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Rails on Synology CubeStation CS-406

November 24th, 2006

Preparing for my [workshop][1]

## Enable Telnet Access

see [Oinkzwurgels page][2], download ‘syno-telnet-r3.zip’ and install it in the Synology Web Admin panel. The installation will stop at 99% – that’s fine

Now you can telnet to the CubeStation:

$ telnet 192.168.x.y
CubeStation login: admin
Password:

BusyBox v1.1.0 (2006.08.06-13:52+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.

CubeStation> ls

You can login as any user you created. For the following steps, login as root (same password as your admin account)

Bingo!

## install the ipgk stuff

Again – from Oinkzwrurgels document:

CubeStation> cd /tmp
CubeStation> wget http://oinkzwurgl.org/dl.php?file=bootstrap-ppc.tar.gz
…
CubeStation> cd /
CubeStation> tar -xzvf /tmp/bootstrap-ppc.tar.gz
…
CubeStation> ln -s /volume1/opt /opt
CubeStation> export PATH=/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:$PATH
CubeStation> /opt/bin/ipkg update
CubeStation> /opt/bin/ipkg upgrade

## More software

CubeStation> /opt/bin/ipkg list | grep ruby
ruby – 1.8.5-1 – An interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming.
rubygems – 0.9.0-1 – Ruby packaging and installation framework.

CubeStation> ipkg install zlib
CubeStation> ipkg install ruby
CubeStation> ipkg install rubygems

I then installed the native toolchain as described on Oinkzwurgels pages

CubeStation> ipkg install make

## Rails?

CubeStation> gem install rails –include-dependencies

Prepare a cup of coffee and wait. Get some more coffee. Do some chores. Go to sleep.

Update /root/.profile so that the PATH is set to include /opt/local/bin

Here’s my current:

#/etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for ash.
PATH=”$PATH:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/syno/bin:/usr/syno/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin”
umask 022
#This fixes the backspace when telnetting in.
#if [ "$TERM" != "linux" ]; then
# stty erase
#fi
export PATH
HOME=/root
export HOME
TERM=${TERM:-cons25}
export TERM
PAGER=more
export PAGER
PS1=”`hostname`> ”
alias dir=”ls -al”
export CFLAGS=”/opt/include:/opt/crosstool/gcc-3.4.5-glibc-2.3.3/powerpc-603-linux-gnu/powerpc-603-linux-gnu/include”
export CXXFLAGS=”$CFLAGS”
export LDFLAGS=”-L/opt/lib”
export PATH=”$PATH:/opt/crosstool/gcc-3.4.5-glibc-2.3.3/powerpc-603-linux-gnu/bin/”
export PATH=”$PATH:/opt/local/bin”

Let’s try it:

CubeStation> mkdir -p /volume1/test
CubeStation> cd /volume1/test
CubeStation> rails cube
…

If all goes well, the rails command should create the directory structure for a project.

CubeStation> cd cube
CubeStation> ruby script/server

starts Webrick and you can access your page through the webbrowser at http://192.168.x.y:3000

Tata.

## Mongrel

So far I haven’t been able to install mongrel. The compilation fails because of

* wrong paths in makefile (fixable)
* missing syslimits.h header file (haven’t been able to track that down yet)

## Next steps

Getting a real application with database access up and running

## More software?

Oh yes – the [NLSU2][3] page has more [packages][4]. So far I have installed:

* mt-daap – the iTunes server
* openSSH – no telnet for me, thanks

[1]: http://blog.invisible.ch/2006/11/20/speaking/
[2]: http://oinkzwurgl.org/diskstation
[3]: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DS101/HomePage
[4]: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Packages

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