PERLS Web Application

The PERLS Web application contains the Learner web app, CMS, and a REST interface to drive data to and from the mobile application. The system is built on Drupal 9 and uses Docker containers to run services for easy configuration and deployment.

Ensure all the requirements are met and follow the install instructions to get started.

Installation

There are a few ways to deploy PERLS, but the simplest way would be to just use Docker and configure a non-root user.

Local Deployment TL;DR

Assuming you are on an Ubuntu 20+ machine with Docker and Docker-Compose installed:

• Download the Starter Content
• git clone https://github.com/adlnet/perls
• cd perls
• From the Starter Content, add the files folder and db_backup.sql to the project root
• cp .env.example .env and configure your .env file (see below)
• ./scripts/build.sh -l -n
• docker exec PERLS_php ./scripts/styles.sh

Once everything's up, the default login is just:

username: [email protected]
password: password

and it should be accessible at perls.localhost:8000.

Development Environment

Standing up a development environment is a bit more involved and requires things to be installed locally on your machine.

Requirements

• Docker
• Composer
• PHP CodeSniffer
• Port 8000 (development) or port 80 (production) and 3306 must be available

Building the Development Environment

The fastest way to set up your development environment is to have a starter database (i.e. synced from a staging environment).

After completion, you can reach your local environment at: http://perls.localhost:8000

Option A: With a Starter Database (db_backup.sql)

Your working directory must contain a db_backup.sql file.

./scripts/build.sh -l -n

Option B: Without a Starter Database

You can still run the build script without a starter database. In this instance, Drupal will attempt to build the site from scratch and then save the database to db_backup.sql (to save time on future builds). This will take a long time.

./scripts/build.sh -l

Option C: From a Staging Environment

You can also define a stage drush site alias and build your local development environment from an existing remote environment.

See the drush documentation on creating a site alias. With the site alias defined, you can execute:

./scripts/build.sh

Tip

If your staging environment requires an SSH key, you can place that in .ssh.

Environment Variables

The development environment is built by default when using the given .env and build script. If these have been modified, ensure the environment variable PROJECT_ENV is set to dev. This allows certain modules and configurations to be installed which improve quality of life when developing.

• PROJECT_ENV
• DB_HOST - Database host name. Default value is mariadb
• DB_NAME - Database name. Default value: drupal_perls.
• DB_PASSWORD - Database password. Default value is drupal.
• DB_HOST_PORT - Database port. Default value is 3306.
• DB_USER - Databse user. Default value is drupal.
• DB_DRIVER - Database user. Default value is mysql.
• SMTP_HOST - SMTP server host name. Default value is mailhog.
• SMTP_PORT - SMTP server port. Default value is 1025.
• SMTP_FROM - Sender email address. Default value is [email protected].

There are some service what you can configure from .env file.

• LRS_HOST - Host name of the LRS server
• LRS_USERNAME - Account name
• LRS_PASSWORD - Password of LRS account
• FIREBASE_SERVER_KEY - Server key for firebase service, which sends out push notifications.
• FIREBASE_SENDER_ID - Served ID of firebase.
• UNSPLASH_APP_NAME - Account name of unsplash free image service.
• UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY - Access key of unsplash service.

SSO

• SIMPLESAML_AUTH_SOURCE - This key will store the authentication source config
• SIMPLESAML_CONFIG_DIR - Where uploaded IdP metadata is stored
• SIMPLESAML_SSO_SP_METADATA_FILE - Mame of the Service Provider metadata file downloaded from the web interface

Debuggging

Rebuilding styles

docker exec PERLS_php ./scripts/styles.sh

Using xdebug

Xdebug can be enabled by setting the ENABLE_XDEBUG environment variable to true on the PHP container in docker-compose.yml and restarting the stack.

Troubleshooting

See Troubleshooting

Testing

This project has behat feature tests. They are best run from inside the PHP docker container. This can be achieved by running:

./scripts/test.sh

Guidelines

Coding standards

Code should be readible, portable, and standardize. Since the web application is based on Drupal, all custom code should be placed in the appropriate locations (either theme/custom or modules/custom). Changes should not be made to Drupal Core so other releases of Drupal can be easily updated.

The code should follow Drupal's coding standards which can be enforced with PHPCodeSniffer.

A good place to start writing a custom module in order to change/update functionality of Drupal, follow the Drupal documentation Creating custom modules. It contains a code skeleton, naming standards, and other information to get started.

When developing, follow the contribution guidelines and Drupal's guidelines.

Maintenance

See Maintenance

Security

See Security

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