PhD Assess

This is an apps stack to allow students to fulfil their PhD assessment process.

Structure

The stack is composed of:

Operative tools

• ./phd.mjs, to command
• ./ansible/, to deploy
• ./scripts/, to hack

Backends

• the Zeebe stack
  • a raft of three Zeebes
  • the BPMN
    • You can take a look at the process by installing the BPMN Modeler and by opening the process definition.
• the GED uploader, as a nodeJS worker
• the Email sender (aka notifier), as a nodeJS worker
• the PDF builder, as a nodeJS worker
• the ISA connector, as a nodeJS worker

Frontend

• the task filler
  • Meteor app with two mongo bases
  • see code source at ./apps/fillForm

Where to start ?

How about launching the app locally ?

Zeebe

• Build the docker images:
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml build zeebe_node_0 zeebe_node_1 zeebe_node_2
• Launch the Zeebe server with:
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml up zeebe_node_0 zeebe_node_1 zeebe_node_2
• Once Zeebe is running (watch zbctl status --insecure --port 26501, you can deploy the bpmn on it. You can use this command to help with the process:
  • ./phd.mjs deploy-bpmn

Micro-services

• In the parent directory of this projet, clone the other services:
  • cd ..
  • git clone https://github.com/epfl-si/phdAssess-PDF
  • git clone https://github.com/epfl-si/phdAssess-Notifier
  • git clone https://github.com/epfl-si/phdAssess-GED
  • git clone https://github.com/epfl-si/phdAssess-ISA
• Come back into the projet folder
  • cd PhDAssess
• Build and start the services
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml build pdf notifier ged isa
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml up pdf notifier ged isa

Main app

• Start of the meteor app:
  • cd ./apps/fillForm
  • install the libs with meteor npm i
  • cp .env.sample .env and start editing the .env to your taste
  • start the app with meteor --settings settings.json and open your browser on http://localhost:3000/

Workflow map

• Build and start the service:
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml build simple-monitor
  • docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.yml up simple-monitor
• Open http://localhost:8082/