polaris/docs/SETUP.md

Getting Started

Requirements

One of the following:

• Windows 7 or newer
• Linux (any reasonably modern distribution should do)

Installation

Windows

1. Download the latest installer (you want the .msi file)
2. Run the installer
3. That's it, you're done!

You can now start Polaris from the start menu or from your desktop, Polaris will also start automatically next time you restart your computer. You can tell when Polaris is running by its icon in the notification area (near the clock and volume controls).

Linux

Dependencies

1. Install OpenSSL, SQLite and their headers, and some development tools. These are available from your distribution's package manager. For instance on Ubuntu, execute sudo apt-get install binutils pkg-config libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev
2. Install the nightly Rust compiler by executing curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain nightly or using an alternative method

Polaris installation

1. Download the latest release of Polaris (you want the .tar.gz file)
2. Extract the polaris archive in a directory and open a terminal in that directory
3. Execute make install (this may take several minutes)

This installation process puts the polaris executable in ~/.local/bin/polaris and several data files under ~/.local/share/polaris.

From here, you might want to adjust your system to run Polaris on login using Cron, Systemd or whichever method your distribution endorses.

If you want to uninstall Polaris, execute make uninstall from the extracted archive's directory. This will simply delete the directories created by the install process.

In a docker container

To run polaris from a Docker container, please follow instructions from the docker-polaris repository.

Test Run

• Start Polaris using the shortcut on your desktop (Windows) or by running the executable in ~/.local/bin/polaris (Linux)
• In your Web browser, access http://localhost:5050
• You will see a welcome page that will guide you through the Polaris configuration