GettingStarted

Run the website locally with docker

• Download the source code: https://github.com/opengridcc/opengrid/wiki/GettingStarted#getting-the-source-code
• clone this repository and enter the resulting directory
• create two environment variables:
  • OPENGRIDPATH : path to the OpenGrid source code
  • OPENGRIDDATA : path to the data (will contain the .tmpo folder, figures, cached monitoring and weather data)
• run the shell script ./docker-run-website and the website will be opened in your browser.

Running website locally without docker

• Download the source code: https://github.com/opengridcc/opengrid/wiki/GettingStarted#getting-the-source-code
• Use the requirements.txt from the website to install the dependencies: https://github.com/opengridcc/opengrid/wiki/GettingStarted#installing-dependencies
• Setting up opengrid.cfg and obtaining data: https://github.com/opengridcc/opengrid/wiki/GettingStarted#obtaining-the-data
• Open a new terminal, cd to your local copy of the website and run the local server with:

python website.py

• Open your favourite browser and go to http://localhost:5000 or http://127.0.0.1:5000
• Be totally amazed with what you see!