align-bot-stats-cache

Redis Cache Layer for the NEU ALIGN Chatbot

Instructions to setup on a Fresh VM.

1. Download and Install Redis
2. Install Go.
   1. Download Go Archive.
   2. Extract it into /usr/local creating a Go tree in /usr/local/go (Typically these commands must be run as root or through sudo.)
      • example tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz
      • NOTE: To install to a custom location, refer documentaion on official Golang website.
   3. Add /usr/local/go/bin to the PATH environment variable
      • example export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
3. Set-up the Go working directory structure.
   1. create a folder in your home directory to house all go source code.
      • It is preferable to create the folder in your home directory: ~/go (where ~ is shortcut to your home directory)
   2. under that directory, create further three directories ~/go/src, ~/go/pkg and ~/go/bin
   3. now create the following structure of directories ~/go/src/github.com/rapidclock and go to that directory.
   4. clone the align-bot-stats-cache repo here. (Final resting place : ~/go/src/github.com/rapidclock/align-bot-stats-cache/)
4. Install dependencies:
   • go get -u github.com/buger/jsonparser
   • go get -u github.com/json-iterator/go
   • go get -u github.com/gomodule/redigo/redis
   • go get -u github.com/mailru/easyjson/...
5. Install the align-bot-stats-cache Application.
   • run the command go install
6. Start the Redis Server using default .conf file.
   • run this command redis-server
7. Run the align-bot-stats-cache Application.
   • go to ~/go/bin and run the output file called align-bot-stats-cache as ./align-bot-stats-cache

NOTE :

• The application is running on localhost right now. The set port is 15000.
• Remember to Start the Redis server before starting the applicaton. It requires the redis server to be running.