Installing a Gitify project
When you built a site with Gitify, and committed the data to a repository, you will at some point need to use the data to set up a copy of that site. This tutorial outlines that process.
Prerequisites
To install a gitify project you first have to install Gitify:
After it has been installed globally we can start installing the project:
Cloning and Configuring
First we clone the repository inside a new project folder:
git clone REPOSITORY-LINK PROJECT-NAME
Once your project has been cloned go into that projects directory.
Now open .gitify and configure it to your liking. If you are using a custom repository like the one from ModMore you should edit the repository details to authenticate to that repository.
Installing MODX
Now we are ready to tell gitify to install the latest MODX and all needed packages:
Gitify install:modx
After you've used this command Gitify will ask you some questions, if you didn't create a database yet you can put in the details of a MySQL user who has the rights to create databases.
The result should look like this:
Downloading MODX from http://modx.com/download/latest/...
################################################################### 100.0%
Extracting zip...
Moving unzipped files out of temporary directory...
Please complete following details to install MODX. Leave empty to use the [default].
Database Name [gitify_test]:
Database User [root]: root
Database Password:
Hostname [robin]: localhost
Base URL [/]: /gitify_test/
Manager Language [en]:
Manager User [gitify_test_admin]: admin
Database Password [generated]:
Manager Email: gitify@gmail.com
Running MODX Setup...
Done! Time: 133,557ms | Memory Usage: 2.25 mb | Peak Memory Usage: 2.31 mb
Installing the packages
MODX has now been freshly installed and is now ready to have extras installed. But installing them one by one is going to be a hassle so we're just gonna execute this command:
Gitify install:package --all
This command installs all the packages defined in .gitify, the result should look something like this:
Searching Provider for Ace...
Downloading Ace (1.5.0)...
Installing Ace...
Package Ace installed
Searching Provider for BigBrother...
Downloading Big Brother (1.1.0)...
Installing BigBrother...
Package BigBrother installed
Etc.
Building the project
After all the packages are installed we are ready to complete the project installation with this command:
Gitify build --force
The result should look something like this, don't worry if it generates some errors about MySQL queries it should still work.
Building modContext from contexts/...
Building modContextSetting from context_settings/...
Building content from content/...
Forcing build, removing prior Resources...
- Building web context...
Building modCategory from categories/...
Building modTemplate from templates/...
Building modTemplateVar from template_variables/...
Building modTemplateVarTemplate from template_variables_access/...
.....
Clearing cache...
Done! Time: 9,603ms | Memory Usage: 15.65 mb | Peak Memory Usage: 17.97 mb
Your project has now been installed!
Permissions
If you are on a *nix machine and got issues with pages staying white it probably has to do with permissions. To fix this, please use these commands in the root of your project:
chmod 777 assets
chmod 777 -R assets/components core/cache core/components core/packages
If it gives you permission denied errors try to use sudo in front of every command.