Library Management System - V2

Introduction

Welcome to the Library Management System (LMS) - V2. This application is designed to streamline library operations, offering a comprehensive solution for managing books, sections, users, and more. This guide will walk you through the steps required to set up and run the LMS on a Linux-based system or environment.

• Steps to run the application in linux based system/environment

  1. Install redis-server globally [sudo apt install redis-server]
  2. Create virtual environment [python3 -m venv env_name]
  3. Activate virtual environment [source env_name/bin/activate]
  4. Install all the dependencies from requirements.txt [pip install -r requirements.txt]
  5. Open 5 terminals (wsl in case of windows)
     • Terminal 1
       • Run redis-server [redis-server] => globally
     • Terminal 2
       • Activate virtual environment [source env_name/bin/activate]
       • Run the application [python3 app.py] => inside venv
     • Terminal 3
       • Activate virtual environment [source env_name/bin/activate]
       • Run MailHog server [~/go/bin/MailHog] => inside venv
     • Terminal 4
       • Activate virtual environment [source env_name/bin/activate]
       • Run celery server for beat [celery -A app:celery_app beat -l INFO] => inside venv
     • Terminal 5
       • Activate virtual environment [source env_name/bin/activate]
       • Run celery server for worker [celery -A app:celery_app worker -l INFO] => inside venv

• Database will be created automatically after running the application with one admin and one user credentials