Pre-requisites:

1. Cloud environment

• An AWS account with admin privilege.
• AWS LightSail instance.
• Select Linux/Unix as platform.
• Select LAMP (PHP 8) as blueprint (Apps + OS).

3. Local environment

• Bitnami LAMP or any other Linux with LAMP stack installed.
• VMware player or VirtualBox.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Login in into Instance/VM, install git sudo apt-get install git-all
2. Go to directory /opt/bitnami/apache/htdocs/top
3. Clone the github repository git clone https://github.com/AnLi0845/COMP3421.git
4. Move all files from COMP3421 to /opt/bitnami/apache/htdocs/top cd comp3421 mv * /opt/bitnami/apache/htdocs/top
5. Edit the db.php: add the db_password = “your_password”; The application password can be found from virtual machine console when it starts up for Bitnami LAMP or cat bitnami_application_password for cloud environment.
6. Login into MarinDB or MySQL, username root for Bitnami, password same as step 5.
7. Create a database named comp3421_finalproject.
8. Import the dump file to MariaDB. The dump is inside the ‘sql phpmyadmin’ folder and is named comp3421_finalproject.sql. Accessing the Web Application Accessing the Web Application at the http://Your_Server_IP/ for local environment, or Your public static IPv4 address for cloud environments (AWS lightsail).

Detailed Demo can be found at https://comp3421.ancatlab.com (Hong Kong access only).