INTRODUCTION

I have been a long time user of Coupa Express.  I finally decided to fork the project and bring it up to date since it hasn't been updated since 2007.

The goals of the project are to upgrade to Rails 3, Replace any gems that are obsolete or have inactive development, remove all Coupa branding and replace it with Logical Procurement branding.

 

INSTALLATION

Before you can run the Coupa eProcurement server, you may need to install some
prerequisite components. All of the prerequisites are freely available online:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173226&package_id=198389&release_id=523814

For specific instructions for your platform, please read the appropriate file:

  Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista: Installation_Guide_Express_Edition-Windows.pdf

TECHNICAL QUICK START

1. Install prerequisites
 * MySQL database v4.0+ (http://www.mysql.com)
 * Ruby programming language v1.8.5 or 1.8.6 (http://www.ruby-lang.org)
 * RubyGems package manager for Ruby (http://www.rubygems.org).  Note that the Ruby One-Click Installer may have included RubyGems
 * Gems to install via RubyGems: 
   - Ruby on Rails application framework v1.2.3 (gem install rails)
   - Ferret fulltext search engine (gem install ferret)
   - Rails Ferret interface (gem install acts_as_ferret) 
   - Native MySQL database bindings (gem install mysql)
   - Rich Text Format library (gem install rtf)
   - VPIM contact library (gem install vpim)
2. Configure database connection
  * Create a database for Coupa eProcurement to use in MySQL
  * Modify database.yml (in the config directory) to point to the database you created
3. Load the database schema via rake
  * rake db:schema:load
4. Load seed data with sample data or blank database
  * For blank database:  rake db:seed:load SRC=db/blank
  * For seed data with some sample transactions:  rake db:seed:load   
5. Start the servers from the directory that you placed the source code
  * ruby script/backgroundrb/start
  * ruby script/server 
6. Start using Coupa
  * Go to http://127.0.0.1:3000
  * Log in as username "admin", password "welcome"