In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Antville on Alpine Linux. Antville is an open source weblog hosting system that allows you to easily create and maintain your own weblogs.
Before we can start with the installation, there are a few prerequisites that need to be met:
The first thing you should do when installing a new software package on your operating system is to update it by running the following command:
apk update
Antville requires Java to run, so we need to install it by running:
apk add openjdk8
Next, we need to download and extract Antville. You can download the latest version from the official Antville website:
wget https://github.com/antville/antville/releases/download/v1.3.2/antville-1.3.2.tar.gz
Next, extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
tar -xzf antville-1.3.2.tar.gz
We need to configure Antville to run on our server. Navigate to the Antville directory by running the following command:
cd antville-1.3.2
Next, copy the default configuration file to a new file called config:
cp sample-config/config ./
Edit the config file to include the correct database credentials.
To start the Antville server, navigate to the Antville directory and run the following command:
./start
You should see output similar to the following:
Antville Server starting up...
Loading properties from classpath:/antville-config.properties
Using logback configuration from file:/.../antville-1.3.2/sample-config/logback.xml
Starting server on http://[::]:8080...
Server started.
Antville should now be accessible on port 8080 of your server's IP address or hostname. Open your web browser and navigate to the address http://your_server_ip_address:8080.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Antville on Alpine Linux. You can now create your own weblogs and start blogging.
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