# A GNU/linux (virtual) machine (can be shared with the API server)
# A hostname for your Workbench application
+h2. Install dependencies
+
+If you haven't already installed the API server on the same host:
+
+* Install Ruby 2.1 and Bundler: see the "dependencies" and "Ruby" sections on the "API server installation page":install-api-server.html#dependencies for details.
+* Omit postgresql. Workbench doesn't need its own database.
+
+Install graphviz.
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install graphviz</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
h2. Download the source tree
-Please follow the instructions on the "Download page":https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Download in the wiki.
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">cd $HOME</span> # (or wherever you want to install)
+~$ <span class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/arvados.git</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+See also: "Downloading the source code":https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Download on the Arvados wiki.
+
+The Workbench application is in @apps/workbench@ in the source tree.
+
+h2. Install gem dependencies
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">cd arvados/apps/workbench</span>
+~/arvados/apps/workbench$ <span class="userinput">bundle install</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
-The Workbench application is in @arvados/apps/workbench@.
+Alternatively, if you don't have sudo/root privileges on the host, install the gems in your own directory instead of installing them system-wide:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">cd arvados/apps/workbench</span>
+~/arvados/apps/workbench$ <span class="userinput">bundle install --path=vendor/bundle</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+The @bundle install@ command might produce a warning about the themes_for_rails gem. This is OK:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>themes_for_rails at /home/<b>you</b>/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bundler/gems/themes_for_rails-1fd2d7897d75 did not have a valid gemspec.
+This prevents bundler from installing bins or native extensions, but that may not affect its functionality.
+The validation message from Rubygems was:
+ duplicate dependency on rails (= 3.0.11, development), (>= 3.0.0) use:
+ add_runtime_dependency 'rails', '= 3.0.11', '>= 3.0.0'
+Using themes_for_rails (0.5.1) from https://github.com/holtkampw/themes_for_rails (at 1fd2d78)
+</code></pre></notextile>
h2. Configure the Workbench application
* Set @secret_token@ to the string you generated with @rake secret@.
* Point @arvados_login_base@ and @arvados_v1_base@ at your "API server":install-api-server.html
* @site_name@ can be any string to identify this Workbench.
-* Assuming that the SSL certificate you use for development isn't signed by a CA, make sure @arvados_insecure_https@ is @true@.
+* If the SSL certificate you use for development isn't signed by a CA, make sure @arvados_insecure_https@ is @true@.
Copy @config/piwik.yml.example@ to @config/piwik.yml@ and edit to suit.
-h3. Apache/Passenger (optional)
+h2. Start a standalone server
+
+For testing and development, the easiest way to get started is to run the web server that comes with Rails.
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~/arvados/apps/workbench$ <span class="userinput">bundle exec rails server --port=3031</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
-Set up Apache and Passenger. Point them to the apps/workbench directory in the source tree.
+Point your browser to <notextile><code>http://<b>your.host</b>:3031/</code></notextile>.
h2. Trusted client setting
-Log in to Workbench once (this ensures that the Arvados API server has a record of the Workbench client).
+Log in to Workbench once to ensure that the Arvados API server has a record of the Workbench client. (It's OK if Workbench says your account hasn't been activated yet. We'll deal with that next.)
-In the API server project root, start the rails console. Locate the ApiClient record for your Workbench installation, then set the `is_trusted` flag for the appropriate client record:
+In the API server project root, start the rails console. Locate the ApiClient record for your Workbench installation (typically, while you're setting this up, the @last@ one in the database is the one you want), then set the @is_trusted@ flag for the appropriate client record:
-<notextile><pre><code>~/arvados/services/api$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rails console</span>
-irb(main):001:0> <span class="userinput">ApiClient.where('url_prefix like ?', '%workbench%')</span>
-=> {:id => 1234}
-irb(main):002:0> <span class="userinput">ApiClient.find(1234).update_attributes is_trusted: true</span>
+<notextile><pre><code>~/arvados/services/api$ <span class="userinput">bundle exec rails console</span>
+irb(main):001:0> <span class="userinput">wb = ApiClient.all.last; [wb.url_prefix, wb.created_at]</span>
+=> ["https://workbench.example.com/", Sat, 19 Apr 2014 03:35:12 UTC +00:00]
+irb(main):002:0> <span class="userinput">include CurrentApiClient</span>
+=> true
+irb(main):003:0> <span class="userinput">act_as_system_user do wb.update_attributes!(is_trusted: true) end</span>
+=> true
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-h2. Running tests
+h2. Activate your own account
-The Workbench application includes a series of integration tests. When you run these, it starts the API server in a test environment, with all of its fixtures loaded, then tests Workbench by starting that server and making requests against it.
+Unless you already activated your account when installing the API server, the first time you log in to Workbench you will see a message that your account is awaiting activation.
-In addition to bundled gems, running the integration tests requires "PhantomJS":http://phantomjs.org/download.html to test JavaScript elements. The simplest way to get started is to download one of the binary builds provided, and install the executable into one of the directories in your @$PATH@.
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+Activate your own account and give yourself administrator privileges by following the instructions in the "'Add an admin user' section of the API server install page":install-api-server.html#admin-user.
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