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DESDR

Noki Gamification Server Setup

This guide walks you through connecting to the server, setting up your environment, and deploying or updating the Noki Gamification application hosted via Apache., please follow these steps:

1. Connect to VPN

Ensure you are connected to the IRI VPN using Tunnelblick or any other approved VPN tool.

2. SSH Into the Server

Open your terminal and connect to the remote server:

ssh -l <user_name> fist.iri.columbia.edu

Replace <user_name> with your provided username. Enter the given password when prompted.

3. Project Directory Structure

The core project resides in:

/var/www/html/gamification/Noki

The gamification directory is linked to an existing user’s Bitbucket repository (rgd2127).

The Noki subdirectory is linked to an existing user’s GitHub repository (ritika1010).

4. Adding a New User / Setting Up Your Own Environment

For a new user to set up their own environment:

  1. Backup existing directories:
mv /var/www/html/gamification /var/www/html/gamification_old
mv /var/www/html/gamification/Noki /var/www/html/gamification/Noki_old

  1. Create personal GitHub and Bitbucket repositories under your username (ensure the names match to the existing names as it is expected in config).

  2. Clone the repositories:

cd /var/www/html
git clone
https://bitbucket.org/<your_bitbucket_username>/gamification.git
cd gamification
git clone https://github.com/<your_github_username>/Noki.git
  1. Install and Build frontend changes:
cd frontend/admin-ui
npm install  # only if not done before
npm run build
  1. Restart Apache to pick up new changes:
sudo /usr/bin/systemctl restart apache2