A web application made in Node.js, Ejs, MongoDB, Redis.
The idea to was begin with -
- a platform to conduct prelims
- a move from paper to paperless
- Easy to deploy and use
- Upload the Questions (Json file) and ready to go
- Each Question can have its own marking scheme (correct, wrong, unattempted)
- Automated Result Compilation
- And many more features elaborated later
- Successfully conducted prelims of all technical Events of Tech Marathon
- Successfully conducted prelims of first round of competition conducted under DDUC CodeChef Chapter
TechMarathon is an annual technical fest hosted by Department of computer science, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.
Also on the occasion of completing 10 successful years of Tech Marathon (2010-2020) efforts were made and succeeded to go green by switching to paperless structuring of events.
Follow these steps for deployment in a Linux based Environment
Before you begin installing make sure you run sudo apt update to get the latest version available.
sudo apt update
Install nodejs and npm. For details/query click here.
sudo apt install nodejs
sudo apt install npm
Install mongoDB. For details / query click here.
sudo apt install -y mongodb
Install redis. For details / query click here.
sudo apt install redis-server
You can simply clone the project using git as:
git clone https://github.com/RNaveen99/portal.git
or you can simply download ZIP and extract it.
Change into project directory and install js dependencies using npm:
cd portal
npm install
Create a duplicate file of .env.default as .env .
cp .env.default .env
Edit .env file as shown below.
NODE_ENV=development
APP_PORT=3000
# REDIS_PORT=6379
# REDIS_HOST=my-redis-service
# DB_PORT=27017
# DB_HOST=my-mongo-service
# DB_USERNAME=root
# DB_PASSWORD=pass
Commented lines are optional and can be deleted.
Required fields -
NODE_ENV - set it to developement.
APP_PORT - port on which node app will run. Standard value is 3000.
Optional fields -
REDIS_PORT - by default Redis run on port 6379. You can comment this line unless you change its port.
REDIS_HOST - it is used when portal is deployed using Docker.
DB_PORT - by default mongoDB run on port 27017. You can comment this line unless you change its port.
DB_HOST - it is used when portal is deployed using Docker.
DB_USERNAME - username for mongoDB.
DB_PASSWORD - password for mongoDB user.
To begin browsing & testing the portal you'd need to start a local development server.
npm start
This will serve your website at localhost or localhost:3000, you can now open this up in your browser and sign up.
Now, to get access to admin Dashboard follow these steps :
Open mongo client shell.
mongo
use database portal
use portal
set privileges to admin
db.users.findOneAndUpdate(
{ "email" : "[email protected]" },
{ $set: { "privileges" : "admin" } }
)
exit from the mongo client shell
exit