PantherHackers

Same site. RoR back-end

Setup

If you are using Windows 10 Home, see the alternate setup below.

• Install Docker from Docker's website.
• Clone this repo from your terminal with git clone https://github.com/PantherHackers/rails_site.git.
• Go to project (cd rails_site).
• Run docker-compose build to pull the images.
• Run docker-compose run rails bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate and wait for the containers to build.
• Copy .env.example into .env. cp .env.example .env.
• Fill in the appropriate values in .env if you will be using any of the resources (e.g. the Github API).
• If you want to populate the blog posts:
  • Create your own Github API key with the public_repo permission.
  • Add the token to the .env file under GITHUB_API_KEY.
  • Run docker-compose run rails bundle exec rake posts:import
• Run docker-compose up.
• Wait for the Docker images to start up.
• Go to localhost:3000.

Setup for Windows 10 Home

Due to Windows 10 Home not having the required technology for Docker for Windows, you will have to use the legacy Docker Toolbox installation instead.

• Install Docker Toolbox.
• Open the Docker Quickstart Terminal.
• Get the Docker Machine's IP address using docker-machine ip. This will be the IP you will put in the address bar when you start the server.
• Clone the repo from your terminal with git clone https://github.com/PantherHackers/rails_site.git.
• Go into the project with cd rails_site.
• Copy the contents of the .env.example file into a new file named .env with cp .env.example .env. This will be needed for the next step.
• Run docker-compose run rails bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate and wait for the containers to build.
• If you will be changing the .env file in order to use any of the resources mentioned in the regular setup above, follow the instructions listed there.
• Start the server with docker-compose up and wait for the Docker images to start up.
• Ideally, the server will boot up and start on its own, but this doesn't happen all the time. If it looks like the startup process has stopped, go to IP you got from docker-machine ip with your web browser. The server should then spin up and start serving the site.

Need to know

• If you change the Gemfile, make sure to rebuild the Docker container with docker-compose build before running docker-compose up again.
• To run commands within a container (to use rake, rails, or mysql), you need to use docker-compose exec <container> <shell command>, where <container> can be rails or db depending on whether you want to access the Rails app or the MySQL database.

Pro-Tips

• In Unix systems, you can setup aliases in your .bashrc or .zshrc file to help type container commands faster:
  • alias ddb='docker-compose exec db'
  • alias dr='docker-compose exec rails'
  • alias dbe='docker-compose exec rails bundle exec'

Notes

• Feel free to play with the project, modify files, and refresh the website to see changes.
• If unfamiliar with Rails, check out their getting started guide.

Contact

If you have any questions, the instructions in this document are not clear, or the setup does not work for you, feel free to contact Luis on Slack (@luis) or shoot him an email at luis@pantherhackers.com