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This is a guide on installing a CodeCombat instance on Debian 8.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Obtain root shell:
  

  sudo -s
  

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  apt-get install build-essential python2.7 git curl libkrb5-dev
  

MongoDB¶

• Add the mongodb public gpg key:
  

  apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
  

• Then add the mongodb apt source list:
  

  echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/debian-sysvinit dist 10gen' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
  apt-get update
  

• Install the latest stable mongodb:
  

  apt-get install mongodb-org
  

  • Enable full text search in mongodb:
    

    echo 'setParameter = textSearchEnabled=true' >> /etc/mongod.conf
    

  • And restart mongodb for text search to take effect:
    

    service mongodb restart
    

NodeJS¶

• Install the nodejs repository:
  

  curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash -
  

  • Then install nodejs:
    

    apt-get install nodejs
    

• Install bower and brunch globally:
  

  npm install -g bower brunch
  

• Exit the root user:
  

  exit
  

Install CodeCombat¶

• Clone the CodeCombat code from GitHub:
  

  mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git
  git clone https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat.git
  cd codecombat
  

• Install the node module dependencies:
  

  npm install
  

  • A few additional node modules needed to be install:
    

    npm install pause bytes geoip-lite mongodb-core
    

• Database Import
  

  cd ~ && wget -O data.tar.gz http://analytics.codecombat.com:8080/dump.tar.gz
  tar xzf data.tar.gz
  mongorestore --drop --host 127.0.0.1 dump/
  

• Now start the server:
  

  npm start
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat
• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/wiki/Dev-Setup:-General-Information
• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/wiki/Dev-Setup:-Linux#complex-linux-installation