Rails: install ActiveAdmin

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development • rails • ruby

Gems Link to heading

Add these to your Gemfile:

# Administration
gem 'activeadmin', '~> 4.0.0.beta4'

# Authentication
gem 'devise', '~> 4.9', '>= 4.9.3'

Then install your new gems:

bundle install

Generate Link to heading 

bundle exec rails generate active_admin:install \
  SystemOperator                                \
  --skip-comments                               \
  --no-registerable                             \
  --no-default-user

Changes Link to heading

  1. Configure the operations path in config/initializers/active_admin.rb:

    config.default_namespace = :operations
config.load_paths = [File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'operations')]

  2. Rename app/admin to app/operations.

  3. Edit your module.export contents in tailwind-active_admin.config.js to contain the new operations path:

    './app/operations/**/*.{arb,erb,html,rb}',

  4. Delete test/fixtures.

  5. Un-comment Trackable, Confirmable, and Lockable in the generated migration file.

  6. Add :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable, and :trackable to your SystemOperator model.

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bundle exec rails db:migrate

Restart Link to heading

Restort your webserver and visit /operations in your browser.