How to Install Tipi on Elementary OS Latest

Tipi is a handy tool for running and testing Ruby on Rails applications in isolation developed by meienberger. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Tipi on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

  • Terminal application
  • Git
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose

If you do not have these prerequisites installed, you can install them by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get install git docker docker-compose

Steps

  1. Open your terminal and run git clone https://github.com/meienberger/runtipi.git

  2. cd into the cloned runtipi directory.

  3. Rename the .env.example file to .env using the following command:

mv .env.example .env

  1. Open the .env file using your preferred text editor.

  2. Update the following environment variables in the .env file:

    • DATABASE_USER: The username to use for the database connection.
    • DATABASE_PASSWORD: The password to use for the database connection.
    • DATABASE_NAME: The name of the database to use for Tipi.
    • DATABASE_HOST: The hostname of the database server.

  3. Save the .env file.

  4. Run the following command to start Tipi:

make start

This command will build the Docker image and start the Tipi service.

  1. Access Tipi at http://localhost:8000/.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started Tipi on your Elementary OS system. You can now use Tipi to run and test your Ruby on Rails applications.