Vets API requires:
- Ruby 3.3.3
- PostgreSQL 15.x (including PostGIS 3)
- Redis 6.2.x
The most up-to-date versions of each key dependency will be specified in the docker-compose.yml
file and the Dockerfile
.
We suggest using a Ruby version manager such as rbenv
, asdf
, rvm
, or chruby
to install and maintain your version of Ruby.
If the repo's Ruby version is updated later, you will need to install the newer ruby (i.e., rvm install <version_number>
) which is located in .ruby-version
If you see an error like Error running '__rvm_make -j10'
while installing a ruby version, this usually occurs because of a mismatch with the openssl package.
Many of these types of errors occur because either the openssl path needs to be specified or there's a compatibility issue with the ruby version and the install openssl version. They may get resolved by explicitly adding the directory or trying newer openssl version.
For example: rvm install 3.3.3 -C --with-openssl-dir=/$(brew --prefix openssl@3)
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Follow the common base setup. Or alternatively use binstubs.
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Install Bundler to manage Ruby dependencies
gem install bundler
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Follow the platform specific notes below for OSX or Ubuntu to get dependencies installed.
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Install gem dependencies:
cd vets-api; bundle install
More information about installing with Sidekiq Enterprise as well as our credentials are on the internal system here
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Setup local databases and run schema migrations:
cd vets-api; rails db:setup; rails db:migrate
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Make sure you have the vets-api-mockdata repo locally installed, preferably in a sibling directory to
vets-api
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Go to the file
config/settings/development.yml
and make sure thecache-dir
points to the local installation ofvets-api-mockdata
from the previous step.cache_dir: ../vets-api-mockdata # via rails; e.g. bundle exec rails s or bundle exec rails c # cache_dir: /cache # via docker; e.g. make up or make console
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Add this key in
config/settings.local.yml
pointing to yourvets-api-mockdata
directory.# settings.local.yml betamocks: cache_dir: ../vets-api-mockdata
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Run
bin/setup
to setup the database and start the server.
If you have trouble enabling query stats from the PgHero dashboard, try enabling it manually
Add the lines below to your main postgresql.conf file
On Mac it should be located somewhere similiar to the following:
~/Library/Application Support/Postgres/var-12/postgresql.conf
shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements'
pg_stat_statements.track = all
pg_stat_statements.max = 10000
track_activity_query_size = 2048
Make sure to migrate your database to enable the pg_stat_statements extension
We use the config
gem to manage settings in the application. Local settings for each developer should be managed in your own local config/settings.local.yml
file, which by default can override the standard configuration and is excluded from source control so the settings can persist.
This file has the necessary configuration settings for local development as well as comments outlining some additional configuration that some developers may wish to use.
NOTE: In many cases, there in no need to run ClamAV for local development, even if you are working with uploaded files since the scanning functionality is already built into our CarrierWave and Shrine file upload base classes.
Prior to EKS, ClamAV (the virus scanner) was deployed in the same process as Vets API. With EKS, ClamAV has been extracted out into it’s own service. Locally you can see the docker-compose.yml config for clamav.
- In settings.local.yml add the following:
clamav:
mock: false
host: '0.0.0.0'
port: '33100'
If you wish to mock ClamAV, please set the clamav mock setting to true in settings.local.yml. This will mock the clamav response in the virus_scan code.
clamav:
mock: true
Specific notes for our most common native installation platforms are in this section. Note that most Windows users tend to use Docker instead of a native installation.
All of the OSX instructions assume homebrew
is your package manager
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Install Postgresql & PostGIS
- It is MUCH easier to use the Postgres.app which installs the correct combination of Postgresql and PostGIS versions.
- Download the Postgres.app with PostgreSQL 15
- Install Instructions here: https://postgresapp.com/
sudo mkdir -p /etc/paths.d && echo /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin | sudo tee /etc/paths.d/postgresapp
ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg -v 1.5.6
- Alternatively Postgresql 15 & PostGIS 3 can be installed with homebrew
brew install postgresql@15
brew services start postgresql@15
- Install the
pex
manager to add your Postgresql 15 extensions from here - Install the
postgis
extension along with a number of patches using the instructions summarized here: -
PG_CPPFLAGS='-DACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H -I/usr/local/include' CFLAGS='-DACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H -I/usr/local/include' pex install postgis
- run postgres (e.g. open postgres.app, create a new server, and click "initialize")
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Install redis
brew install redis brew services start redis
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Install binary dependencies:
brew bundle
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(Optional see Running Natively for more info) Enable ClamAV daemon:
brew info clamav # See the "Caveats" section: "To finish installation & run clamav you will need to edit the example conf files at `${conf_files_dir}`" cd $(brew --prefix clamav) touch clamd.sock echo "LocalSocket $(brew --prefix clamav)" > clamd.conf echo "DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net" > freshclam.conf # Update the local ClamAV database freshclam -v
NOTE: Run with
/usr/local/sbin/clamd -c /usr/local/etc/clamav/clamd.conf
and you will also have to override (temporarily) theconfig/clamd.conf
file with-LocalSocket /usr/local/etc/clamav/clamd.sock
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Install pdftk
brew install pdftk-java
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continue with Base setup
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Install Postgres and enable on startup
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ focal"-pgdg main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list sudo apt update sudo apt install postgresql-14 sudo systemctl start postgresql sudo -i -u postgres createuser --superuser YOURNAME exit
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Install PostGIS
sudo apt install -y postgresql-15-postgis-3 sudo -i -u postgres createuser postgis_test createdb postgis_db -O postgis_test psql -d postgis_db CREATE EXTENSION postgis; SELECT PostGIS_version(); \q
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Install Redis
sudo apt install -y redis-server sudo sed -i 's/^supervised no/supervised systemd/' /etc/redis/redis.conf sudo systemctl restart redis.service sudo systemctl status redis # ctrl+c to exit
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Install ImageMagick
sudo apt install -y imagemagick
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Install Poppler
sudo apt install -y poppler-utils
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Install pdftk
sudo apt install -y pdftk
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continue with Base setup
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Updating Postgres and PostGIS if you already have them installed
Backup your existing database
sudo su - cd /home mkdir postgres chown postgres: postgres exit sudo su - postgres cd /home/postgres pg_dumpall > backup.sql
Backup your configuration files (replace hashes with the db vsn eg 11)
cp /etc/postgresql/##/main/pg_hba.conf . cp /etc/postgresql/##/main/postgresql.conf .
Remove any unwanted versions (replace hashes with the db vsn eg 11)
dpkg -l | grep postgres sudo apt --purge remove postgresql-## postgresql-client-## repeat the above command for each unwanted version sudo apt autoremove
Upgrade any packages that need to be updated
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Upgrade the database (replace hashes with the new db vsn eg 14)
sudo apt install postgresql-## postgresql-server-dev-## Very important! the upgrade will fail later if you don't install postgis in the updated postgresql replace the hash symbols with the database version eg 14 replace the n with the postgis version eg 3 sudo apt install postgresql-##-postgis-n sudo apt install postgresql-##-postgis-n-scripts
List all installed versions (again)
dpkg -l | grep postgres you should see the current version and the version you just installed
Stop the postgresql service
sudo systemctl stop postgresql.service Check the status of the postgresql, it should be stopped systemctl status postgresql.service The install sets up a cluster, which needs then to be removed for the upgrade. replace the hashes with the UPDATED version eg 14 sudo pg_dropcluster ## main --stop replace the hashes with the CURRENT version eg 11 sudo pg_upgradecluster ## main At the end, you should see this with current version red and updated version green: Example 11 and 14 ===== Success. Please check that the upgraded cluster works. If it does, you can remove the old cluster with pg_dropcluster 11 main Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file 11 main 5433 down postgres /var/lib/postgresql/11/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-11-main.log Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file 14 main 5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/14/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-14-main.log ===== Check the status of postgresql (it should be running) systemctl status postgresql.service Check the processes of postgresql running, you should see the upgraded version in the processes running ps -efa | grep postgres Check the port postgresql is running on, it should be 5432 unless you customized it sudo netstat -anp | grep 543 Login to the postgres user and check the version sudo su postgres psql -c "SELECT version();" You should see the version you upgraded to exit Remove the old cluster replace hashes with the CURRENT version eg 11 sudo pg_dropcluster ## main Done!!!