Chat
Educational chat client and server using tkinter and Socket.IO.
Dev (local) mode
The server is using gevent and gevent-websocket for Socket.IO's websocket transport.
Install
Server:
pip install requirements-dev.txt
Client:
pip install requirements.txt
Running using defaults
Run the server:
export DEV=true
python run.py
Run the client:
export DEV=true
export NICKNAME=Nickname
python run.py
Running using a custom URL
Run the server:
export DEV=true
export HOST=local.dev
export PORT=8080
python run.py
Run the client:
export DEV=true
export NICKNAME=Nickname
export URL=http://local.dev:8080
python run.py
Running using SSL and defaults
Generate a private key:
openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048
Generate a certificate:
openssl req -new -x509 -key private.pem -out cacert.pem
Run the server:
export DEV=true
export KEYFILE=private.pem
export CERTFILE=cacert.pem
python run.py
Run the client:
export DEV=true
export NICKNAME=Nickname
export URL=https://localhost:5000
python run.py
Production mode
The server is using gevent and the built-in uwsgi's websocket capabilities for Socket.IO's websocket transport.
Install
Server:
pip install requirements-prod.txt
Client:
pip install requirements.txt
Run the server
uWSGI config:
chdir = server
pyhome = server/venv
wsgi-file = server/wsgi.py
gevent = 1000
http-websockets = true
master = true
Run the client
export NICKNAME=Nickname
export URL=https://chat.example.com
python run.py