This section explains how to setup and configure the FLARECAST development infrastructure on your personal computer.

Getting ready

Install software

Software OS X Linux

Python

Install https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711/

Should be preinstalled. Test with

python --version

Otherwise check here.

PIP (Python installer)

PIP is shipped with Python 2.7.9+ and Python 3.4+.

pip --version

If you don't have it follow https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/

Python IDE We suggest PyCharm, but any text editor or Spyder will work as well.

IDL

You can use your normal IDL setup to access data and prototype your algorithms.

Note: We do not support execution of IDL code on our cluster due to licensing issues. Let us know if this is a problem.

Please avoid SolarSoft/SSW-specific functionality in your algorithms. They tend to be hard to be ported to a cluster.

Git

(source code repository)

Install XCODE though the App-Store
open terminal
xcode-select --install
Click on "Install" and follow the wizard

sudo apt-get install git

Docker and

docker-compose

Requires Kernel 3.10+

sudo curl -L https://get.docker.com/ | sh
sudo pip install docker-compose

Install https://www.docker.com/docker-toolbox

Access to Infrastructure

In order to access the FLARECAST development infrastructure in France you need a dedicated account.

To get an account send a message to [Eric Buchlin|mailto:Eric Buchlin <eric.buchlin@ias.u-psud.fr>?subject=Request for FLARECAST account&body=Dear Eric,\nwould you mind to create a FLARECAST account for me.\n\nBest Regards,\n]

Test installation

Note: Windows has not been tested yet

* OS X or Linux (we have not tested Windows installations yet)

* Python 2.7

* Text Editor or your preferred Python Interactive Development Environment (IDE).

* Account to connect to the FLARECAST infrastructure at OBSPM.