Limesurvey

Requirements

Server:

  • Linux server
  • Installed Mobile-Coach Server (Link)
  • Ports 443, 8080 (if 443 is busy) open
  • Docker installed (version 18.0.3 +)
  • Certbot installed (for SSL certificates)
  • Docker-compose installed v1.3+
  • Openssl and openjdk installed
  • Git installed
  • Sudo access

Configuration

Connect to the server

  • Open your terminal (Mac) / CMD (Windows)
ssh [USERNAME]@[HOSTNAME]

For example:

ssh sgfeller@workshop-cdhi.ethz.ch

Optional but recommended: Create a new folder in the root directory where you afterwards pull the config. For example:

cd /.
sudo mkdir /opt/
cd opt

Pulling the configs

Pull the configuration and move into the mobilecoach-server folder.
The rest of the commands in the following sections need to be run in folder mobilecoach-server

sudo bash
git clone https://bitbucket.org/mobilecoach/mobilecoach-limesurvey-server.git
cd mobilecoach-limesurvey-server

Linking Letsenscrypt

If you already setup the Certificates for the mobilecoach-server, you can link them.

ln -s ../mobilecoach-server/letsencrypt/ letsencrypt

Configuring the docker-compose file

Four details are required for the configuration. Hostname, Port which LimeSurvey should use, Password of the root, Password of the user (for the login)

export domain=[HOSTNAME]
export limesurvey_port=[PORT_LIMESURVEY]
export mysqlrootpass=[ROOT_PASSWORD]
export mysqluserpass=[USER_PASSWORD]

For example:

export domain=workshop-mobilecoach1.ch
export limesurvey_port=443
export mysqlrootpass=b2600fcc48703
export mysqluserpass=b6fd03d8dff5f

After that you just have to run these commands and the file get modified.

find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/[hostname]/'"$domain"'/g' {} +
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/[port_limesurvey]/'"$limesurvey_port"'/g' {} +
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/[mysql_root_password]/'"$mysqlrootpass"'/g' {} +
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/[mysql_user_password]/'"$mysqluserpass"'/g' {} +

Starting the Docker Container

Starting the container for the first time

docker-compose up -d

Stopping, starting & restarting

docker-compose stop
docker-compose start
docker-compose restart

Stopping and removing the containers

docker-compose down

Setting LimeSurvey up

You can access the LimeSurvey WebApp at https://[HOSTNAME]/limesurvey. Eg. https://workshop-cdhi.ethz.ch/limesurvey

Note: The default admin username is mc and the password is the [USER_PASSWORD] you defined above.

  • Give a database name
  • This setup can also be used with an existing database, without loss of data.
  • Type in the admin username, password and email
  • Go to "administration" and login

From next time use the same url: https://[HOSTNAME]/limesurvey/admin

To be displayed

  • Adding new user
  • Try in eth server
  • Scripts to add
  • Parameters to pass
  • Sending variables to MC
  • Images in limesurvey
  • Commands in MC
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