• Ruby 1.9.3+
• Rails 3.2.6+
• RVM
• Memcache

Make sure all the required libraries (memcache in particular) are installed before proceeding.

The first thing you'll want to do is clone the application to your computer.

git clone https://github.com/iovino/ruby-forum.git /path/to/install

Next, you need to create an RVM gemset for this app

rvm gemset create ruby-forums

Then create a .rvmrc file in the application's root folder

touch /path/to/install/.rvmrc

The contents of your .rvmrc file should look like this

rvm use ruby-1.9.3-p194@ruby-forums --create

Install all the gems

bundle install

Edit config/database.yml accordingly and create the databases

rake db:create

Migrate the database

rake db:migrate

Seed the database

rake db:seed

Start the server and log into the forums using the following credentials:

admin@escalatemedia.com  / admin