drapek / recas_server

Server part of the ReCaS project

ReCaS - server

Reacas is security camera system written in python. This repository contains the server part of the system. It is written in Django 1.11.

Build project (in development mode)

1. Install these packages using apt-get:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python2 python3 postgresql redis ffmpeg libopencv-dev python-opencv

2. Create database and database user:

CREATE ROLE db_username WITH LOGIN PASSWORD "<bd_password>"
CREATE DATABASE <db_name> WITH OWNER;

3. Create .env file with credentials (in src folder). It should contain:

DB_NAME = 'db_name'
DB_USERNAME = 'db_username'
DB_PASSWORD = 'db_password'
SECRET_KEY = 'random_long_stirng'
MESSENGER_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'messenger_token_from_the_app'
SMSAPI_PSWD_MD5 = 'smsapi.pl password in MD5'
SMSAPI_USERNAME = 'smsapi.pl username'

4. Install all needed python packages and run the server (in development environment):

pip install -r requirements.txt
export DJANGO_SETTIGNS_MODULE=config.settings.develop
python3 manage.py migrate
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
# This command will starts workers which will be listening for streaming videos from cameras.
python3 manage.py connectcameras 

5. Run the celery (from catalog with manage.py)

celery -A config worker -l info

6. Add your camera data using shell

python3 manage.py shell

using this code:

from camera_panel.models import Camera
Camera(name=<camera name>, port=<camera_port>, address_ip=<camera_ip>).save()

python3 manage.py initcamerasetting <camera_name>

Important notices

• Make sure that PYTHON3_PROJECT_INTERPRETER variable in core/scripts/python2/stream_video_fetcher_worker.py is properly configured It should points to python3 which is used to run the django server