This is a simple Flask application to manage the list of applications of IMP to biological systems at https://integrativemodeling.org/systems/.

Configuration

1. Create a file Makefile.include in the same directory as Makefile that sets the WEBTOP variable to a directory readable by Apache.

2. Create a configuration file <WEBTOP>/instance/systems.cfg. This should be readable only by Apache (since it contains passwords) and contain a number of key=value pairs:

   • HOST, DATABASE, USER, PASSWORD: parameters to connect to the MySQL server.
   • SYSTEM_TOP: directory containing metadata for each system (this is populated by the util/update_metadata.py script).
   • MAIL_SERVER, MAIL_PORT, ADMINS: host and port to connect to to send emails when the application encounters an error, and a Python list of users to notify.

Apache setup

1. Install mod_wsgi.
2. Add Alias rules to the Apache configuration to point /systems/static to <WEBTOP>/static and /systems/info to <SYSTEM_TOP>.
3. Add a suitable WSGIScriptAlias rule to the Apache configuration pointing /systems to <WEBTOP>/systems.wsgi.

Deployment

Use make test to test changes to the application, and make install to deploy it (this will install the files to the WEBTOP directory).