Version: 2.50.0-LTS

Ubuntu

warning

The following guide is intended for contributors to set-up ToolJet locally. If you're interested in self-hosting ToolJet, please refer to the Setup section.

Follow these steps to setup and run ToolJet on Ubuntu. Open terminal and run the commands below.

Setting up

Set up the environment

1.1 Install NVM
```
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
```
Use the command to load NVM:
```
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
```
Close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm
```
nvm install 18.18.2
```
Ensure you have the correct version of npm, or it will cause an error about fsevents.
```
npm i -g [email protected]
```
1.2 Install Postgres
```
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
```
1.3 Install PostgREST (optional)

info
Required only if ToolJet Database is being used.
Please use PostgREST version 10.1.1.x

Please follow the installation PostgREST guide
Setup the repository:

2.1 Fork the repository:

Go to the ToolJet GitHub repository, click on the Fork button to create a copy of the repository under your own GitHub account.

2.2 Clone your forked repository:

After forking, clone the forked repository to your local machine using the URL of your forked repo.
```
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/ToolJet.git
```
Set up environment variables

Create a .env file by copying .env.example. More information on the variables that can be set is given in the environment variables reference
```
cp .env.example .env
```
Populate the keys in the env file

info
SECRET_KEY_BASE requires a 64 byte key. (If you have openssl installed, run openssl rand -hex 64 to create a 64 byte secure random key)
LOCKBOX_MASTER_KEY requires a 32 byte key. (Run openssl rand -hex 32 to create a 32 byte secure random key)

Example:
```
cat .env
TOOLJET_HOST=http://localhost:8082
LOCKBOX_MASTER_KEY=1d291a926ddfd221205a23adb4cc1db66cb9fcaf28d97c8c1950e3538e3b9281
SECRET_KEY_BASE=4229d5774cfe7f60e75d6b3bf3a1dbb054a696b6d21b6d5de7b73291899797a222265e12c0a8e8d844f83ebacdf9a67ec42584edf1c2b23e1e7813f8a3339041
```
Install and build dependencies
```
npm install
npm install --prefix server
npm install --prefix frontend
npm run build:plugins
```
NOTE: If the npm run build:plugins command fails due to some packages are missing, try running the following command to install the necessary packages: sudo apt install build-essential then proceed to npm run build:plugins step again
Set up database
```
npm run --prefix server db:create
npm run --prefix server db:reset
```
info
If at any point you need to reset the database, use this command npm run --prefix server db:reset
Run plugins compilation in watch mode
```
cd ./plugins && npm start
```
Run the server
```
cd ./server && npm run start:dev
```
Run the client
```
cd ./frontend && npm start
```
The client will start running on the port 8082, you can access the client by visiting: http://localhost:8082
Create login credentials

Visiting https://localhost:8082 should redirect you to the login page, click on the signup link and enter your email. The emails sent by the server in development environment are captured and are opened in your default browser. Click the invitation link in the email preview to setup the account.

Running tests

Test config requires the presence of .env.test file at the root of the project.

To run the unit tests

npm run --prefix server test

To run e2e tests

npm run --prefix server test:e2e

To run a specific unit test

npm run --prefix server test <path-to-file>

Setting up​

Running tests​

Setting up

Running tests