Ubuntu 22.04

This page provides instructions on installing Autolab for development on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. If you encounter any issue along the way, check out Troubleshooting.

Upgrade system packages and installing prerequisites

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential git libffi-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf bison libssl-dev libyaml-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm6 libgdbm-dev libmysqlclient-dev libjansson-dev universal-ctags sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev pkg-config

Cloning Autolab repo from Github to ~/Autolab

cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/autolab/Autolab.git
cd Autolab

Setting up rbenv and ruby-build plugin (You may ignore the message about adding a line to bashrc)

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

~/.rbenv/bin/rbenv init
git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build

Installing Ruby (Based on ruby version)

cd Autolab
rbenv install  `cat .ruby-version`

Installing MySQL (If you would just like to test Autolab, then you can skip this step by using SQLite)
Following instructions from How to Install MySQL on Ubuntu

sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo service mysql start

sudo mysql
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '<password>';
mysql> exit;

sudo mysql_secure_installation
> There will be a few questions asked during the MySQL setup.
* Validate Password Plugin? N
* Remove Anonymous Users? Y
* Disallow Root Login Remotely? Y
* Remove Test Database and Access to it? Y
* Reload Privilege Tables Now? Y

sudo mysql -u root -p
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH auth_socket;
mysql> exit;

(If you are using MySQL) Create a new user with access to autolab_test and autolab_development databases. Because a password rather than auth_socket is needed, we need to ensure that user uses mysql_native_password
```
sudo mysql
mysql> CREATE USER '<username>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '<password>';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
```

Installing Rails

cd Autolab
gem install bundler -v $(tail -n1 Gemfile.lock)
bundle install

Refer to Troubleshooting for issues installing gems.

Initializing Autolab Configs
```
cp config/database.yml.template config/database.yml
cp config/school.yml.template config/school.yml
cp config/autogradeConfig.rb.template config/autogradeConfig.rb
```
- Edit school.yml with your school/organization specific names and emails.
- Edit database.yml with the correct credentials for your chosen database. Refer to Troubleshooting for any issues and suggested development configurations.
Create a .env file to store Autolab configuration constants
```
cp .env.template .env
```
If you have not installed Tango yet, you do not need to do anything else in this stage. If you have already installed Tango, you should make sure to fill in the .env file with values consistent with Tango's config.py
Initialize application secrets
```
./bin/initialize_secrets.sh
```

(Using MySQL) Editing Database YML. Change the and fields in config/database.yml to the username and password that has been set up for the mysql. For example if your username is user1, and your password is 123456, then your yml would be

development:
    adapter: mysql2
    database: autolab_development
    pool: 5
    username: user1
    password: '123456'
    socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    host: localhost
    variables:
        sql_mode: NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

test:
    adapter: mysql2
    database: autolab_test
    pool: 5
    username: user1
    password: '123456'
    socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    host: localhost
    variables:
        sql_mode: NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

(Using SQLite) Editing Database YML. Comment out the configurations meant for MySQL in config/database.yml, and insert the following

development:
    adapter: sqlite3
    database: db/autolab_development
    pool: 5
    timeout: 5000

test:
    adapter: sqlite3
    database: db/autolab_test
    pool: 5
    timeout: 5000

Granting permissions on the databases. Setting global sql mode is important to relax the rules of mysql when it comes to group by mode

(access mysql using your root first to grant permissions)
mysql> grant all privileges on autolab_development.* to '<username>'@localhost;
mysql> grant all privileges on autolab_test.* to '<username>'@localhost;
mysql> SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY',''));
mysql> exit

Initializing Autolab Database

cd Autolab
bundle exec rails db:create
bundle exec rails db:reset
bundle exec rails db:migrate

Create initial root user, pass the -d flag for developmental deployments:

# For production:
./bin/initialize_user.sh

# For development:
./bin/initialize_user.sh -d

If you are just testing Autolab, you can populate the database with sample course & students
```
cd Autolab
bundle exec rails autolab:populate
```

Run Autolab!

cd Autolab
bundle exec rails s -p 3000 --binding=0.0.0.0

Visit localhost:3000 on your browser to view your local deployment of Autolab, and login with either the credentials of the root user you just created, or choose Developer Login with
```
Email: "admin@foo.bar"
```
Install Tango, the backend autograding service. Information on linking Autolab to Tango can be found on this page as well.
If you would like to deploy the server, you can try out Phusion Passenger.
If you would like to configure Github integration to allow students to submit via Github, please follow the Github integration setup instructions.
If you would like to configure LTI integration to link Autolab courses to LTI platforms, please follow the LTI integration setup instructions.
Now you are all set to start using Autolab! Please fill out this form to join our registry so that we can provide you with news about the latest features, bug-fixes, and security updates. For more info, visit the Guide for Instructors and Guide for Lab Authors.