Installing DEV with Docker [Beta]

Installing prerequites

These prerequisites assume you're working on an operating system supported by Docker.

Docker and Docker Compose

Docker is available for many different operating systems. We recommend you follow the Docker CE install guide which illustrates multiple installation options for each OS.

You're also going to need Docker Compose, to start multiple containers. We recommend you follow the Docker Compose install guide as well.

Installing DEV

Fork DEV's repository, eg. https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/fork
Clone your forked repository, eg. git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/dev.to.git
Set up your environment variables/secrets
- Take a look at Envfile. This file lists all the ENV variables we use and provides a fake default for any missing keys. You'll need to get your own free Algolia credentials to get your development environment running.
- The backend guide will show you how to get free API keys for additional services that may be required to run certain parts of the app.
- For any key that you wish to enter/replace:
  1. Create config/application.yml by copying from the provided template (ie. with bash: cp config/sample_application.yml config/application.yml). This is a personal file that is ignored in git.
  2. Obtain the development variable and apply the key you wish to enter/replace. ie:
```
GITHUB_KEY: "SOME_REAL_SECURE_KEY_HERE"
GITHUB_SECRET: "ANOTHER_REAL_SECURE_KEY_HERE"
```
- You do not need "real" keys for basic development. Some features require certain keys, so you may be able to add them as you go.

Running the Docker app (basic)

run docker-compose build
run docker-compose run web rails db:setup
run docker-compose run web yarn install
run docker-compose up
That's it! Navigate to http://localhost:3000

Running the Docker app (advanced)

DEV provides a docker-run.sh script which can be used to run the Docker app with custom options.

Please execute the script itself to view all additional options:

./docker-run.sh

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