You should run:

\$ source setup_env.sh

in order to set up the PYTHONPATH that will allow gnmvidispine and asset_folder_importer to run.

• Postgres 9.0+
• Python 3.6+

I would generally recommend running this in a VM container, but you can run it locally on a Mac (or probably Windows too!) if you want

On Linux, installing Postgres is usually as simple as: $ sudo yum install postgresql-91 or $ sudo apt-get install postgresql-server

On a Mac, I would generally recommend Macports. Once downloaded and installed (https://www.macports.org), you should be able to simply run: $ sudo port install postgresql91-server postgresql91

Next, you will need to run initdb and any other commands that the setup program tells you too.

Next, set up a user. I recommend using this username, as the schema files automatically grant permissions to it: $ sudo -u postgres 'createuser assetimporter

Then, create the database: $ sudo -u postgres 'createdb asset_folder_importer -O assetimporter

Then, you need to install the database schema. Assuming that postgres is running as the postgres user, run: $ sudo -u postgres 'psql asset_folder_importer < src/asset_folder_importer/asset_folder_importer_database.sql $ sudo -u postgres 'psql asset_folder_importer < src/asset_folder_importer/schema_update_1.sql

Note - the Postgres management commands (psql, initdb, creatuser, etc.) may not be in your PATH. On my Mac, I have to prepend the installation path (/opt/local/lib/postgresql91/bin/) to make the above commands work.

I would strongly recommend setting up a Python virtual environment to host the installation environment (this is not necessary if you're running on a dedicated VM though).

$ sudo pip install virtualenv
$ mkdir -p ~/venv/assetimporter
$ virtualenv --python=python2.6 ~/venv/assetimporter
$ source ~/venv/assetimporter/bin/activate
(assetimporter) $

Tools like IntelliJ and PyCharm can simplify this process for you, consult their documentation for more details.

Once you have activated the virtual environment, you have a seperate python installation you can use and break to your heart's content without damaging anything. And you can always blow it away and reinstall.

Next, install the Python requirements:

(assetimporter) $ sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

If psycopg2 (the Postgres library) refuses to install, ensure that you have the relevant postgresql-devel or postgres91-dev packages installed. It needs these in order to compile its copy of the C interface library.

If vsingester will not run then you can remove the lock my using the remove_locks.py script. To use it become root and run the following command:

python ./remove_locks.py [--config=/path/to/config/file] [--scriptname=scriptname]

If --config is not passed, then it expects the config file to be located at /etc/asset_folder_importer.cfg. If --scriptname is not passed, then it will work on asset_folder_vsingester.

You should see the following output if there was a lock present when the script was run:

Script is locked. Removing lock.

If the script could not find a lock it will output the following line:

Script is not locked.

To be completed!