Concordia Co-op Ace Job Board

(Except Templates)

Website overview and demo: youtube

https://concordia-ace.ca/

Job board made for Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Co-op ACE program.

Features

Security	Job Ranking & Matching	Media servicing	User Notification	Other Job Board Services	Database	CI/CD
Google Captcha	Candidate-Employer preference ranking system	Nginx file servicing	django-notifications-hq	ATS and full admin control	Postgres Db docker service	Prod Ready easy Docker-Compose setup and dedicated test docker-compose setup
Let's Encrypt SSL with certificate autorenewal	"hospital-resident" matching algorithm	Dynamic Plyr video player	Email/Mass Email notification	Post/review/edit jobs, interview invite, job matching, email notification	Persistent docker db mount	Persistent Volumes and storage mount, django migrations
Nginx-Sendfile Firewall		Dynamic upload forms	Annoncements	Apply to jobs/Cache old applications and autofill forms		Separated test media and test db volumes with 99% coding sharing between prod and test docker-compose setups
uuid protected dynamic file paths		Secured resume caching and reuse		E-commerce grade search and filter for jobs
Email password reset		Sendfile + auth protected media		Search and filter candidates
Email activation and confirmation				Login as Admin, Candidate or Employer
				Google Map, PDF Concatination

Licensing

• All python/django/yml code are created by us and available under MIT licence
• html template license was purchased for single app use for Concordia ACE website on oficiona License must be re-purchased for other project. Permission to reuse template not under MIT license.

How to host the website on your Machine/Cloud Server

For production

1. Make sure Docker is installed and running on the machine. No other installation is needed.
2. Clone this repo and navigate to its root path, where production.yml is located.
3. Make a web.envfile (not included in the code) using the web.env.dev file (include here) as template and put it in the same folder directory. Change the secret keys in the template to your own production keys. More specifically:

   • Add your host ip/domain name to DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS list. (Note that your Domain Name must be linked to your server IP address. this is outside the scope of this readme; please consult your server provider for more details.)

   • Add your Google reCaptcha V2 key (make sure that your domain is in your Google Key API account's allowed list)

   • Generate a strong random secret key; this will be used for RSA.

   • Set DEV=False

   • Leave the DB login credentials idem (i.e. use the default linux postgre db login credentials) - the DB is not exposed to the web and there is no need to further secure it.

   • Add your email credentials and smtp host. web/ace/settings.py uses PORT = 587 and TLS by default.

   • Add your Google Map API key key (make sure that your domain is in the allowed list)

   • The GOOGLE_API_KEY is optional and currently not use, use the same key as dev to omit it.

   • Make a db.env file with the same content as db.env.dev.

   • In production.yml, add your domain to the letsEncryption environment parameters (i.e. replace concordia-ace.ca in URL=concordia-ace.cawith your own domain name).

4. Enter the following command docker-compose -f production.yml up --build OR docker-compose -f production.yml up --build -d (deamon mode). This will spin up the docker server, install all dependencies and set up the website with https encryption.
5. The website is now running. You may access it using your host ip/domain name with any web browser. Collection Static and migrations are automated in step 4). Db and media files are also stored in web/prod_storage folder via volume mount. Db Migration files are stored in web/appName/ migration subfolders.
6. To create the first superuser (admin), run the command docker exec -it yourWebDockerID python manage.py createsuperuser . Follow the on-screen instructions and choose user type 4 when asked. Subsequent admin can be created in the admin menu options. To find out the value of yourWbDockerID, run the command line docker ps

For test

Skip step 3) above.

4. Enter the following command docker-compose up --build
5. Enter hyperlink locahost to access the website with any web browser. Media and db files are stored in virtual docker volumes not mounted to a physical location on the drive.

All other step are identical. Note: don't run test volumes on the same machine as prod volumes; they share the same volume names.

Turning on and off

• To turn off website: docker-compose down
• To turn on without rebuilding: docker-compose -f production.yml up
• To turn on with rebuilding: Step 4) above