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Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago

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

 h2. Prepare the Environment 

 * Obtain root shell: 
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 sudo -s 
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 * Make Makr sure the system is up to date: 
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 apt-get update && apt-get upgrade 
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 * Install a few dependencies: 
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 apt-get install build-essential python2.7 git curl mongodb libkrb5-dev 
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 h3. MongoDB 

 * Add the mongodb public gpg key: 
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 apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10 
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 * Then add the mongodb apt source list: 
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 echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/debian-sysvinit dist 10gen' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list 
 apt-get update 
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 * Install the latest stable mongodb: 
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 apt-get install mongodb-org 
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 #* Enable full text search in mongodb: 
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 echo 'setParameter = textSearchEnabled=true' >> /etc/mongod.conf /etc/mongodb.conf 
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 #* And restart mongodb for text search to take effect: 
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 service mongodb restart 
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 h3. NodeJS 

 * Install the nodejs repository: 
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 curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash - 
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 #* Then install nodejs: 
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 apt-get install nodejs 
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 * Install bower and brunch globally: 
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 npm install -g bower brunch 
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 * Exit the root user: 
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 exit 
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 h2. Install CodeCombat 

 * Clone the CodeCombat code from GitHub: 
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 mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git 
 git clone https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat.git 
 cd codecombat 
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 * Install the node module dependencies: 
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 npm install 
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 #* A few additional node modules needed to be install: 
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 npm install pause bytes geoip-lite mongodb-core 
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 * Database Import 
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 cd ~ /tmp && wget -O data.tar.gz http://analytics.codecombat.com:8080/dump.tar.gz 
 tar xzf data.tar.gz 
 mongorestore --drop --noIndexRestore --host 127.0.0.1 dump/ 
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 * Now start the server: 
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 npm start 
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 h2. 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

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