https://github.com/groupdock/sinandra

A blog engine using Sinatra and Cassandra
https://github.com/groupdock/sinandra

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A blog engine using Sinatra and Cassandra

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/groupdock/sinandra
• Owner: groupdock
• Created: 2010-10-08T19:43:20.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-10-27T19:19:58.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-14T20:36:21.839Z (9 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage: http://dev.groupdock.com/2010/10/08/sinandra-a-blog-engine-using-sinatra-and-cassandra.html
• Size: 88.9 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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README

        
== Sinandra

Sinandra is a very simple blog engine built with Sinatra and a Cassandra backend.

Why another blog engine? 

Sinantra was written in order to learn Cassandra and understand Cassandra's data model.

== Installation

Make sure you install Cassandra. To get started with Cassandra: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted

You also have to have sinatra installed:

    sudo gem install sinatra

    

== Requirements

The following gems are required and need to be installed:

    sudo gem install actionpack cassandra simple-uuid maruku sanitize

== Cassandra Configuration

A sample Cassandra configuration is included: sample-cassandra-conf.yml.

The important part is the following keyspace:

	

  

		

			

			

			

			

			

			

		

		

== Sinandra Configuration

You can configure Sinandra using a file called config.yml. Using this config file, you can set:

* the title of your blog

* The author of the blog (only supports a single author)

* The about paragraph displayed on the right-side column

* the username of the person allowed to post blog entries

* the password of the person allowed to post blog entries

A sample configuration file is included: sample-config.yml.

If you do not include a config.yml file, the following defaults are used:

* blog title = 'a simple blog'

* blog author  = 'Tyrone Badu'

* about paragraph =  'Lorem ipsum...'

* username = 'admin'

* password = 'super'

== Running Sinandra

To run sinandra, simply use: ruby sinandra.rb

Then point your browser to : http://localhost:4567/

== Screencast

You can download a small screencast which runs through the features of sinandra here. Nothing very exciting but it lets you see it in action without downloading/running it:

    http://lucpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/SinandraDemo.avi

    

== Recommended Links on Cassandra

* https://github.com/dambalah/sinandra

* http://blog.evanweaver.com/articles/2009/07/06/up-and-running-with-cassandra/

* http://arin.me/blog/wtf-is-a-supercolumn-cassandra-data-model

* http://www.parleys.com/#id=1866&st=5&sl=1