The latest version of RPI's shuttle tracking web application.

Installation

• Prerequisites: MySQL, Rails 3, ImageMagick, (on Debian/Ubuntu:) libjson-ruby
• Prerequisite Gems: MySQL, god, chronic_duration, RMagick
• Plugins Used: Attachable, AuthLogic

Installation:

• Fill in config/database.yml (an example is available: config/database.yml.sample)
• Run bundle install and rake db:migrate

Note: This project uses git submodules. Run git submodule update --init to download the submodules.

Configuration

(note: all URLs are rails defaults)

• Point to your Central Authentication Server in config/initializers/devise.rb
• Setup your shuttle position updates. An example is provided in lib/tasks/sample.rake
• Setup an administrative user.
• (optional) Add icons at localhost:3000/icons
• Add shuttles at localhost:3000/vehicles
• Add routes at localhost:3000/routes

Setting up an Administrative User

• Start the server (see Usage).
• Login once through the web interface, at localhost:3000/vehicles
• Stop the server.
• Go to the project directory in a terminal.
• Run rails c to start the rails console.
• In the rails console:

user = User.find_by_username("<your username>")
user.is_admin = true
user.save
exit

Usage

• Starting the server: rails server
• Starting the service to retrieve shuttle updates: rake tracking:auto_update