helpdesk

Development

backend

python3.7 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# edit local_config.py
cp local_config.py.example local_config.py

vi local_config.py

# init database
python -c 'from helpdesk.libs.db import init_db; init_db()'

# init default policy
PS: the ticket related approval flow(policy), Confirm whether there is a default approval process before ticket operate

# export SSL_CERT_FILE='/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
uvicorn helpdesk:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8123 --log-level debug

Visit http://localhost:8123 on your browser. The default listening port of backend is 8123

PS: The user interface in backend web pages will be replaced by new standalone frontend in next major release, please see Standalone frontend if you want to modify the ui.

Standalone frontend

First make sure you have installed latest nodejs

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Follow the link in the console.

PS: If your backend is not hosted in localhost or listening to port other than 8123, please modify the proxyTable config in frontend/config/index.js , see Vue Templates Doc for details

Add new python dependency

pip install <package>
# add to in-requirements.txt
vi in-requirements.txt
# generate new requirements.txt (lock)
pip freeze > requirements.txt

Deployment

Kubernetes

# build docker image
build -t helpdesk .

# push this image to your docker registry
docker tag helpdesk <target image>:<tag>
docker push <target image>:<tag>

# edit helm values
cp contrib/charts/helpdesk/values.yaml values.yaml
vi values.yaml

# install helm package
helm upgrade \
    --install \
    --name helpdesk contrib/charts/helpdesk \
    --namespace=helpdesk \
    -f values.yaml

Get the url from your nginx ingress and visit it.