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Ohad Levy, 09/21/2009 03:23 AM

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h1. Requirements
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before you start, make sure you have:
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* Puppet >= 0.24-4
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* rake >= 0.84 
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* rubygems
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* ruby-sqlite3 (libsqlite3-ruby) if you are going to use sqlite as your database
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* git (if installing from source )
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The installation has been successfully tested on RHE5 and Ubuntu 8.04 -  9.04,  for older operating systems you might need additional packages (e.g. sqlite)
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h1. Download
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h2. Latest stable release
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Latest stable version can be found "here":http://theforeman.org/attachments/download/21/foreman-0.1.tar.bz2
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h2. Latest source code
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You can get the latest source code of Foreman from the git repository hosted at github.
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This is the preferred way to get Foreman if you want to benefit from the latest improvements. By using the git repository you can also upgrade more easily.
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to get latest "stable" version do:
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<pre><code>git clone git://github.com/ohadlevy/foreman.git foreman
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cd foreman
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git submodule init
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git submodule update
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</code></pre>
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* if you are behind a proxy or firewall and dont have access to github using the git protocol, use http protocol instead (e.g.)
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<pre>
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git clone http://github.com/ohadlevy/foreman.git foreman
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cd foreman
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sed -i 's/git:\/\//http:\/\//g' .gitmodules
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git submodule init
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git submodule update
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</pre>
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h1. Initial setup
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h2. Database
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Foreman uses a database, this database can be shared with Puppet store-configs (they are compatible, as Foreman extends the puppet database schema).
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By default, SQLite is used, if you want to use other database (e.g. MySQL) please modify the configuration file under +config/database.yml+.
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If you want to share the database with Puppets (storeconfig), just modify +config/database.yml+ to point to the same database configuration as puppet is.
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In both cases, please use the *production* settings.
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to initialize the database schema type:
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<code>RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate</code>
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h2. Import Data from Puppet
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At this point, you might want to go through the [[FAQ]] to see how can you import your data into Foreman.
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h2. Start The Web Server
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Start the built in web server by typing:
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<code>./script/server -e production</code>
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and point your browser to http://foreman:3000
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If you would like to keep the server running, I would recommend to setup passenger, an puppet manifest example could be found [[Passenger setup example|here]].
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h1. Future Updates
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see [[Upgrade instructions]]
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h1. Problems?
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see [[Troubleshooting]]