VELConnect API Setup

1. cd velconnect
2. Create pip env: python3 -m venv env
3. Activate the env . env/bin/activate
4. Install packages pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Add config_mysql.py
   • Get from some old server
6. Run ./run_server.sh
   • Or set up systemctl service:

     [Unit]
     Description=VELConnect API
     Requires=network.target
     After=network.target
     
     [Service]
     User=ubuntu
     Group=ubuntu
     Environment="PATH=/home/ubuntu/VEL-Connect/velconnect/env/bin"
     WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/VEL-Connect/velconnect
     ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/VEL-Connect/velconnect/env/bin/uvicorn --port 8005 main:app
     [Install]
     WantedBy=multi-user.target
     

   • Enter the above in /etc/systemd/system/velconnect.service
   • sudo systemctl enable velconnect
   • sudo systemctl start velconnect