Udacity-Catalog-Project

Simple catalog allow the user to login his their GMail accounts. After his login he can add, edit or delete his items in various categories.

Online Demo:

http://udacity-catalog-project.tk/

How to run it:

In this demo the static file 'assets' are being served using apache. So you have to configure flask to serve them or run the application on apache server. Here's an example of apache configuration:
Alias /assets/ /path/to/Udacity-Catalog-Project/assets/

Clone the project using git clone https://github.com/mostafa-saeed/Udacity-Catalog-Project
Change the directory using cd Udacity-Catalog-Project
Update the Database configurations inside database_setup.py File
Run python application.py

API End Point

Function	Method	URL
List JSON Catalog	GET	/catalog/api/
Get Item	GET	/items/:itemID/
Add Item	POST	/items/
Update Item	PUT	/items/:itemID/
Delete Item	DELETE	/items/:itemID/

Server information

IP: 18.217.66.23
SSH Port: 2200
Domain Name: udacity-catalog-project.tk

Server software installed

Python
PostgreSQL
UFW
Apache server

Server configurations

Update all currently installed packages.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Change the SSH port from 22 to 2200.

Use sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then change Port 22 to Port 2200 , save & quit.
Reload SSH using sudo service ssh restart.

Configure the Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW).

Use sudo ufw default deny incoming to deny all incoming connections by default.
Use sudo ufw default allow outgoing to allow all outgoing connections by default.
Use sudo ufw allow 2200 to allow the new SSH port.
Use sudo ufw allow www to allow HTTP requests.
Use sudo ufw allow ntp to allow the NTP port.
Now let's active our firewall using sudo ufw enable.

Install and configure Apache.

Use sudo apt install apache2 to install apache server.
Use sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf to configure Apache.
Inside the <VirtualHost *:80> Add WSGIScriptAlias / /path/to/Udacity-Catalog-Project/application.wsgi to make apache serve the application.
Serve static files (optional): Add the following code (Also inside the <VirtualHost *:80>):

Alias /assets/ /home/ubuntu/Udacity-Catalog-Project/assets/

<Directory /home/ubuntu/Udacity-Catalog-Project/assets>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
    allow from all
</Directory>

Now let's restart apache using sudo service apache2 restart.

Install and configure PostgreSQL.

Use sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib to install PostgreSQL.
Use sudo -u postgres psql to access database server as root user.
Create new database using CREATE DATABASE catalog.
Create new user using CREATE USER catalog WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD '123';.
Grant the new user access to the database using GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE "catalog" TO catalog;.

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