NetLogo / NetLogo/Galapagos

Make Heroku-Deployable

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Dominant language
CoffeeScript
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Forks
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Description

See the https://github.com/NetLogo/Galapagos/tree/heroku branch for more information. Galapagos isn't too far away from being deployable on Heroku. The things that are missing:

  • Pluggable configuration for the play cache - EHCache is used by default, but that's a poor choice for Heroku (not too difficult)
  • Make create-standalone requests read the file from disk instead of via a circular request to the server (not difficult)
  • Akka actor work (difficult)
  • Debug various problems like why the TeamAssembly model won't compile (????)

The value this would add is giving us the ability to stick a deploy to Heroku button on a page for interested parties to look at. Additionally, we could move off of Linode. However, since running the server will require one background worker at minimum, anyone who wanted to run their own server would incur a ~ $35/month charge.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the heroku branch linked in the issue and review its current deployment setup. Investigate the listed blockers in order: pluggable play-cache configuration, create-standalone file access, Akka actor work, and the TeamAssembly compilation problem. Done means Galapagos can deploy and run on Heroku, including the required background worker.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
coffeescript
Domain
backend, cloud, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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