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!CHAPTER First Steps with the Foxx Manager
The Foxx manager is a shell program. It should have been installed under */usr/bin* or */usr/local/bin*
when installing the ArangoDB package. An instance of the ArangoDB server must be
up and running.
unix> foxx-manager
Expecting a command, please try:
Example usage:
foxx-manager install <foxx> <mount-point>
foxx-manager uninstall <mount-point>
Further help:
foxx-manager help
The most important commands are
* *install*: Fetches a Foxx application from the central *foxx-apps* repository,
mounts it to a local URL and sets it up
* *uninstall*: Unmounts a mounted Foxx application and calls its teardown method
* *list*: Lists all installed Foxx applications (alias: *installed*)
* *config*: Get information about the configuration including the path to the
app directory.
When dealing with a fresh install of ArangoDB, there should be no installed
applications besides the system applications that are shipped with ArangoDB.
unix> foxx-manager installed
Name Author Description AppID Version Mount Active System
--------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
aardvark Michael Hackstein Foxx application manager for the ArangoDB web interface app:aardvark:1.0 1.0 /_admin/aardvark yes yes
--------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
1 application(s) found
There is currently one application installed. It is called "aardvark" and it
is a system application. You can safely ignore system applications.
We are now going to install the _hello world_ application. It is called
"hello-foxx" - no suprise there.
unix> foxx-manager install hello-foxx /example
Application app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 installed successfully at mount point /example
The second parameter */example* is the mount path of the application. You
should now be able to access the example application under
http://localhost:8529/example
using your favorite browser. It will now also be visible when using the *installed* command.
unix> foxx-manager installed
Name Author Description AppID Version Mount Active System
----------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
hello-foxx Frank Celler A simple example application. app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 1.2.2 /example yes no
aardvark Michael Hackstein Foxx application manager for the ArangoDB web interface app:aardvark:1.0 1.0 /_admin/aardvark yes yes
----------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
2 application(s) found
You can install the application again under different mount path.
unix> foxx-manager install hello-foxx /hello
Application app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 installed successfully at mount point /hello
You now have two separate instances of the same application. They are
completely independent of each other.
unix> foxx-manager installed
Name Author Description AppID Version Mount Active System
----------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
hello-foxx Frank Celler A simple example application. app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 1.2.2 /example yes no
aardvark Michael Hackstein Foxx application manager for the ArangoDB web interface app:aardvark:1.0 1.0 /_admin/aardvark yes yes
hello-foxx Frank Celler A simple example application. app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 1.2.2 /hello yes no
----------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -------- ----------------- ------- -------
3 application(s) found
The current version of the application is *1.2.2* (check the output of *installed*
for the current version). It is even possible to mount a different version
of an application.
Now let's remove the instance mounted under */hello*.
unix> foxx-manager uninstall /hello
Application app:hello-foxx:1.2.2 unmounted successfully from mount point /hello
Note that "uninstall" is a combination of "teardown" and "unmount". This allows the
application to clean up its own data. Internally, this will call the application's
*teardown* script as defined in the application manifest.