Commit b99e7ed9 by Torkel Ödegaard

Updated docs version and updated build from source instructions

parent f32c34c7
......@@ -4,33 +4,67 @@ page_description: Building from source Grafana.
page_keywords: grafana, build, contribute, documentation
---
# Building from source
# Building Grafana from source
If you have any idea for an improvement or found a bug do not hesitate to open an issue.
And if you have time clone [the grafana repository](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) and submit a pull request and help me make Grafana
the kickass metrics & devops dashboard we all dream about!
Guide for creating packages from source, and for getting grafana up and running in
dev environment.
Grafana uses nodejs and grunt as a build system for javascript, less compilation, and unit tests.
## Dependencies
## Get started
- Go 1.4
- NodeJS
- Install nodejs.
- npm install -g grunt-cli
- npm install (in grafana repository root)
### run development server
## Get Code
- grunt server
```
go get github.com/grafana/grafana
```
### run less & jshint checks
- grunt
The above will give an error saying there is no go code. That is because the new backend parts are in the develop branch.
### run unit tests
- grunt test
## Building the backend
```
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/grafana/grafana
git checkout -t origin/develop
go run build.go setup (only needed once to install godep)
godep restore (will pull down all golang lib dependecies in your current GOPATH)
go build .
```
### create optimized, minified build
- grunt build (or grunt release to get zip/tar files)
## Building frontend assets
To build less to css for the frontend you will need a recent version of of node (v0.12.0),
npm (v2.5.0) and grunt (v0.4.5). Run the following:
```
npm install
npm install -g grunt-cli
grunt
```
## Recompile backend on source change
To rebuild on source change (requires that you executed godep restore)
```
go get github.com/Unknwon/bra
bra run
```
## Running
```
./bin/grafana web
```
Open grafana in your browser (default http://localhost:3000) and login with admin user (default user/pass = admin/admin).
## Dev config
Create a custom.ini in the conf directory to override default configuration options.
You only need to add the options you want to override. Config files are applied in the order of:
1. grafana.ini
2. dev.ini (if found)
3. custom.ini
## Create a pull requests
......
Markdown is supported
0% or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment