Genghis is a MongoDB administration application. In this post you will learn how to Install Genghis.
How to install Genghis
To install Genghis as a Ruby gem use this command:
gem install genghisapp
More ways to run Genghis
Standalone
If you have already installed Genghis application as a Ruby gem then you can easily run Genghis standalone:
$ genghisapp
When it has started running, you can use genghisapp --kill for stopping it.
Using Ruby Command
If you don’t want to use the gem then you can still run genghis.rb standalone with ruby command:
ruby genghis.rb
genghis.php can be run with php command as a standalone server:
php -S localhost:8000 genghis.php
In your LAMP stack
Simply drop genghis.php in a web-accessible directory on a LAMP server. Don’t forget .htaccess for pretty URLs!
Run as an existing Rack app
For a super basic Rack config, use a config.ru file like this:
require 'genghis'
run Genghis::ServerIf you want to load Genghis on a subpath, possibly alongside other apps, it’s easy to do with Rack’s
URLMap:
require 'genghis'
run Rack::URLMap.new \
'/' => Your::App.new,
'/genghis' => Genghis::Server.new
With Rails 3
You can also mount Genghis on a subpath in your existing Ruby on Rails 3 application by adding require 'genghis' to the top of your routes file (or in an initializer) and then adding it to routes.rb:
mount Genghis::Server.new, :at => '/genghis'
Genghis Dependencies
PHP
You will need at least PHP 5.3 and the PECL MongoDB driver.
Ruby
Genghis requires Ruby 1.8 or higher.
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