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Getting the server

If you want to run your own version of ShaderGif or contribute to the development, you will need to setup a server.

There are 2 options:

  • Install a fully-fledged Linux server in a VM or in your laptop
  • Install from docker

I frequently use both options.

With Docker

Run:

docker pull antoinemopa/shadergif-dev
docker run -p 3000:3000 -it antoinemopa/shadergif-dev

Then, inside the container:

rails s

There you go, if you visit http://127.0.0.1:3000, you should see a version of ShaderGif. (it might be an old version, the docker image is not updated often)

Generally, however, you'll want to bind-mount and have access to the code from outside the docker:

# Get the very last version
git clone https://github.com/antoineMoPa/shadergif.git
docker run -p 3000:3000 -v $(pwd):/editable-shadergif -it antoinemopa/shadergif-dev

Then, inside the container:

bundle update # There might have been changes since last docker version
rails start

Note: Docker has many problems with files, symlinks, shared folders and usability in general on Windows. I'd recommend to install Ubuntu or Debian in a VirtualBox VM to avoid most problems.

Side note: Generating the docker image

In the ShaderGif repo's root:

docker build -t antoinemopa/shadergif-dev .

Without Docker: Installing and running the dev server

Shadergif is a rails app. The instructions here are for Debian-like operating systems.

If you don't have Debian or a Debian-like operating system, you could set up a virtual machine with Debian.

  • Download virtualbox, to run the VM: virtualbox.org
  • Download Debian (You will probably want a AMD64 version, which is the architecture of most modern CPUs, including intel): Debian mirrors list

Note: copy paste line by line.

Some commands need the root password (sudo) and some commands may fail (downloading/building ruby).

# First, install and build ruby
sudo apt-get install git binutils zlib1g-dev libssl-dev mariadb-client mariadb-server-10.1 libmariadb-dev libav-tools imagemagick
mkdir ~/bin
cd ~/bin
wget https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-2.4-stable.tar.gz
tar -zxvf ruby-*.tar.gz
cd $(ls | grep "ruby" | grep -v "\.tar\.gz")
./configure; make; sudo make install
sudo gem install bundle
# Create database and user
# Note, you might need to change 'mariadb' to 'mysql'
# in the following commands (e.g.: if not using Debian 9+)
echo "CREATE USER 'shadergif_development'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'shadergif_dev_password';" | sudo mariadb
echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON shadergif_development.* TO 'shadergif_development'@'localhost';" | sudo mariadb
echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON shadergif_test.* TO 'shadergif_development'@'localhost';" | sudo mariadb

# Then clone the app wherever you like
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/antoineMoPa/shadergif.git
cd shadergif
bundle install
rails db:create
rails db:migrate
rails server

Then you can go to 127.0.0.1:3000

Regenerating thumbnails & previews

There is a task for that:

rake gifs:recreate_thumbs_and_vids