• Install Play! Framework:
  • Download and install Play! Framework: play
• Install PostgreSQL :
  • Download and install PostgreSQL server: pgsql

• Compile using Play! activator:
  • Enter into project directory, initialize activator and compile:

     $ cd ep-psql
     $ activator 
     [ep-psql] $ compile

  It will download all dependencies and compile the application.

• Launch application using activator:

    $ cd ep-psql
    $ activator
    [ep-psql] $ run

Application will start, usually at http://localhost:9000

• Generating an application secret:

[ep-psql] $ playGenerateSecret
[info] Generated new secret: QCYtAnfkaZiwrNwnxIlR6CTfG3gf90Latabg5241ABR5W1uDFNIkn
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed 28/03/2014 2:26:09 PM

• Using dist task:

[ep-psql] $ dist

This produces a ZIP file containing all JAR files needed to run your application in the target/universal folder of your application.

• Running application:

Unzip the file located at target/universal and then run the script in the bin directory (on windows use .bat script):

$ unzip ep-psql-1.0-SNAPSHOT.zip
$ ep-psql-1.0-SNAPSHOT/bin/ep-psql -Dplay.crypto.secret=abcdefghijk

Replacing the application secret for your secret generated before.

For more information see: Play Documentation: Deploying your application

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