This section is only if you're not using docker to run the app. If you are using docker, follow the Docker setup section.

It looks like you chose to set up your application using a mysql database! Fantastic!

The first thing you need to do is open up the "database.yml" file and edit it to use the correct usernames, passwords, hosts, etc... that are appropriate for your environment.

You will also need to make sure that you start/install the database of your choice. Buffalo won't install and start mysql for you.

Ok, so you've edited the "database.yml" file and started mysql, now Buffalo can create the databases in that file for you:

$ buffalo db create -a

Buffalo ships with a command that will watch your application and automatically rebuild the Go binary and any assets for you. To do that run the "buffalo dev" command:

$ buffalo dev

If you point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000 you should see a "Welcome to Buffalo!" page.

Congratulations! You now have your Buffalo application up and running.

To run the application using docker, you need to have the following installed:

• Docker
• Docker Compose

We have used two services in our docker-compose file - db and app.

The db service is for the database, which in our case is mysql v5.7. It has the /var/lib/mysql directory mounted as a docker volume to have persistent database between containers.

The app service is for the Buffalo web application. It has current directory mounted as a volume.

To start the containers, run the following command from the root directory of this project:

$ docker-compose up -d

-d flag is used to run the containers in detached mode (background)

After that, to connect to the container and open a terminal, run:

$ docker-compose exec app bash

You are now inside the container with access to its terminal.

Make sure all dependencies are installed by using "dep":

$ dep ensure

Create the databases by running the following command:

$ buffalo db create -a

Then, run the app by using the buffalo command line utility:

$ buffalo dev run

If you point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000 you should see a "Welcome to Buffalo!" page.

To stop the containers, you can run the command:

$ docker-compose down