Install Applications from Github

In this chapter we will make use of the Foxx manager as described before. This time we want to install an app out of our version control hosted on github.com.

In order to install an application we need three informations:

• Repository: The name of the repository.
• Username: The username of the user owning the repository.
• Version: (optional) branch or tag available on the repository.

As an example, we would like to install www.github.com/arangodb/hello-foxx. The username is arangodb, the repository is hello-foxx. If we do not define a version it will automatically install the master branch.

unix> foxx-manager install git:arangodb/hello-foxx /example
Application hello-foxx version 1.5.0 installed successfully at mount point /example

The hello-foxx app has defined a tag for version 1.4.4 that is named “v1.4.4”. We can simply append this tag in the install command:

unix> foxx-manager install git:arangodb/hello-foxx:v1.4.4 /legacy
Application hello-foxx version 1.4.4 installed successfully at mount point /legacy

This reference for github repositories can be used in all functions of the Foxx-manager that allow to install Foxx applications:

install

unix> foxx-manager install git:arangodb/hello-foxx:v1.4.4 /legacy
Application hello-foxx version 1.4.4 installed successfully at mount point /legacy

replace

unix> foxx-manager replace git:arangodb/hello-foxx:v1.4.4 /legacy
Application hello-foxx version 1.4.4 installed successfully at mount point /legacy

upgrade

unix> foxx-manager upgrade git:arangodb/hello-foxx:v1.5.0 /legacy
Application hello-foxx version 1.5.0 installed successfully at mount point /legacy