ViPLab-Backend

Virtual Programming Laboratory Backend

To run the ViPLab backend on your system you need:

• python3.x
• python-qpid-proton
• python-magic
• marshmallow
• url64
• docker (and docker-py)

You can configure backend behavior by copying config.sample.ini to config.ini and change the variables.

Start the backend with:

python3 backend.py

Press Ctrl+C to stop the backend.

Known issues / missing features

• no status messages what backend is doing (downloading container, starting, etc.) are send to frontend
• files are only send when the container is finished (no intermediate files)
• only Container-environment is working (c-environment will follow)
• web resource for image has not been tested (only published files would work)
• no error-handling