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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Deploying on a KIT HPC login node (no Docker daemon)

This path is for machines like the ETP login nodes: /ceph, /work, /web are mounted directly, but there's no Docker daemon available, and your public_html is already served by KIT's own web infrastructure — so no web server needs to run here at all, only the generator on a schedule.

1. Install into a venv

python3 -m venv ~/.venvs/gallery
~/.venvs/gallery/bin/pip install -e /work/lbogner/ETPlot   # path to your clone

PyMuPDF (a base dependency) handles PDF→PNG conversion; ImageMagick is not required.

2. Point a config at your paths

Copy/edit config.lbogner.yaml from the repo root (already has web_folder: /web/lbogner/public_html/ and placeholder sources: — fill in the real plot-output directories under /work/lbogner/... or /ceph/...). Put it wherever you like, e.g. ~/gallery/config.lbogner.yaml, and adjust the path in gallery-generate.service if you move it.

3. Install the systemd --user timer

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cp deploy/systemd/gallery-generate.{service,timer} ~/.config/systemd/user/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now gallery-generate.timer

Check status/logs:

systemctl --user list-timers gallery-generate.timer
journalctl --user -u gallery-generate.service -f

By default a user's systemd instance (and its timers) stops when you log out. Enable lingering so it keeps running:

loginctl enable-linger $USER

If lingering isn't permitted on your login node, or systemctl --user isn't usable there at all, fall back to a crontab entry instead:

*/5 * * * * ~/.venvs/gallery/bin/gallery --config ~/gallery/config.lbogner.yaml generate >> ~/gallery-generate.log 2>&1

Why not the Docker Compose stack?

docker-compose.yml at the repo root (generator + nginx) is for a scenario where you control a dedicated VM/server and need to serve the output yourself. On the ETP login nodes there's no Docker daemon (Apptainer/Singularity only), and public_html is already auto-served — running your own nginx there would be redundant. Docker is still used for CI (.gitea/workflows/ci.yml) and remains a fine option for anyone deploying this on their own server.