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aastandingssync 1.10.0

Standings Sync
Alliance Auth app for cloning alliance standings and war targets to alts.

Content

Features
Screenshot
How it works
Installation
Updating
Settings
Permissions
Admin Functions
Feedback
Change Log

Features
The main purpose of this app is to enable non-alliance characters to have the same standings view of other pilots in game as their alliance main. This e.g. allows non-alliance scouts to correctly report blues and non-blues. Or JF pilots can see which other non-alliance characters on grid not blues and therefore a potential threat.
Here is an high level overview of the main features:

Synchronize alliance contacts to chosen non-alliance characters
Supports coalition usage with multiple alliances in the same Alliance Auth installation
Synchronize alliance war targets as contacts with terrible standing
Automatically deactivates synchronization when a user ceases to be eligible (e.g. main left the alliance)

Screenshot
Here is a screenshot of the main screen.

How it works
To enable non-alliance members to use alliance standings the personal contact of that character are replaced with the alliance contacts.
Installation
Step 1 - Check Preconditions
Please make sure you meet all preconditions before proceeding:

Standings Sync is a plugin for Alliance Auth. If you don't have Alliance Auth running already, please install it first before proceeding. (see the official AA installation guide for details)

Standings Sync needs the app django-eveuniverse to function. Please make sure it is installed, before continuing.

Step 2 - Install app
Install into AA virtual environment with PIP install from PyPI:
pip install aa-standingssync

Step 3 - Update Eve Online app
Update the Eve Online app used for authentication in your AA installation to include the following scopes:
esi-characters.read_contacts.v1
esi-characters.write_contacts.v1
esi-alliances.read_contacts.v1

Step 4 - Configure AA settings
Configure your AA settings (local.py) as follows:
Add 'standingssync' to INSTALLED_APPS
Add these lines add to bottom of your settings file:
# settings for standingssync
CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE['standingssync.run_regular_sync'] = {
'task': 'standingssync.tasks.run_regular_sync',
'schedule': crontab(minute=0, hour='*/2')
}

Please also see the settings section for more configuration options. For example a setting is required to enable syncing war targets.
Step 5 - Finalize installation into AA
Run migrations & copy static files
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

Restart your supervisor services for AA
Step 6 - Setup permissions
Now you can access Alliance Auth and setup permissions for your users. See section "Permissions" below for details.
Step 7 - Setup alliance character
Finally you need to set the alliance character that will be used for fetching the alliance contacts / standing. Just click on "Set Alliance Character" and add the requested token. Note that only users with the appropriate permission will be able to see and use this function.
Once an alliance character is set the app will immediately start fetching alliance contacts. Wait a minute and then reload the page to see the result.
That's it. The Standing Sync app is fully installed and ready to be used.
Updating
To update your existing installation of Alliance Freight first enable your virtual environment.
Then run the following commands from your AA project directory (the one that contains manage.py).
pip install -U aa-standingssync

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

Finally restart your AA supervisor services.
Settings
Here is a list of available settings for this app. They can be configured by adding them to your AA settings file (local.py). If they are not set the defaults are used.

Name
Description
Default

STANDINGSSYNC_ADD_WAR_TARGETS
When enabled will automatically add or set war targets with standing = -10 to synced characters.
False

STANDINGSSYNC_CHAR_MIN_STANDING
Minimum standing a character needs to have in order to get alliance contacts. Any char with a standing smaller than this value will be rejected. Set to 0.0 if you want to allow neutral alts to sync.
0.1

STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS
When enabled will replace contacts of synced characters with alliance contacts.
True

STANDINGSSYNC_STORE_ESI_CONTACTS_ENABLED
Wether to store contacts received from ESI to disk. This is for debugging.
False

STANDINGSSYNC_SYNC_TIMEOUT
Duration in minutes after which a delayed sync for managers and characters is reported as down. This value should be aligned with the frequency of the sync task.
180

STANDINGSSYNC_WAR_TARGETS_LABEL_NAME
Name of EVE contact label for war targets. Needs to be created by the user for each synced character. Required to ensure that war targets are deleted once they become invalid. Not case sensitive.
WAR TARGETS

Permissions
This app only uses two permission. One for enabling this app for users and one for enabling users to add alliances for syncing.

Name
Purpose
Code

Can add synced character
Enabling the app for a user. This permission should be enabled for everyone who is allowed to use the app (e.g. Member state)
add_syncedcharacter

Can add alliance manager
Enables adding alliances for syncing by setting the character for fetching alliance contacts. This should be limited to users with admins / leadership privileges.
add_syncmanager

Admin functions
Admins will find a "Standings Sync" section on the admin page. This section provides the following features:

See a list of all setup alliances with their sync status

See a list of all enabled characters with their current sync status

Manually remove characters / alliances from sync

Manually start the sync process for characters / alliances

Feedback
If you encounter any bugs or would like to request a new feature please open an issue in this gitlab repo.