Local install of CommCareHQ

Hi,

I'm working in Myanmar where the internet connexion is really, really slow and
unreliable. I'm currently downloading what I need to install a local instance
in a virtual machine on my laptop. The plan is to develop and test our
application locally for speed reasons, then deploy on the cloud-based
CommCareHQ.

We'd like to use the m4Care project from CommCare Exchange as a template,
hence my two questions :

  1. how can I import an Exchange project into a local instance of CommCareHQ ?
  2. how can I export a project from a local instance into CommCareHQ ?

Extra points for this one :

  1. does the CommCare team have a pre-configured VM handy I could use for
    developing / testing my application ? I use KVM or VirtualBox on Kubuntu 13.10

Many thanks,

Charles Flèche - TSFI.vcf (286 Bytes)

··· -- Charles Flèche Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale mHealth advisor / Télécoms Sans Frontières +95 9 431 978 25 Skype: charles.fleche

Hi Charles,

Hi,

I'm working in Myanmar where the internet connexion is really, really slow
and
unreliable. I'm currently downloading what I need to install a local
instance
in a virtual machine on my laptop. The plan is to develop and test our
application locally for speed reasons, then deploy on the cloud-based
CommCareHQ.

We'd like to use the m4Care project from CommCare Exchange as a template,
hence my two questions :

  1. how can I import an Exchange project into a local instance of
    CommCareHQ ?
  2. how can I export a project from a local instance into CommCareHQ ?

You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs,
fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95% of
the way there. The following page has more information on doing that:
https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Application+Between+Projects+or+Servers

Extra points for this one :

  1. does the CommCare team have a pre-configured VM handy I could use for
    developing / testing my application ? I use KVM or VirtualBox on Kubuntu
    13.10

Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install script
for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the last
time we used it. Setup instructions are here:
GitHub - dimagi/commcare-hq: CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide and please take any follow up issues
to the developers mailing list here:
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cheers,
Cory

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Hi Charles

I don't think we have a pre-configured VM though its possible one of the
other devs has one.

Regarding moving the application, you can follow the instructions here:
https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Application+Between+Projects+or+Servers

··· On 9 April 2014 09:59, Charles Flèche wrote:

Hi,

I'm working in Myanmar where the internet connexion is really, really slow
and
unreliable. I'm currently downloading what I need to install a local
instance
in a virtual machine on my laptop. The plan is to develop and test our
application locally for speed reasons, then deploy on the cloud-based
CommCareHQ.

We'd like to use the m4Care project from CommCare Exchange as a template,
hence my two questions :

  1. how can I import an Exchange project into a local instance of
    CommCareHQ ?
  2. how can I export a project from a local instance into CommCareHQ ?

Extra points for this one :

  1. does the CommCare team have a pre-configured VM handy I could use for
    developing / testing my application ? I use KVM or VirtualBox on Kubuntu
    13.10

Many thanks,

--
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Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale
mHealth advisor / Télécoms Sans Frontières
+95 9 431 978 25
Skype: charles.fleche

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Thanks Simon and Corry,

You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs,
fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95% of
the way there. The following page has more information on doing that:
https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Applicati
on+Between+Projects+or+Servers

Yeah, that should be fine. Many thanks for that, I'll give it a go.

Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install script
for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the last
time we used it. Setup instructions are here:
GitHub - dimagi/commcare-hq: CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide and please take any follow up issues
to the developers mailing list here:
Redirecting to Google Groups

I've been reading the documentation PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md on the GitHub page,
what page should I follow ? README.md or PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md ?

If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere so you
guys can share it ?

··· On Wednesday 09 April 2014 06:33:46 Cory Zue wrote:

--
Charles Flèche
mHealth advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
+95 9 431 978 25
Skype: charles.fleche

Hey,

(taking to developers list)

PRODUCTION-INSTALL is more if you want to include supervisor and apache for
a production environment.

The general README is what our developers use to get setup.

This is the install script I mentioned:
https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hq/blob/master/install.sh

··· On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Charles Flèche wrote:

Thanks Simon and Corry,

On Wednesday 09 April 2014 06:33:46 Cory Zue wrote:

You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs,
fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95% of
the way there. The following page has more information on doing that:

https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Applicati

on+Between+Projects+or+Servers

Yeah, that should be fine. Many thanks for that, I'll give it a go.

Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install script
for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the
last
time we used it. Setup instructions are here:
GitHub - dimagi/commcare-hq: CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide and please take any follow up
issues
to the developers mailing list here:
Redirecting to Google Groups

I've been reading the documentation PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md on the GitHub
page,
what page should I follow ? README.md or PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md ?

If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere so
you
guys can share it ?

--
Charles Flèche
mHealth advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
+95 9 431 978 25
Skype: charles.fleche

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Hi Cory

I want to learn to develop commcare apps with case management (no longer
supported on the free plan) thus I have followed the local install
instructions on github on Ubuntu 12.04. I used the install script for the
installation. How do I access commcare on the local machine? I tried
browsing localhost: 8000 but I am getting an unable to connect error.

I can confirm that apache is running, can broswe localhost fine, couch 1.31
is installed.

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards
Ronald Munjoma

··· On 9 April 2014 12:50, Cory Zue wrote:

Hey,

(taking to developers list)

PRODUCTION-INSTALL is more if you want to include supervisor and apache
for a production environment.

The general README is what our developers use to get setup.

This is the install script I mentioned:
https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hq/blob/master/install.sh

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Charles Flèche mhealth-myanmar@tsfi.org wrote:

Thanks Simon and Corry,

On Wednesday 09 April 2014 06:33:46 Cory Zue wrote:

You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs,
fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95%
of
the way there. The following page has more information on doing that:

https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Applicati

on+Between+Projects+or+Servers

Yeah, that should be fine. Many thanks for that, I'll give it a go.

Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install
script
for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the
last
time we used it. Setup instructions are here:
GitHub - dimagi/commcare-hq: CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide and please take any follow up
issues
to the developers mailing list here:
Redirecting to Google Groups

I've been reading the documentation PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md on the GitHub
page,
what page should I follow ? README.md or PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md ?

If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere
so you
guys can share it ?

--
Charles Flèche
mHealth advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
+95 9 431 978 25
Skype: charles.fleche

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Charles:
I am trying to run a local instance of commcare to try features such as SMS
etc without a pro plan.

If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere so

you
guys can share it ?

Were you able to upload an image for VM or and automated script for Linux
preferably ubuntu/mint 16.xx??
Or is there an easy way to deploy to a free AWS account or google app
engine/azure?

I am not a seasoned developer, so please bear with me.
Any support will be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Rahul Thakoor
Volunteer
Diabetes Safeguard http://diase.mu/
Mauritius

··· On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 12:17:00 PM UTC+4, Charles Flèche wrote: > > Thanks Simon and Corry, > > > > On Wednesday 09 April 2014 06:33:46 Cory Zue wrote: > > > You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs, > > fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95% > of > > the way there. The following page has more information on doing that: > > > https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Applicati > > on+Between+Projects+or+Servers > > > Yeah, that should be fine. Many thanks for that, I'll give it a go. > > > > > Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install > script > > for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the > last > > time we used it. Setup instructions are here: > > https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hq and please take any follow up > issues > > to the developers mailing list here: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/commcare-developers > > > > I've been reading the documentation PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md on the GitHub > page, > what page should I follow ? README.md or PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md ? > > If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere so >> you >> guys can share it ? > > > > -- > Charles Flèche > mHealth advisor > Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org > Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org > +95 9 431 978 25 > Skype: charles.fleche > >

Hi Ronald,

I want to learn to develop commcare apps with case management (no longer

supported on the free plan)

Case management is definitely supported via our free plan. Are there user
limitations or other features you need?

thus I have followed the local install instructions on github on Ubuntu

12.04. I used the install script for the installation. How do I access
commcare on the local machine? I tried browsing localhost: 8000 but I am
getting an unable to connect error.

I can confirm that apache is running, can broswe localhost fine, couch
1.31 is installed.

Are you running runserver? For continued support in setting up a local
commcare HQ you can remove the commcare-users group.

Cory

··· > Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards > Ronald Munjoma > > > On 9 April 2014 12:50, Cory Zue wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> (taking to developers list) >> >> PRODUCTION-INSTALL is more if you want to include supervisor and apache >> for a production environment. >> >> The general README is what our developers use to get setup. >> >> This is the install script I mentioned: >> https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hq/blob/master/install.sh >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Charles Flèche wrote: >> >>> Thanks Simon and Corry, >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday 09 April 2014 06:33:46 Cory Zue wrote: >>> >>> > You can't copy entire projects (including users, reminder configs, >>> > fixtures, etc.) but you can copy applications which should get you 95% >>> of >>> > the way there. The following page has more information on doing that: >>> > >>> https://help.commcarehq.org/display/commcarepublic/Transferring+an+Applicati >>> > on+Between+Projects+or+Servers >>> >>> >>> Yeah, that should be fine. Many thanks for that, I'll give it a go. >>> >>> >>> >>> > Unfortunately not, but this is a great idea. We do have an install >>> script >>> > for ubuntu 12.04 LTS but it has possibly gotten out of date since the >>> last >>> > time we used it. Setup instructions are here: >>> > https://github.com/dimagi/commcare-hq and please take any follow up >>> issues >>> > to the developers mailing list here: >>> > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/commcare-developers >>> >>> >>> >>> I've been reading the documentation PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md on the GitHub >>> page, >>> what page should I follow ? README.md or PRODUCTION-INSTALL.md ? >>> >>> If I manage to install CommCareHQ on a VM, should I upload it somewhere >>> so you >>> guys can share it ? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Charles Flèche >>> mHealth advisor >>> Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org >>> Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org >>> +95 9 431 978 25 >>> Skype: charles.fleche >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "commcare-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "commcare-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "commcare-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to commcare-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >