The Uni Arrival Advisor

The Uni Arrival Advisor will guide you through the steps you need to take on your path to the University of Helsinki. Answer these questions to get a checklist that guides you through the process of arriving in Finland and settling in.

Local development

Setup

1. Read the Lando docs and install the latest Lando.
2. Check out the repo: git clone [email protected]:UniversityofHelsinki/Arrival-App.git uniarrival && cd uniarrival.
3. Start the site by running lando start.
4. Import data:
   1. lando syncdb - (add your public key to production server & connect to VPN first!) synchronise local DB with production or
   2. lando db-import <dumpfile>.
5. Update database & enable develpoment components: lando update.
6. Import config if needed: lando drush @local cim -y.

Sites

• https://uniarrival.lndo.site/

Services

• http://adminer-uniarrival.lndo.site - Adminer for database management, log in without entering the credentials.
• http://mail-uniarrival.lndo.site - Mailhog for mail management.

Tools

Full commands/tools overview is available by running lando. Custom tools:

• lando bower, lando gulp, lando npm - frontend tooling,
• lando build - build an app,
• lando syncdb - synchronise local database with production,
• lando update - update local database,
• lando xdebug-on - enables xdebug,
• lando xdebug-off - disables xdebug.

Deployment to production

1. Generate the production package: lando production.
2. Copy production package to the server: scp production.tgz [your-username]@uniarrival.it.helsinki.fi:..
3. Log in to server: ssh [your-username]@uniarrival.it.helsinki.fi.
4. Run deployment steps:

cd /var/www/current
./deploy.sh

Enter your username and password when asked

!NB helsinki.fi user required for server access