Setting Up Plant-Tracer webapp on Ubuntu 24.04

• Install ubuntu server (example from ARM 24.04.5 LTS <https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/> (on UTM on MacOS)) then:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt upgrade
  sudo apt install git
  sudo apt install zsh
  sudo apt install curl
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
  sudo apt install python3
  sudo apt install gh
  sudo apt install net-tools
  sudo apt install spice-vdagent
  sudo apt install chromium-browser
  sudo apt-get install lynx
  sudo apt install slim
  sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
  sudo apt install make
  sudo apt install python3.10-venv
  sudo apt install mysql-server -y
  sudo systemctl enable mysql
  sudo systemctl start mysql
  sudo systemctl status mysql
  sudo mysql_secure_installation
  sudo mysql -uroot
  sudo apt-get install python3.11
  sudo apt install python3.11-venv
  # Ubuntu 24.01 ships with python3.10. We need python 3.11 or greater.
  # this all left mysql root only available via local sudo (auth_socket plugin), and our Makefile wants command line
  # access with a root password, so set that up:
  sudo mysql -uroot
  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER;
  ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY 'password';
  # because it kept saying my password failed validation checks but so far as I could tell it shouldn't have.
  UNINSTALL COMPONENT 'file://component_validate_password';
  quit;
  sudo systemctl stop mysql
  sudo systemctl start mysql
  

• Edit Makefile so that make venv uses python3.11 rather than python3

• Now proceed with the relevant :doc: DeveloperSetup steps:

  git config --global --edit #set Git name and username/email for commits
  gh auth login # generate Personal Access Token if necessary
  git clone https://github.com/Plant-Tracer/webapp.git webapp
  make venv
  . venv/bin/activate
  make create_localdb
  make pytest-quiet
  python dbutil.py --create_course "Dev" --admin_email sbarber2+admin@gmail.com --admin_name "Steve Admin Barber"
  creating course...
  course_key: cb6c-40d7
  

• add [client] and [smtp] and [imap] sections to deploy/etc/credential-localhost.ini then:

  make run-local