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+# Spaceport
+
+Spaceport is Calgary Protospace's member portal. It tracks membership, courses, training, access cards, and more.
+
+Demo: https://spaceport.dns.t0.vc
+
+## Development Setup
+
+Install dependencies:
+
+```text
+# Python:
+$ sudo apt update
+$ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python-virtualenv python3-virtualenv
+
+# Yarn / nodejs:
+# from https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/#debian-stable
+$ curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+$ echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
+$ sudo apt update
+$ sudo apt install yarn
+```
+
+Clone this repo:
+
+```text
+$ git clone https://github.com/Protospace/spaceport.git
+$ cd spaceport
+```
+
+### API Server
+
+Create a venv, activate it, and install:
+
+```text
+$ cd apiserver
+$ virtualenv -p python3 env
+$ source env/bin/activate
+(env) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Now setup Django and run it:
+
+```text
+(env) $ python manage.py migrate --run-syncdb
+(env) $ python manage.py createsuperuser --email admin@example.com --username admin
+(env) $ DEBUG=true python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8002
+```
+
+Django will now be running on port 8002, connect to localhost:8002 to test it.
+
+#### Import Old Portal Data
+
+Place `old_portal.sqlite3` in the same directory as `manage.py`.
+
+```text
+(env) $ bash gen_old_models.sh
+(env) $ time python import_old_portal.py
+```
+
+Give it about 5 minutes to run. This will import old models into the new portal database, ready to be linked to user's emails when they sign up.
+
+### Webclient
+
+```text
+# In a different terminal
+$ cd webclient
+$ yarn install
+$ yarn start
+```
+
+The webclient will now be running on port 3000. Make changes and refresh to see them.
+
+### Reverse Proxy
+
+It's easiest to point a domain to the server and reverse proxy requests according to subdomain. If you don't set up a reverse proxy, you'll need to change URL settings.
+
+Domains: `example.com`, `api.example.com`, `static.example.com` should all be reverse proxied.
+
+Configure nginx:
+
+```text
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    root /var/www/html;
+    index index.html index.htm;
+
+    server_name example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    root /var/www/html;
+    index index.html index.htm;
+
+    server_name api.example.com;
+
+    client_max_body_size 20M;
+
+    location / {
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'content-type, authorization' always;
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'HEAD,GET,POST,PUT,PATCH,DELETE' always;
+        add_header 'Access-Control-Max-Age' '600' always;
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8002/;
+        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    root /home/you/spaceport/apiserver/data/static;
+    index index.html;
+
+    server_name static.example.com;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+
+## License
+
+This program is free and open-source software licensed under the MIT License. Please see the `LICENSE` file for details.
+
+That means you have the right to study, change, and distribute the software and source code to anyone and for any purpose. You deserve these rights.
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Thanks to the Protospace Portal Committee.
+
+Thanks to all the devs behind Python, Django, DRF, Node, React, Quill, and Bleach.