how to install cloud9 IDE on ubuntu server

Question

I have a development server which runs mostly python-based apps. I like the interface of tools like cloud9, but since I have a server I'd rather have something similar on my own server. This is what I mean by "self-hosting". I only need to edit local files (ie, files on that server).

The server is running Ubuntu server 12.04. cloud9 is apparently available for self-hosting, but I have never used node.js and I don't want to learn about it if possible. I know that cloud 9 also offer ssh integration with other servers, but I'm hoping to find a package I can easily install on Ubuntu and easily configure.

There is a similar question on stackoverflow but from 2009.

Answer 1

Cloud9's git repository and instructions have changed since the other answer was posted. See https://github.com/c9/core/ for more information. The following instructions seem to work for me on a vanilla Ubuntu 14.04.

1. Install Git if you haven't already:

   sudo apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential
   sudo apt-get install git
   

2. Install node.js if you don't already have a recent version installed:

   # Install node.js
   wget -O  ~/node-v0.10.33-linux-x64.tar.gz http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.33/node-v0.10.33-linux-x64.tar.gz
   tar -zxf ~/node-v0.10.33-linux-x64.tar.gz
   rm       ~/node-v0.10.33-linux-x64.tar.gz
   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/node-v0.10.33-linux-x64/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
   source ~/.bashrc
   

3. Download and setup Cloud9:

   # Setup and start Cloud9 server
   # (You can get a zip file instead of using git)
   git clone https://github.com/c9/core.git c9sdk
   c9sdk/scripts/install-sdk.sh
   

4. After the server starts successfully, you can stop it with Ctrl-C. Then you can start it with a different workspace:

   node c9sdk/server.js -w ~/my_workspace/
   

5. Visit http://localhost:8181 to see the Cloud9 IDE in your browser.

If you don't like the self-hosted Cloud9 web-IDE, you can try Orion, Codiad, or Codebox.

Answer 2

Getting Cloud9 IDE installed on your own server is not as hard as you may think.

It is basically these steps:

1. Install node.js

2. Clone Cloud9's Git repository to your server and install

3. Run a command in the terminal to start the Cloud9 app:

bin/cloud9.sh -w ~/git/myproject -l 0.0.0.0

You can then access your Cloud9 app at http://yourserveraddress:3131 (3131 being the default port it will serve on.

As requested, you will not have learned much about node.js in the process ;)