MAGPIE is a web server application designed for collaborative work between scientists, especially in the field of bio- and life-sciences. It can be used within scientific groups, as well as in a larger scale on public servers. A demo server is available here.
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Download the guest image from here
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Install Virtualbox and import the guest image
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Start the guest image, open a terminal and run the following:
$ cd magpie $ ./start_server.shNote: The password is magpie.
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Now you are able to connect by open up a browser and go to URL:
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The administrative login is the following:
$ Email: admin@admin.com $ Password: admin_password_17
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Install ruby and rails according to the official instructions. You can find the instructions for Ubuntu, Windows and Mac OSX here. There is no need to install MySQL or PostgreSQL.
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Install necessary packages:
$ sudo apt-get install docker.io libmagic-dev redis-server -
Adding user to the docker group:
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)Afterwards you need to log off and log on.
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Download the magpie project from github. If git is not installed you can either download it directly from here or install as follows:
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Change into the magpie directory and install the bundles:
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Create the database with default entries and prepare the docker image:
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Start the rails server:
$ ./start_server.sh -
Now you are able to connect by open up a browser and go to URL:
$ localhost:3000