Both PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server are supported here, unless the REST API is needed.
1 - Minimal Linux setup
This takes Ubuntu as example but can easily be adapted to most other distributions.
mkdir oi
cd oi
sudo apt install openssh-server curl
sudo apt install git python3-venv python3-wheel libpq-dev python3-dev gcc g++ make
If you are going to use the Microsoft database, install the corresponding driver:
Install the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (Linux) - ODBC Driver for SQL Server
Here is the version for Ubuntu until 2021:
if ! [[ "16.04 18.04 20.04 21.04 21.10" == *"$(lsb_release -rs)"* ]];
then
echo "Ubuntu $(lsb_release -rs) is not currently supported.";
exit;
fi
sudo su
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs)/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
exit
sudo apt-get update
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql17
# optional: for bcp and sqlcmd
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y mssql-tools
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
# optional: for unixODBC development headers
sudo apt-get install -y unixodbc-dev
Now, let’s create a Python virtual environment. This is not mandatory but strongly advised to avoid interactions between Python applications:
cd ~/oi # if you are not in this folder anymore
python3 -mvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
2 - Fetching and installing openIMIS apps
We will fetch the main application components, backend and frontend:
git clone https://github.com/openimis/openimis-be_py.git
git clone https://github.com/openimis/openimis-fe_js.git
2.1 - Configure the backend
cd openimis-be_py
# if you are not going to work from the main branch (latest release): git checkout develop
# You might need here to adapt the requirements.txt file. If pandas fails to install below, change to pandas==1.4.2
2.1.1 - Backend requirements installation
Adapt openimis.json
to suit your needs of openIMIS modules to deploy.
pip install -r requirements.txt
python modules-requirements.py > modules-requirements.txt
pip install -r modules-requirements.txt
Now, you will need to create an .env
file with the main parameters of the backend:
DB_HOST=mssql-host-server
DB_PORT=1433
DB_NAME=database-name
DB_USER=database-user
DB_PASSWORD=database-password
DB_ENGINE=mssql
INSUREE_NUMBER_LENGTH=10
INSUREE_NUMBER_MODULE_ROOT=7
SITE_ROOT=api
MASTER_PASS=')(#$1HsD'
Now, we just need to generate the static files:
cd openIMIS
./manage.py collectstatic
Then, try to run the backend server:
cd ~/oi/openimis-be_py/openIMIS # If not already there from last step
./manage.py runserver
If the server takes a really long time to start, the database connection parameters are probably wrong and it is waiting for a database timeout to print an error.
2.1.2 - Configure the automated restart
For systemd, create a file /lib/systemd/system/openimis.service
:
[Unit]
Description=openIMIS backend
After=network-online.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/openimis/oi/openimis-be_py/openIMIS/
ExecStart=/home/openimis/oi/venv/bin/python manage.py runserver
Restart=always
RestartSec=15s
KillMode=process
TimeoutSec=infinity
User=openimis
Group=openimis
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Be careful to adapt the 4 occurences of the “openimis” if your username is different:
two /home/openimis
User/Group
Start the server manually:
sudo systemctl start openimis.service
To make it start automatically at boot:
sudo systemctl enable openimis.service
If the service fails to start, check the logs with:
sudo journalctl -u openimis.service
2.2 - Configure the frontend
2.2.1 - node & yarn installation
The first step is to install node.js. openIMIS versions 1.2 to 1.5 are using node 16. The node installation instructions are available here, but a generic solution like nvm is also a good option.
For Ubuntu with stock Node:
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Then, install yarn:
curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn
2.2.2 - Frontend requirements installation
Go the frontend folder:
cd ~/oi/openimis-fe_js
You can now edit the openimis.json for the frontend to select the components to install.
When done, load the configuration:
yarn load-config
yarn install
yarn build
yarn global add serve
If building yarn fails with an out of memory error, use export GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false
. You can also add this export to your .bashrc
as it is available only for your current session.
At this stage, you should be able to run the app in dev mode with yarn start.
This is not recommended for production !!
So instead, let’s build a static bundle and deploy it in nginx’s path:
yarn build # If not already done above
sudo apt install nginx # We'll set it up below, so if you didn't install it already...
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/front/
sudo chown $USER /var/www/html/front/
cp -r build/* /var/www/html/front/
2.3 - Configure nginx (gateway/reverse proxy)
The docker-compose version uses an openresty image that only relays, here we will be deploying a regular nginx pointing to the static site.
Nginx will also be handling the TLS (HTTPS) with Letsencrypt.
sudo apt install nginx
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default # remove the default site (it’s just a link, don’t worry)
sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/openimis.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/openimis.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/openimis.conf
Here is a sample configuration, to be tuned to your setup. The SSL parts are commented out, they will be updated by Letsencrypt’s certbot:
upstream docker-backend {
server localhost:8000;
}
upstream docker-frontend {
server localhost:3000;
}
upstream restapi {
server localhost:8080;
}
server {
server_name example.openimis.org;
# Don't forget to edit the URL
# return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
#}
#server {
#
# listen 443 ssl;
# server_name example.openimis.org;
#
## ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/example.openimis.org.crt;
## ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/example.openimis.org.key;
client_max_body_size 100M;
location /.well-known {
root /var/www/html;
}
location /LegacyHome {
return 204;
}
location /keepLegacyAlive {
return 204;
}
location / {
return 301 /front/;
}
location /home {
return 301 /front/;
}
location /Home.aspx {
return 301 /front/;
}
location ~/front/(.*) {
root /var/www/html;
try_files $uri $uri/ /front/index.html;
#error_page 404 $scheme://$host/front/;
}
location /iapi/ {
proxy_pass http://docker-backend/api/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
}
location /api/ {
proxy_pass http://docker-backend/api/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
}
location /rest/ {
proxy_pass http://restapi/;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
}
}
client_max_body_size was added in March 2023 to allow uploads of large pictures
Now, restart nginx:
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Finally, enable TLS/SSL with Letsencrypt:
sudo apt-get install python3-certbot-nginx
sudo certbot --nginx -d example.openimis.org # don't forget to edit the URL
You will then need to choose whether or not to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS:
Please choose whether or not to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS, removing HTTP access.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1: No redirect - Make no further changes to the webserver configuration.
2: Redirect - Make all requests redirect to secure HTTPS access. Choose this for
new sites, or if you're confident your site works on HTTPS. You can undo this
change by editing your web server's configuration.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Select the appropriate number [1-2] then [enter] (press 'c' to cancel):
Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS is recommended.
3 - Install the mobile REST API
At the moment, the REST API is the last part of the openIMIS system that was not adapted to Postgres. It can be installed on Linux or other systems via Docker. This guide will show how to set it up as a stand-alone docker.
The REST API does NOT work with Postgres. You must use a Microsoft database for the REST API.
3.1 - Setting up the REST API
First, go to oi
and clone the REST API repository:
cd /oi
git clone https://github.com/openimis/rest_api_c-sharp
cd rest_api_c-sharp
At this stage, you should be on the main
branch.
Currently (May 4 2023), there are some issues that must be fixed on the main
branch, so you should use the fix/docker_compose
branch until it has been merged into main
.
In order to to that, you can enter git switch fix/docker_compose
.
Before starting the REST API, you will need to edit the docker-compose
and Dockerfile
files with the database information.
Here is a sample docker-compose
file. Replace the 5 database values in the environment
section:
version: '2.4'
services:
restapi:
build:
context: ./
args:
BUILD-FLAVOUR: ${BUILD-FLAVOUR:-Release}
environment:
- DB_HOST=Server
- DB_NAME=IMIS
- DB_USER=IMISuser
- DB_PASSWORD=IMISuser@1234
- DB_PORT=1433
ports:
- 8080:80
volumes:
- ./OpenImis.RestApi/config:/app/config
- ./OpenImis.RestApi/logs:/app/log
- ./OpenImis.RestApi/Certificates:/app/wwwRoot/Certificates
- ./photos:/app/photos
- ./Escape:/app/Escape
- ./FromPhone:/app/FromPhone
restart: always
Here is a sample Dockerfile
file. Replace the 5 ENV database values:
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:2.1 AS build-env
WORKDIR /app
COPY /OpenImis.RestApi/*.csproj ./
RUN dotnet restore
ARG BUILD-FLAVOUR=Release
COPY . ./
RUN dotnet publish OpenImis.RestApi/OpenImis.RestApi.csproj -c $BUILD-FLAVOUR -o out
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/aspnet:2.1
WORKDIR /app
ENV DB_HOST=Server
ENV DB_NAME=IMIS
ENV DB_USER=IMISuser
ENV DB_PASSWORD=IMISuser@1234
ENV DB_PORT=1433
# copy appsettings templates
COPY ./OpenImis.RestApi/config/appsettings.Production.json.dist /app/tpl/
COPY ./OpenImis.RestApi/config/appsettings.json /app/config/
COPY ./scripts/entrypoint.sh /app/
RUN chmod a+x /app/entrypoint.sh
COPY --from=build-env /app/OpenImis.RestApi/out .
RUN echo 'deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch main' > /etc/apt/sources.list \
&& echo 'deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
&& apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update \
&& apt-get install gettext -y \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
ENTRYPOINT /app/entrypoint.sh
Then, you can start the Docker service:
docker-compose up -d
3.2 - Making sure the REST API is working
Once the container has finished building and has started, you can check that the REST API is properly working:
First, you can type
docker ps
. In theSTATUS
column, you should see something similar toUp xx minutes
.Then you can access the REST API and see if you see any data fetched from the database, for instance by accessing the following page: <your-openIMIS-URL>/rest/api/claim/Controls
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