MultiExplorer

Installation for local personal use

Checkout the code:

git clone git@github.com:priestc/MultiExplorer.git

Then run the install script

cd MultiExplorer
python install.py

Now start the server by running the following command:

python run_server.py

Point our browser to http://localhost:8000 and you should see MultiExplorer!

Installation to a server for public use

Checkout the code:

git clone git@github.com:priestc/MultiExplorer.git

Then run the install script:

cd MultiExplorer
python install.py

Depending on how much load you expect to see you might want to swap out SQLite with a more sophisticated database such as Postgres. Edit the file in MultiExplorer/multiexplorer/multiexplorer/local_settings.py. Change the value of DATABASES to the following:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'multiexplorer',
        'USER': 'chris',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}

You might want to change the username to whatever your user account is.

Now navigate to MultiExplorer/multiexplorer and run the command:

python manage.py migrate

Also, you want to use a webserver such as Apache or Nginx. Install by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install nginx

The move the file MultiExplorer/multiexplorer.nginx to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ and change the paths inside that file to point to the MultiExplorer files where you installed them.

Updating

To update the code, move to the MultiExplorer folder and run:

git pull

If you see a message telling you to run ./manage.py migrate, then navigate to the MultiExplorer/multiexplorer folder and run that command.