ActiveWorkflow is an open-source platform for building workflow automation systems. It can be used for various applications, including data processing, IoT device management, and task automation. Installing ActiveWorkflow on Debian Latest is a straightforward process, and this tutorial will guide you through the steps required.
To start with, we need to install Docker as ActiveWorkflow runs in Docker containers. Follow the below command to install Docker on Debian.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
Once the installation is complete, verify that Docker is running by checking the service status:
sudo systemctl status docker
Now that we have Docker, we can proceed to clone the ActiveWorkflow repository. Use the following command to clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/automaticmode/active_workflow
Navigate to the ActiveWorkflow directory.
cd active_workflow
To run ActiveWorkflow, we need to build the Docker images provided in the repository. The following command will help us to build the images.
docker-compose build
After building the images, we can start the ActiveWorkflow service using the below command.
docker-compose up
You will see the output similar to below.
Attaching to redis, active_workflow
redis | 1:C 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
redis | 1:C 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 # Redis version=6.2.3, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=1, just started
redis | 1:C 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 # Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
redis | 1:M 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 * monotonic clock: POSIX clock_gettime
redis | 1:M 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 * Running mode=standalone, port=6379.
redis | 1:M 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 # Server initialized
redis | 1:M 21 Apr 2021 14:39:10.397 * Ready to accept connections
active_workflow | /usr/local/bundle/gems/webpacker-5.2.1/lib/webpacker/dev_server_runner.rb:9:in `exec': No such file or directory - node (Errno::ENOENT)
active_workflow | from /usr/local/bundle/gems/webpacker-5.2.1/lib/webpacker/dev_server_runner.rb:9:in `block in run'
active_workflow | from /usr/local/bundle/gems/webpacker-5.2.1/lib/webpacker/dev_server_runner.rb:1:in `chdir'
active_workflow | from /usr/local/bundle/gems/webpacker-5.2.1/lib/webpacker/dev_server_runner.rb:1:in `run'
active_workflow | from /usr/local/bundle/gems/webpacker-5.2.1/lib/webpacker/commands.rb:61:in `webpacker_server'
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ActiveWorkflow should now be accessible from your web browser. Go to http://<hostname or IP>:5000 and you'll see the ActiveWorkflow web interface.
This concludes the tutorial on how to install ActiveWorkflow on Debian Latest. Once installed, you can use ActiveWorkflow to create powerful workflow automation systems. Good luck automating!
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