Before setting up EyeDP, it’s necessary to setup a couple of additional dependencies.

PostgreSQL

DigitalOcean has good tutorials on setting up Postgres with a Rails development environment for Mac or Ubuntu. Those guides will help you get Postgres setup, but you should come back here for the Rails environment setup!

Redis

Setting up Redis is a bit easier, and can be accomplished with a single comand on either Mac or Ubuntu:

Mac

brew install redis

Ubuntu

sudo apt install redis-server

EyeDP

RVM.io is the recommended tool to manage Ruby versions and Gemsets for EyeDP. After following the directions on getting a Ruby environment setup, clone the project, change into it’s directory, and install the ruby dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/CentauriSolutions/EyeDP eyedp
cd eyedp
bundle install

Before you can run EyeDP, it’s necessary to initialise the database:

bin/setup

It is now possible to start the various pieces. Run each of the following in a different terminal:

redis-server
bundle exec sidekiq
bundle exec rails server

Now that EyeDP’s dependencies have been installed, it’s time to do the first time setup!.