developer-machine-setup.md

description	Detailed instructions to set up RudderStack on your developer machine

Developer Machine Setup

Please follow these steps to set up RudderStack on your developer machine:

• Download and install Golang 1.13 or above.
• Download and install Node.js 10.6 or above.
• Download and install PostgreSQL 10 or above, and set up the database using the following commands:

createdb jobsdb
createuser --superuser rudder
psql "jobsdb" -c "alter user rudder with encrypted password 'rudder'";
psql "jobsdb" -c "grant all privileges on database jobsdb to rudder";

• Go to the RudderStack dashboard and set up your account. Copy your workspace token from the top of the home page.
• Clone the RudderStack server repository. Run git submodule init and git submodule update to fetch the rudder-transformer repository. Then, navigate to the transformer directory using the following command:

cd rudder-transformer

• Install dependencies using the command npm i and start the destination transformer using the following command:

node destTransformer.js

• Navigate back to the main directory using the following command:

cd rudder-server

• Copy the sample.env to the main directory using the following command:

cp config/sample.env .env

• Update theWORKSPACE_TOKEN environment variable with the workspace token fetched from the RudderStack dashboard.
• Run the backend server using the following command:

go run -mod=vendor main.go

{% hint style="info" %} Once you have successfully followed the steps above, follow our guide on How to Send Test Events in order to test if there are any issues with the installation. {% endhint %}