Install Devin on Your Own Server

The following steps guides you in installing Devin Server as root/admin via command line

Update Your System (Linux only)

Ensure that your system is up to date by running:

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Ensure that the unzip utility is installed by running:

sudo apt-get unzip -y

Download and Install Devin Server

On Linux, you have two options for installing Devin: interactively or unattended. The interactive is the recommended method and involves manual installation steps, suitable for individual installations. Unattended installation is ideal for setting up Devin on multiple servers simultaneously, as it requires no manual input during the process.

Download and prepare the installer script

Navigate to the tmp directory:

cd /tmp

Download the installler:

wget https://download.devin.fm/downloads/server/latest/install_devin_unix.zip

Unzip the installer:

unzip install_devin_unix.zip

Navigate to the installer folder:

cd install_devin

Change the permissions for the install script

chmod 755 install_devin_unix.sh

Install Devin Server interactivily (recommended method)

Start the interactive installer by running the following commands in your terminal:

sudo ./install_devin_unix.sh

The installer will prompt for:

Credentials for the FileMaker Admin Console account
Devin Server Type (Development or Staging/Production)

Install Devin Server unattended

Alternativily, you can install Devin Server unattended by running the following in your terminal:

sudo ./install_devin_unix.sh \
--username {fmsadmin username} \ 
--password {fmsadmin password} \
--type {prod / dev}

For Staging/Production Server Installations

Save the API Key

After installing a non-development server, save the API Key that gets output in the terminal. You will need this when adding the server in the Devin App.

For unattended installs, or if you loose the API Key, it can be located in /opt/Devin/info.json on the server.

Download the latest Devin Server installer for macOS.

Run the macOS Devin-Server-<version>.pkg installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

The installer will prompt for:

Credentials for the FileMaker Admin Console account
Devin Server Type (Development or Staging/Production)

For Staging/Production Server Installations

Save the API Key

After installing a non-development server, the graphical installer will show an API key in a pop-up window. Save this key, as you will need this when adding the server in the Devin App.

If you loose the API Key, it can be located in /Library/Devin/info.json on the server.

INSTALLER LOGS: If you run into issues installing Devin, please open a ticket here. The Devin installer produces a log file named devin_installer_{Date}_{Time}.log. Please include the output from the log in your ticket.

Connect the Server in your App

To add a server in the Devin app, see Add a Server.