Setup without Docker

Instructions for using the Action Center without Docker are archived here. These instructions are not actively maintained.

Local Setup

Install system package dependencies (the below example works on Ubuntu/precise). You need postresql 9.3 at least.

$  sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib-9.3 libpq-dev libqt4-dev libqtwebkit-dev

For convenience, you may configure a postgresql superuser, and then run the below commands to bring the app online.

$  sudo -u postgres bash -c "psql -c \"CREATE ROLE actioncenter PASSWORD 'CHANGEMEinproduction6f799ae4eb3d59e' SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN; \""

$  bundle install
   rake db:create
   rake db:schema:load
   rails server

Once the server is running, navigate to localhost:3000/register and create yourself a user account. You will need to provide (and confirm) a valid email in order to log in. When that's done, promote yourself to be an admin using the following command:

rake users:add_admin[[email protected]]

Now you should be able to go to localhost:3000/admin/action_pages to create your first action page.

Heroku Setup

First create a new app and configure it with a Postgres add on. Then

git remote add heroku [email protected]:your-action-center-app.git
git push heroku master
heroku run rake db:migrate

As with above, you can now register a user account and confirm your email.

heroku run rake users:add_admin[[email protected]]

Production Setup

Follow these instructions https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-rails-and-nginx-with-passenger-on-ubuntu