Use the web interface

The ClorSensoud software is installed and running. There is no need to do more if you are just interested in gathering data or deploying some automation. But for a more amazing experience, we advise you to install a web server and enjoy the shiny ClorSensoud web interface!

Install pre-requisite dependencies

We propose to install an Apache web server with a bit more dependencies:

sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-sqlite3 gettext php-gettext

Compile translations for localization

To get a human-readable web interface, it’s preferable to compile the translations:

msgfmt -o /home/USER/clorsensoud/web/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo /home/USER/clorsensoud/web/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
msgfmt -o /home/USER/clorsensoud/web/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo /home/USER/clorsensoud/web/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po

Link to the web interface

To easily access to the ClorSensoud web interface, we propose to just create a symbolic link to its web directory:

sudo ln -s /home/USER/clorsensoud/web /var/www/html/clorsensoud

Where USER is your actual non-superuser user, as seen before.

Theorically, the web interface can now be reached at the following URL, where CLORSENSOUD_SERVER is the IP address or the domain name of the server: http://CLORSENSOUD_SERVER/clorsensoud

Note

The described procedure is really too minimalist. It’s simple, it’s easy, and it works. But it would be a best idea to set up a real life configuration with a virtualhost and some security tricks.