How to run formulas

In this section, you will find a path to how run formulas using Ritchie.
How to run?
There are two ways to run formulas on Ritchie :
Locally
Using Docker
The default formulas execution method has been defined during the initialization step with therit initcommand. It can be changed executing the following command:
rit set formula-runner
rit set formula-runner command
1. Locally
To run a formula locally it is necessary to have the formula programming languages dependencies installed on the computer.
Example: a formula written in Node will need Node installed on the computer, so it will be able to run locally. 

2. Through Docker
All formulas can run regardless the programming language used from the moment you have DOCKER installed and running.
Check out on the following example how to run a "Hello World" formula ​
Docker user on MacOS: To avoid the ‘Error: exit status 1’, you have to disable the Cloud Experience, depending on your version. See how: 
Access on Docker: 
Preferences > Command Line > Enable cloud experience.

3. Local & Docker Flags
You can force Ritchie CLI to execute a formula with a specific method using flags.
The --local flag will execute a formula with locally (if the default method is Docker).

The --docker flag will execute a formula with Docker (if the default method is local).

4. Containers with Ritchie
All formulas templates contain a Dockerfile which creates a container with Ritchie CLI installed.
Next steps 
On this section, you saw how to run a formula on Ritchie. To keep learning:
​👉 Go to Hello World formula to see different ways to run a formula on Ritchie. 
​👉 Go to the create formulas section to understand how to create your first automation with Ritchie.
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Formulas
"Hello World" formula
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