How to Install Vish Editor with Node.js

WARNING (This implementation is deprecated)

The Node.js server side implementation of ViSH Editor is currently deprecated. That implies that it will not properly work with the latest version of ViSH Editor. The source code (both client and server side) is available on the 'oldNode' branch: http://github.com/ging/vish_editor/tree/oldNode .
The installation instructions of this branch are provided below.

 

How to Install ViSH Editor with Node.js

This guide supposes that you have Ubuntu 12.04 properly installed and internet connection.

Install Node.js

To work with ViSH Editor with Node.js server side you will need to install Node.js v0.8 or higher.

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node
./configure
make
make install

Finally check if Node.js is successfully installed.

node -v
v0.8.1

Install Mongodb

sudo apt-get install mongodb

Finally check if Mongodb is successfully installed.

mongo --version
MongoDB shell version: 1.2.2

Setting up ViSH Editor

###Clone ViSH Editor repository:

git clone git@github.com:ging/vish_editor.git

###Install Node.js modules:

npm install

Rename /configuration/configuration_example.js to /configuration/configuration.js , and fill all configuration values.
Also rename public/vishEditor/configuration/configuration_example.js to public/vishEditor/configuration/configuration.js.

cd vish_editor
cp /configuration/configuration_example.js /configuration/configuration.js
cp public/vishEditor/configuration/configuration_example.js public/vishEditor/configuration/configuration.js

Remember to fill all configuration values.

###Create folders

mkdir data

##Run ViSH Editor

Init database server

mongod --dbpath ./data/

Init Node.js web server

node app.js  

Deployment

Install forever as global module.

cd vish_editor/
sudo npm install forever -g

Start database server

mongod --dbpath ./data/

Start application with forever...

forever start app.js 
info:    Forever processing file: app.js

forever list
info:    Forever processes running
data:        uid   command              script   forever  pid   logfile   uptime      
data:    [0] atUK  /usr/local/bin/node  app.js   8201     8203  *.log     0:0:0:2.846