Local Instance of Nightscout on Windows 10 - How I Got There

To do some fast development of new Nightscout features, I wanted to work away from Azure. "Easy!" I thought, already sitting at a laptop with GitHub and Node.js installed. Well I'm afraid it wasn't so. With the help of some fab' people (not least @MilosKozak, thank you!), I got there. Here's how:

Prerequisites

This is what I needed to get going, versions are important!!

• Node.js
• Git (here?, I used Version 2.7)
• Python (Version 2.x (no higher than 2!), I used 2.7.11 x64)
• Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 (must be 2013)

Preparation

I had to make sure both npm (Node Package Manager) and Git were on the user path. I also added some system varibales for Nightscout
(Settings > System > About > System Info > Advanced system settings > Evironment Variables...):

User Variable

• PATH = C:\Users\[MyUserName]\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\Git\bin

System Variables

• API_SECRET = [MyNightscoutAPISecret]
• DEVICESTATUS_ADVANCED = true
• ENABLE = careportal iob cob openaps pump bwg rawbg basal
• MONGO = [MyMongoconnectionString]
• PORT = 80
• PUMP_FIELDS = reservoir battery status

 

Installation 

I had to ensure npm used the correct compiler from Visual Studio 2013:

• Open Command Prompt ([Windows] + [R] > "cmd")
• Enter "npm config set msvs_version 2013 --global"

Having done all of this, installation was simple..

• Create a local copy of cgm-remote-monitor on machine (in my case using GitHub)
• Open Command Prompt ([Windows] + [R] > "cmd")
• Enter "cd [cgm-remote-monitor directory path]"
• Enter "npm install"

Running Nightscout

• From the open Command Prompt, enter "node server" 

Developing in an IDE

• I used NTVS (Node Tools for Visual Studio) and followed this awesome video: