In this tutorial, we will go through the steps necessary to install ActiveWorkflow on Elementary OS Latest. ActiveWorkflow is an open-source automation platform for creating workflows and automating tasks.
Before you begin installing ActiveWorkflow, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install some required packages that will be necessary for the installation process. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install -y git curl wget unzip
This command will install Git, curl, wget, and unzip packages.
Next, we need to download the ActiveWorkflow source code from GitHub. Run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/automaticmode/active_workflow.git
This command will clone the ActiveWorkflow repository to your local machine.
ActiveWorkflow is built on Ruby on Rails, so we need to install Ruby and Bundler to run the application. Run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt install -y ruby-full
sudo gem install bundler
These commands will install Ruby and Bundler.
Before we can run ActiveWorkflow, we need to install some dependencies. Change to the ActiveWorkflow directory using the following command:
cd active_workflow
Then run the following command:
bundle install
This command will install all the required dependencies for ActiveWorkflow.
Next, we need to configure ActiveWorkflow. Run the following command:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
This command will create a new database.yml file from the example file. You will need to edit this file to set up your database configuration.
Before we can run ActiveWorkflow, we need to create the database. Run the following command:
bundle exec rake db:create
This command will create the database based on the configuration in database.yml.
Now we need to run any outstanding database migrations. Run the following command:
bundle exec rake db:migrate
This command will run all outstanding database migrations.
Finally, it's time to start ActiveWorkflow. Run the following command:
bundle exec rails server
This command will start the ActiveWorkflow server. You can now access the ActiveWorkflow web interface by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost:3000/.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install ActiveWorkflow on Elementary OS Latest. We went through the process of downloading the source code, installing Ruby and Bundler, and configuring and starting the server. We hope that this tutorial was helpful for you.
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