Basic SourceMonitor Host

This template creates a Rails 8 application that mounts the SourceMonitor engine, installs its migrations, seeds a demo source, and redirects the root path to the dashboard.

Generate the App

rbenv exec rails new source_monitor_basic \
  --main \
  --database=postgresql \
  --skip-jbuilder \
  --skip-hotwire \
  -m ../path/to/examples/basic_host/template.rb

Replace ../path/to with the relative path from the directory where you run rails new.

What the Template Configures

• Adds the engine to the Gemfile via a local path.
• Runs source_monitor:install, copies migrations, and executes db:prepare.
• Appends SourceMonitor Solid Queue processes to Procfile.dev.
• Seeds a sample Rails blog source so you can fetch content immediately.
• Redirects the application root to /source_monitor.

Next Steps

1. cd source_monitor_basic
2. cp config/database.yml config/database.local.yml and adjust credentials if needed.
3. bin/setup
4. bin/dev

Once the worker fetches the seeded source, open http://localhost:3000/source_monitor to browse items.

Customization Ideas

• Update config/initializers/source_monitor.rb to change queue names, HTTP timeouts, or scraping defaults.
• Add additional sources via the UI or db/seeds.rb.
• Switch the root redirect to a host dashboard once you embed the engine into a larger application.