README Recommendations

[hyoretsu]

I struggled quite a lot to get it working. I know it's meant to be a WIP, developer-focused, but early adoption would be good.

• I had to install Ruby using RVM to successfully do bundle install, using Snap or Apt didn't work
• People have to install Ruby on Rails (and maybe bundler) first.
• Mention about the RAILS_ENV variable
• I don't know if it's an error of mine but I needed to remove config/credentials.yml.enc
• My rails isn't picking up .env variables, so I need to set DB password and RAILS_ENV manually in the db:setup command
• Mention that you need to either create a maybe username in Postgres or change it in config/database.yml

[Shpigford]

What OS are you on?

[hyoretsu]

Full-on Ubuntu through EC2

[pgroyal22]

Even Arch repos are Ruby 3.0.6, I think a RVM shoutout would be great for the easy of installation

[hyoretsu]

This probably is unrelated, but if it is, any idea why I can't access the app itself? I changed APP_DOMAIN in .env, but when I visit my domain it redirects me to localhost:3000 somehow. (Like literally, the URL itself changes) I didn't change HOSTED since the comment says I probably don't need to and there isn't an explanation of what it does in the README.

My Nginx config is a simple server_name with location / and proxy_pass ran through Certbot.

[zachgoll]

Hey @hyoretsu I'm working on some updates to the README to clarify some of these things. Are you trying to get this started to develop? Or are you primarily trying to self-host?

[hyoretsu]

Hey @hyoretsu I'm working on some updates to the README to clarify some of these things. Are you trying to get this started to develop? Or are you primarily trying to self-host?

I'm looking to self-host, in order to try it out. I could contribute if it's still in JS, but I have never tried Ruby. It looks promising and takes care of pretty much everything, but I can't be sure until I try it or at least see some screenshots.

[zachgoll]

@hyoretsu sounds good. We are still pretty early with development, so haven't spent the time to optimize for self hosting yet.

I'm going to go ahead and close this issue, but keep an eye on this guide:

https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe/wiki/Self-Hosting-Setup-Guide

We will update this as we get closer to a first release and will make sure and add detailed instructions for making this work smoothly!

Also, regarding the environment variables, I think PR #334 will fix that.