- Clone the application from the git repository
- Install mongodb
sudo apt-get install mongodb - Install node
sudo apt-get install nodejs - Install grunt-cli
npm install -g grunt-cli - Install bower
npm install -g bower - Install npm dependencies
npm install - Install bower dependencies
bower install - Run the server
node server
Configuration is stored in a file called config.json at the root of the application. This is the list of parameters:
- mongo_url: The URL of the mongo database (default 'mongodb://localhost/test')
- cookie_secret: The session cookie secret key (default 'not very secret')
- smtp_service: nodemailer SMTP service value (options, default null)
- smtp_user: the username for the SMTP service (default null)
- smtp_password: the password for the SMTP service (default null)
Note that smtp_service and smtp_user settings must be configured for mailing voter registrations. If smtp_password is not configured, you will be prompted when you start the server.
In addition, the system can be started in development mode
grunt server
or in production mode
grunt server:dist
If you get the error connection error: [Error: failed to connect to [localhost:27017]] then the server cannot connect to mongo. Check that the server is started and accessible from the server's machine.