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Updated by Daniel Curtis almost 9 years ago

This is a guide on installing JSbin on FreeBSD. 

 *NOTE*: -After working on getting JSbin to install on FreeBSD for many hours, I was unable to get it working.- 

 
 *UPDATE*: I found that +JSbin JSbin works on node v0.10+, v0.10, the default nodejs version for FreeBSD is v0.12. Once I installed the older version JSbin installed correctly. 

 h2. Prepare the system 

 * Make sure the system is up to date: 
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 pkg update && pkg upgrade 
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 * Install portmaster 
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 pkg install portmaster 
 pkg2ng 
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 * Install node010 and npm from the ports tree: 
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 portmaster www/node010 www/npm 
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 *# *NOTE*: Make sure to check [X]node010 when configuring the npm port 

 h2. Install JSbin with npm 

 * Install JSbin using npm: 
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 npm install -g --sqlite=/usr/local jsbin 
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 * Create a new config file and edit it as necessary: 
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 cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsbin 
 cp config.default.json config.local.json 
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 * Test JSbin in development mode: 
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 jsbin 
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 * Go to http://localhost:3000 in a web browser 

 h2. Install JSbin from GitHub 

 * Create a working source directory: 
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 mkdir /usr/local/src && cd /usr/local/src 
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 * Clone JSbin from GitHub: 
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 git clone https://github.com/remy/jsbin.git 
 cd jsbin 
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 * Install grunt-cli globally using npm: 
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 npm install -g grunt-cli 
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 * Then install the developer dependencies: 
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 npm install -g --sqlite=/usr/local --dev 
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 h2. Running JSbin with PM2 

 * Install pm2 globally: 
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 npm install -g pm2 
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 * Add a jsbin user to separate privileges: 
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 pw add user -n jsbin -m -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsbin -s /bin/sh -c "JSbin" 
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 * Change the ownership of the global jsbin folder to the jsbin user: 
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 chown -R jsbin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsbin 
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 * Switch to the jsbin user: 
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 su - jsbin 
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 * Start jsbin using pm2: 
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 pm2 start bin/jsbin 
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 h2. JSbin FreeBSD Boot Script 

 * Create a jsbin FreeBSD init script: 
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 vi /usr/local/etc/rc.d/jsbin 
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 #* and add the following 
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 #!/bin/sh 

 # PROVIDE: jsbin 
 # KEYWORD: shutdown 

 . /etc/rc.subr 

 name="pm2"  
 start_cmd="${name}_start"  
 stop_cmd="${name}_stop"  

 pm2_start() { 
    echo "pm2 starting"  
    su - jsbin -c "/usr/local/bin/pm2 start /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsbin/bin/jsbin; exit"   
 } 

 pm2_stop() { 
    echo "pm2 stopping"  
    su - jsbin -c "/usr/local/bin/pm2 kill; exit"  
 } 

 run_rc_command "$1" 
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 * And make it executable: 
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 chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/jsbin 
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 * Start and enable jsbin at boot 
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 echo 'jsbin_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf 
 service jsbin start 
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 h2. Resources 

 * https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin/blob/master/docs/running-your-own-jsbin.md

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