Installation

To install Camaleon CMS you need to do the following steps: 

  1. Install Ruby on Rails 4.1+
    Visit here.

  2. Create your rails project

    rails new my_project
    
  3. Add the gem in your Gemfile

    gem 'camaleon_cms'
    
  4. Install the gem

    bundle install
    
  5. Install the CMS (This will copy some basic templates and plugins in your project)

    rails generate camaleon_cms:install
    
  6. Install required Gems for CMS and basic plugins

    bundle install
    
  7. Create database structure

    rake db:migrate
    
  8. Start your server

    rails server # start your server
    
  9. Open a browser and navigate to https://localhost:3000 (First time will show new site form)


  10. Access information for your site


  11. That's it.
     

Notes for production mode:

  • Change config/environments/production.rb
    config.serve_static_files = true
  • Add value in config/secrets.yml for
    production:
    secret_key_base: --------------------------
  • Precompile assets
    RAILS_ENV=production rake assets:precompile

Here you can find a full manual of installation for ruby on rails 4 and mysql for windows users.

https://camaleon.website/media/132/manual-de-instalacion-ruby-on-rails-con-railsinstaller.pdf

Spanish Version:

https://camaleon.website/media/132/manual-de-instalacion-ruby-on-rails-con-railsinstaller.pdf

Here you can find more information about how to deploy rails projects:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-rails-app-with-passenger-and-apache-on-ubuntu-14-04