Open Data/RDMP Tools

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Introduction

This wiki page details the installation and use of the DCC RDMP software (RDMP = Research Data Management Plan) on an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server with the "RubyonRails" web development framework installed.

Operation

To do.

Installation

Step 1 - Install Ubuntu server

Install an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server as per:

http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Enterprise_Server_Management

Step 2 - Install RubyonRails framework on the server

Install the prerequisites

Login to the server and then type the following;

sudo -i
apt-get install git mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
apt-get install git-core curl zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev python-software-properties libffi-dev

Install Ruby

Then install ruby as follows;

cd
wget http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.3/ruby-2.3.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ruby-2.3.1.tar.gz
cd ruby-2.3.1/
./configure
make
make install
ruby -v

Install Rails

Type the following;

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs
gem install bundler
gem install rails -v 3.2.22
rails -v

Step 3 - Get the DMP code

Type the following;

git clone https://github.com/DigitalCurationCentre/DMPonline_v4.git

Step 4 - Create the databases

Type the following;

cd DMPonline_v4
cp config/database_example.yml config/database.yml
nano config/database.yml

Update the database settings you want and save the file.

Type the following;

apt-get install phpmyadmin

Then go to the phpmyadmin web app (normally /phpmyadmin) and create the MySQL databases.

Step 5 - Build the web app

Make sure you are in the DMP source code folder and then type;

bundle install
rake db:create

References

• https://github.com/DigitalCurationCentre/DMPonline_v4
• https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/ruby-on-rails.html
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-ubuntu-14-04
• https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/14.04
• http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html