FOSSASIA

loklak/Google Cloud: Set up loklak tweet search server with Docker on Google Cloud Server

Objective:

Loklak is a server application which is able to collect messages from various sources, including twitter. The server contains a search index and a peer-to-peer index sharing interface. Set up loklak_server with Docker on the Google Cloud, help with documentation and tweet about it. There is an example set up for IBM Bluemix that can get you started.

Setup instructions:

The instruction to get you started is here: https://github.com/loklak/loklak_server/blob/master/installation_docker.md

Expected Outcome:

  • loklak server successfully installed with at least 1mio tweets and continuously collecting tweets on the system
  • Add/improve set up instructions for Google Cloud in Installation Readme
  • tweet about your task with a screenshot of your set up, e.g. "My own #loklak twitter search server set up at http://your-loklak-cloud-server-URL #FOSSASIA #GCI @lklknt @fossasia @0rb1t3r @mariobehling"

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Task tags

  • loklak
  • twitter
  • docker
  • cloud

Students who completed this task

JLeow00, Scott Deng, Duc Phan Duy

Task type

  • code Code
  • chrome_reader_mode Documentation / Training
  • assessment Outreach / Research
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2015