Installation

Installation

General information

Installing tracks from source code is complicated. Possible ways of getting tracks running are:

• Installation/Docker
• TurnKey Linux offers prebuilt Tracks appliances in several formats.
• If you want to use a hosted service, then look at the list of free and commercial tracks hosted services at Hosted Tracks.
• You can also install the source yourself.

Installing the system from source code:

The main installation instructions are available in doc/installation.md . Below are some more specific instructions on various platforms.

Not very recently updated installation instructions

• Debian 6.0 minimal setup
• Ubuntu 11.04 minimal setup with Tracks 2.0 (or git sources)
• Ubuntu 11.04 with lighttpd and SSL for Tracks 2.0 (or git sources)
• Installing Tracks 2.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 (rvm)
• Installing Tracks 2.1 on Ubuntu 12.04
• Installing Tracks from git on Gentoo (ebuild)
• Installing Tracks on OpenShift and using Mailgun to email todos to Tracks
• Installing Tracks 2.2.2 on CentOS 6.5 Minimal x86_64
• Installing Tracks 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on AWS with SSL support

Past install instructions

• MacOS X
• Windows (or install on a USB stick using this guide)
• Windows 7 64 bit
• Linux Debian
• Linux Ubuntu
• Linux opensuse
• FreeBSD
• Fedora
• CentOS 5
• Scientific Linux (RH5 clone)
• Apache
• OpenSolaris

Installing from other than source code:

• Tracks 2.3.0 on Docker

Specific instructions for webhosters:

Installing Tracks on a webhost’s server

• 1and1 – Debian, Ruby 1.8.5
• Bluehost
• Dreamhost
• GoDaddy
• Heroku
• Hostgator
• Mavenhosting service - CentOS and cPanel
• Media Temple gs
• OpenShift
• Stablehost
• Uberspace

Recommended web hosts

Here are some web hosts recommended by users which allow you to install Tracks and therefore use it from any internet-connected computer:

• Joyent: Where bsag hosts the Tracks project, her blog and her own private version of Tracks. They have all you need to install Rails applications, and great technical support.
• Slicehost: Built for developers. We offer 256/512/1024 Xen VPS Slices with choice of OS (Ubuntu, CentOS, Gentoo). The 256 is perfect for hosting Tracks and we’re big fans. Full root access – run Apache, Lighttpd, Mongrel, Webrick – your choice. Please contact us or pop into the chatroom with any questions.
• Site5: Installed and works without any problem.