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advisory: kitematic
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description: Tutorial demonstrating the setup of an RethinkDB database for development
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keywords: docker, documentation, about, technology, kitematic, gui, rethink, tutorial
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title: 'Kitematic tutorial: Create a local RethinkDB database for development'
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---
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This tutorial guides you through these steps:
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- Create a RethinkDB Container for Development
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- (Advanced) Clone a small Node.js application and write data into RethinkDB.
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### Set up RethinkDB in Kitematic
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First, if you haven't yet done so, [download and start Kitematic](index.md).
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Once open, the app should look like this:
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Click on the _Create_ button of the `rethinkdb` image listing in the recommended
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list as shown above. This downloads and runs a RethinkDB container within a few
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minutes. Once it's done, a local RethinkDB database is up and running.
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Let's start using it to develop a node.js app. For now, let's figure out which
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IP address and port RethinkDB is listening on. To find out, click the `Settings`
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tab and then the `Ports` section:
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You can see there that for RethinkDB port `28015`, the container is listening on
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host `localhost` and port `32783` (in this example - ports may be different
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for you). This means you can now reach RethinkDB via a client driver at
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`127.0.0.1:32783`. Again, this IP address may be different for you.
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### (Advanced) Save Data into RethinkDB with a local Node.js App
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Now, create the RethinkDB example chat application running on your local
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macOS system to test drive your new containerized database.
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First, if you don't have it yet, [download and install
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Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
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> **Note**: This example needs Xcode installed.
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In your terminal, type:
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$ export RDB_HOST=127.0.0.1 # replace with IP from above step
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$ export RDB_PORT=32783 # replace with Port from above step
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$ git clone https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-example-nodejs-chat
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$ cd rethinkdb-example-nodejs-chat
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$ npm install
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$ npm start
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Now, point your browser to `http://localhost:8000`. Congratulations, you've
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successfully used a RethinkDB container in Kitematic to build a real-time chat
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app. Happy coding!
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