meta/README.md

Recycled Cloud Management Interface (Meta)

This repository tracks the initial work for a web interface atop the recycled cloud. It is written in Elixir, making use of the Phoenix Web Framework.

Notes

• This project is in its early phase: we're first making things correct and simple. We'll worry about efficiency later.
• The (Phoenix) project has been initialized with the --no-webpack and --no-dashboard flags to avoid unnecessary clutter. We can add them back later if needed!
• (sourcehut) CI is defined in .build.yml. It currently runs on my sr.ht account since we do not have our own instance (yet).
• Authentication is based on José Valim and Aaron Renner's Phx.Gen.Auth, adapted for LDAP-backed authentication.
• You can run the linter with mix credo.

Getting Started

You'll need Erlang/OTP and elixir installed on your system. It usually boils down to installing the elixir package of your distribution. Once done, you can:

• Install dependencies with mix deps.get
• Create and migrate your database with mix ecto.setup
  • You'll need PostgreSQL here. I (tfloure) usually run it in an isolated container with something along the lines of podman run --rm -it -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust --expose 5432 -p 5432:5432 postgres:latest.
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phx.server (or iex -S mix phx.server, if you want a REPL).

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Useful Resources

Elixir Language:

• (Good!) Introduction and various guides: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html
• Elixir Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html
• Mix (= build tool) Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.html
• IEx (= REPL) Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/iex/IEx.html

Phoenix Web Framework:

• Official website: https://www.phoenixframework.org/
• Guides: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/overview.html
• Docs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix
• Forum: https://elixirforum.com/c/phoenix-forum
• Source: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix