Application Development Framework setup on Windows

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Follow the steps in the sequence described below:

Download and install Mongodb

  1. Note that you will need a 64 bit Windows machine for this setup.
  2. Download mongodb installer for Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit and later, with SSL support x64 from: MongoDB Download Center
  3. Follow instructions from Mongodb documentation for:
    1. Downloading and installing the correct version for your platform
    2. Setting up paths for data and log storage
    3. Setting up Mongodb as a Windows service

Install Ruby

Download and install Ruby version 2.3.3 x64 from https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

Make sure you check the options to Add ruby to your system path during the installation. Refer screenshot below

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Install nodejs

Download and install latest nodejs version for Windows x64 platform from https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Install and configure development tools

  • Install MSYS2 for Windows x64 platform from: http://www.msys2.org/. For example the file name for 64-bit version would be similar to:  msys2-x86_64-20161025.exe
  • Run the msys2 shell (by navigating through the Start menu)
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  • Install development tools by issuing command pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain. Select all option 
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  • Similarly install make by issuing command pacman -S make
  • Also, install vim pacman -S vim
  • Open file ~/.bashrc using vim and add the following two lines at the end of the file:
    • export PATH=$PATH:/c/Ruby23-x64/bin:/c/Program\ Files/nodejs
    • alias vi=vim
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  • Close the shell by typing exit

Configure the application framework

  • Run the msys2 shell
  • Navigate to the directory containing the app_framework
  • Run command gem install bundler
  • Next, run the command bundle install. Note that this will take a while to complete
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  • Close the shell by entering exit

Starting the development web server

  • Start windows command prompt
  • Navigate to the directory containing the app_framework
  • Run rake db:seed. This will create a default management user
  • Run rake setup:load. This will create default pages within the app
  • Next, you can start the server by entering command: rails s -p 3001

Configuring the application

  • By default, the system generates an administrator with following credentials:
    • username: admin@appframework.com
    • password: admin123$
  • Open the admin page in web browser and enter the above credentials. Make sure that the login works. Note that it will take a while to start for the first time. Basically a lot of javascript is getting compiled in the backend
  • On the Admin dashboard, you can add two types of users
    • Accounts on Datonis - These should be account administrators on several accounts on Datonis. All users on such accounts will be able to login to the application
    • Admin for the local application - These are local application administrators. You can add more users for application administration.
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