Creating Algodab instance - manual installation woes
Algodab is a server side software with a front-end web app. Behind the scene, it is actually a stack of different software technologies. Algodab utilizes MongoDB, InfluxDB, RabbitMQ, Grafana and Tomcat. Installing all those components may seem, if not daunting, then at least time consuming. Well, it is. Yes, I agree, it would be nice to have a single file installer for Windows, as well as Linux, and a Mac. While creating those is a ticket in my backlog, I think it will be a while before I come around to working on installer utilities. Right now any ounce of my free time is still dedicated to completing the most basic features for an MVP (minimally viable product). So, until an automated installers are ready, Algodab software stack has to be orchestrated manually by installing all the necessary components one at a time. To be fair, it actually is not overly complicated. I will be using this blog to cover certain nuances of the installation process, certain gotchas, or little nuisa...