How to Install Vish Editor with Node.js

Install Node.js

To work with Vish Editor Standalone you will need 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 [email protected]: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