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Quickstart Install Calipso

By cliftonc

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Published: Sat, 21 May 2011 / Last Updated: Sat, 18 Jun 2011

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Pre-Requisites

First things first, you need to get your basic environment right, the pre-requisites are:

  • NodeJS : Installation Guide [0.4.2 @ time of writing, but also tested on 0.4.7]
  • NPM : Installing NPM
  • MongoDB : Download / Install
  • Libraries : libexpat1-dev and libbsd-dev (need to confirm). Without these you will struggle to install node-expat and bcrypt.
  • A git client (to access the source code on Github).

Ok - good to go?

Grab the source ...

Go to where you want to run calipso from (e.g. /var/www).

$ git clone git://github.com/cliftonc/calipso.git

Initialized empty Git repository in /var/www/tmp/calipso/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 724, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (440/440), done.
remote: Total 724 (delta 298), reused 520 (delta 216)
Receiving objects: 100% (724/724), 640.07 KiB | 476 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (298/298), done.

$ cd calipso/

$ ls
app-cluster.js  conf       lib       media    package.json  README   test    utils
app.js          docs.html  Makefile  modules  pids          support  themes

Ok, now grab all the dependencies via NPM

Calipso depends on a number of other libraries that are available through NPM (the Node Package Manager). If all of these dependencies aren't installed, you will get lots of errors when attempting to run Calipso

$ npm install
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@0.3.15
npm info using node@v0.4.2
npm info link /var/www/tmp/calipso

...
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...

npm ok

Make sure MongoDB is running ...

On Ubuntu, if you have installed mongodb (sudo apt-get install mongodb), you can make sure it is running by:

$ status mongodb
mongodb start/running, process 2588

If mongo is not running and won't start (sudo start mongodb), some times if it doesn't shut down gracefully you can get a lock left open, and you need to delete the lock file (sudo rm /var/lib/mongod/mongodb.lock) before starting it.

Ok - lets run it!

Now the first test, try to run it!

$ node app

            _ _                    
  ___  __ _| (_)_ __  ___  ___     
 / __|/ _` | | | '_ \/ __|/ _ \  
| (__| (_| | | | |_) \__ \ (_) | 
 \___|\__,_|_|_| .__/|___/\___/ 
               |_|                 

Logging enabled: Console 
Calipso server listening on port:  3000

Now, if you browse to:

http://localhost:3000

You should see the home screen, along with a message that the site has been configured with a default Administrative user and password. You should login with this, and then change it immediately (you can do this from the Admin users profile page).

What next?

Ok - you're now up and running, you should be able to login, and once logged in begin to navigate the content creation and administration screens.

Update: Install Script

There is now an install script that you can try, simply run:

$ ./bin/install.sh

This should install the dependencies via NPM, and do a few quick checks to see if you are up and running.

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About Calipso

Calipso is a content management system (CMS), based on the NodeJS server.

I am looking for co-contributors - so please do contact me (via github) if you are interested in helping out in any way!

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Calipso was originally written by Clifton Cunningham, who is now the CTO of MailOnline, the worlds largest online newspaper.

MailOnline is always looking for passionate technologists who love building great things, contact me if you think that's you!

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