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Flask Gentelella

Gentelella is a free to use Bootstrap admin template.

This project integrates Gentelella with Flask using: - Blueprints for scalability. - flask_login for the login system (passwords hashed with bcrypt). - flask_migrate.

Flask-gentelella also comes with a robust CI/CD pipeline using: - The Pytest framework for the test suite (see the

tests

Dockerfile

docker-compose

nginx

gunicorn

Here is an example of a real project implemented using Flask-Gentelella: - Online demo - Source code

This project shows: - how back-end and front-end can interact responsively with AJAX requests. - how to implement a graph model with SQLAlchemy and use D3.js for graph visualization. - how to implement a workflow automation system using Vis.js. - how to use Leaflet.js and WebGL-Earth for 2D and 3D GIS programming. - how to use Flask APScheduler to implement crontab-like features.

Run Flask Gentelella with a SQLite database

(Optional) Set up a virtual environment

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/afourmy/flask-gentelella.git
cd flask-gentelella

2. Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set the FLASK_APP environment variable

(Windows) set FLASK_APP=gentelella.py
(Unix) export FLASK_APP=gentelella.py
(Powershell) $env:FLASK_APP = ".\gentelella.py"

4. Run the application

flask run --host=0.0.0.0

4. Go to http://server_address:5000/, create an account and log in

Run Flask Gentelella with a PostgreSQL database (Ubuntu)

1. Install a PostgreSQL database

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y postgresql libpq-dev
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE gentelella;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER gentelella WITH PASSWORD 'your-password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE gentelella TO gentelella;"

2. Export the following environment variables

export GENTELELLA_CONFIG_MODE=Production
export GENTELELLA_DATABASE_PASSWORD=your-password

3. Follow the steps described in the previous section

Run Flask Gentelella in a docker container

1. Fetch the image on dockerhub

docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --name gentelella --restart always afourmy/flask-gentelella

2. Go to http://server_address:5000/, create an account and log in

Run Flask Gentelella in a docker container with nginx and a PostgreSQL database

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/afourmy/flask-gentelella.git
cd flask-gentelella

2. Start all services

sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d

3. Go to http://server_address, create an account and log in