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This guide assumes you have an Ubuntu system setup and available to go.

Install Prerequisites¶

• From the command line:
  

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get -y install git libxslt-dev libxml2-dev build-essential bison openssl zlib1g libxslt1.1 libssl-dev libxslt1-dev libxml2 libffi-dev libxslt-dev libpq-dev autoconf libc6-dev libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev libtool libsqlite3-dev libcurl3 libmagickcore-dev ruby-build libmagickwand-dev imagemagick bundler
  

Install Rbenv/Ruby¶

• From the command line:
  

  cd
  git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git .rbenv
  echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
  echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
  exec $SHELL
  
  git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
  echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
  exec $SHELL
  
  rbenv install 2.0.0-p481
  rbenv global 2.0.0-p481
  ruby -v
  

Install Ruby on Rails¶

• From the command line:
  

  gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc
  rbenv rehash
  gem install rails -v 4.0.9
  

Install Scumblr Application Dependencies¶

• From the command line:
  

  sudo apt-get install redis-server
  gem install sidekiq
  rbenv rehash
  

Scripted Sketchy Install¶

The scripted setup is tailored for Ubuntu only

• First clone Sketchy:
  

  git clone https://github.com/Netflix/sketchy.git
  

• Run setup Script:
  

  cd sketchy/
  bash ubuntu_install.sh
  

Setup Application¶

• From the command line:
  

  git clone https://github.com/Netflix/Scumblr.git
  cd Scumblr
  bundle install
  rake db:create
  rake db:schema:load
  

Create an Admin User¶

• From the command line from the Scumblr root folder:
  

  cd ~/Scumblr
  ../.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p481/bin/rails c
  

• In the console:
  

  user = User.new
  user.email = "<Valid email address>" 
  user.password = "<Password>" 
  user.password_confirmation = "<Password>" 
  user.admin = true
  user.save
  

Run Scumblr¶

• From the command line from the Scumblr root folder:
  

  redis-server &
  ../.rbenv/shims/bundle exec sidekiq -l log/sidekiq.log &
  ../.rbenv/shims/bundle exec rails s &
  

Now connect to your server with a web browser on port 3000

Resources¶

• https://github.com/Netflix/Scumblr/wiki