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To install Rapidpro,follow the following steps
To install Rapidpro,follow the following steps
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<li>Prerequisites Installation<br>
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<li>PostgreSQL 9.3 or later along with the PostGIS extensions. You probably want to refer to [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/postgis/ Django’sinstallation instructions] to help get this working.</li>
<li>Redis 2.8 or later installed and listening on localhost. By default the development server uses database 15. You may install this through debian package manager (sudo apt-get install redis-server) or by downloading it on redis website (http://redis.io/)</li>

Revision as of 09:02, 14 December 2015

Introduction and Overview

RapidPro is an Open Source platform that allows anyone to build interactive messaging systems using an easy visual interface. A video is worth a thousand words and this brief video introduction will give you an idea of what is possible.

Installation

To install Rapidpro,follow the following steps

  1. Prerequisites Installation
    • PostgreSQL 9.3 or later along with the PostGIS extensions. You probably want to refer to Django’sinstallation instructions to help get this working.
    • Redis 2.8 or later installed and listening on localhost. By default the development server uses database 15. You may install this through debian package manager (sudo apt-get install redis-server) or by downloading it on redis website (http://redis.io/)