An open source implementation of CosmoQuest's Citizen Science Builder software.
This is an open source image annotation platform suitable for citizen science, complete with native machine learning tools that can be trained through contributed data.
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To get a production build of the software, go the latest master CI run and download the csb-build artifact.
Setup an Apache 2 / MySQL 8 / PHP 7 environment. If we don't have specific instructions you need below, look for instructions for Wordpress. Our setup should be the same.
- OSX
- Enable Apache
apachectl start - In
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf- Uncomment
LoadModulestatements for php7 and mod_rewrite Use Legacy Password Encryption - Set
AllowOverride All
- Uncomment
- Restart Apache
sudo apachectl restart - Install MySQL
- Add mysql to your
.bash_profileby addingexport PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
- Enable Apache
- Ubuntu: find the Digital Ocean Tutorial for your version of Ubuntu
- Windows: to be determined
If you don't have a LAMP (or Win AMP) setup, find instructions to install Wordpress. This software requires the same kind of server configuration! For ubuntu, the Digital Ocean tutorials are among the best.
To install SASS, follow instructions on https://sass-lang.com/install. Once things are installed, you'll need to compile your sass files into css files whenever the sass is edited.
To watch and compile sass on the command line run:
sass --watch csb-themes/default/sass/style.scss:csb-themes/default/style.cssPHPstorm can watch and compile sass (see https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/transpiling-sass-less-and-scss-to-css.html).
Instructions on compiling SASS in ubuntu are here: https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/watch-and-compile-sass-in-five-quick-steps--cms-28275
You should always use a certificate. If you don't have one, try using the free Let's Encrypt: CertBot.
macOS Mojave use https://tobschall.de/2018/08/07/pear-on-mojave/ General installation use https://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php
Go to http://yourhost/csb-installer/ in your browser. This will let you configure your installation and then install databases and setup an admin user using the settings in csb-settings.php
Download and install the corresponding docker desktop version for your OS from Docker
For Windows - open either Command Console or Powershell
For Mac or Linux - open your command shell
Execute the following command from the CSB directory:
docker-compose up
To stop docker and close the app, press Ctrl+C
Go to http://localhost:8080/csb/csb-installer/ in your browser.
To use the docker MariaDB, use db as your database hostname
Default docker username, password, and database are all csb