Setting Up Workdey on Local Server

Setting Up Workdey on a Local Server

Steps for Getting Workdey to run locally

• Make sure ruby is installed in your system. To check your ruby version, use

ruby -v

• To run workdey, it is recommended that you use ruby 2.3.0.
• Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you wish to have the project cloned. Clone the Workdey repo using this command:

git clone https://github.com/andela/workdey

• Navigate to the Workdey directory:

cd workdey

• Install bundler:

gem install bundler

• Install the project dependencies:

bundle install

• Note: Installation of the pg gem may fail if you do not have postgres already setup in your machine. Instructions on how to install Postgres can be found here

• Make sure the postgres server is already running. This can be done using the command:

pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start

• Setup the database using

rake db:server

• Start the redis server:

redis-server &

• Start the rails server:

rails server

• Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to view the local site.