datawell

install

Go 1.5 is required, you have to enable the vendor experiment, and you'll want to have your bin directory on your path:

$ go version
go version go1.5.1 linux/amd64
$ export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
$ export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH

You'll also need godep to get started:

$ go get github.com/tools/godep
$ godep restore

Now build it (this will also build all the dependencies, so it'll take a bit):

$ go install

To run migrations, you'll need Goose:

$ go get bitbucket.org/liamstask/goose/cmd/goose

database

PostgreSQL 9.2 is "required". Other versions will probably work fine, as only core SQL functionality is used. In fact, other databases would very likely also work, though Go's SQL drivers do no have a consistent approach to bind parameters, so it'd take a bit of effort to make it work

To this point there has not been a compelling reason to undertake that effort, but if you have one (or even better, are willing to put in the time) we'd be happy to discuss and help in whatever way we can. The sqlx package can likely provide a way around bind parameter differences, for example.

configuration

Configuration is provided by command-line flags:

$ datawell --help
datawell is what EventLog became.

Usage:
    datawell [options] <subcommand> [subcommand options]

Options:
  -db-datasource-name string
        The datasource name (the second param to sql.Open) (default "use db/dbconf.yml")
  -db-driver-name string
        The database driver name (the first param to sql.Open) (default "use db/dbconf.yml")
  -env string
        the DB/Goose environment to use (default "development")

Commands:
greet      say hello

serve      start the web server
  -port uint
        Port to listen on (default 8080)

demo       run the demo

echo       echo out flags and args

The database connect information (driver name and open string) can also be provided by a ./db/dbconf.yml file according to Goose's specs. This will be superceded by flags, but is useful for keeping DRY in development environments, and is mandatory if you wish to run the Goose migrations.

Once configured, you can use Goose to bootstrap your database with the necessary schema objects:

$ goose up
...
$ goose status
goose: status for environment 'development'
    Applied At                  Migration
    =======================================
    Sun Oct  4 21:37:08 2015 -- 20150923145448_Bootstrap.sql