ActiveWorkflow is a tool that can automate your workflows, which can be installed on your macOS device. To do so, follow the steps given below:
Before installing ActiveWorkflow, you need to install a few dependencies on your macOS device. We recommend installing Homebrew, a package manager for macOS, which can be done using the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Next, you'll want to install Python 3, as ActiveWorkflow requires it to function correctly:
brew install python3
You will also need to install postgresql since it's used as the database for ActiveWorkflow.
brew install postgresql
Next, you need to download ActiveWorkflow from the official GitHub repository. You can download it using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/automaticmode/active_workflow.git
This will clone the ActiveWorkflow repository into your current directory.
You will also want to utilize a virtual environment to keep the requirements of ActiveWorkflow isolated to a specific location. Creating a virtual environment can be done as follows:
python3 -m venv active-workflow-env
This will create a virtual environment named active-workflow-env. Activate the virtual environment
source active-workflow-env/bin/activate
With your virtual environment activated, you can move into the cloned ActiveWorkflow directory and install all of the required Python packages:
cd active_workflow
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
ActiveWorkflow uses PostgreSQL as the database, so we need to create a new database for ActiveWorkflow:
createdb active_workflow
To configure ActiveWorkflow, you'll need to create a file named config.yml in the root directory of the project. Copy the contents of config.yml.example to config.yml:
cp config.yml.example config.yml
Open config.yml and replace the default settings with your own.
You can start ActiveWorkflow using the following command:
./manage.py runserver
Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000 to view ActiveWorkflow.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ActiveWorkflow on your macOS device.
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