This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Lemmy, a federated alternative to Reddit, on Alpine Linux Latest. The installation process is straightforward, and it should only take a few minutes to complete.
Before installing Lemmy, it is recommended to update your system packages to the latest version using the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
To run Lemmy on Alpine Linux, you need to install several dependencies, including Rust and PostgreSQL.
Rust is a programming language that Lemmy is written in. You can install the Rust toolchain using the following command:
sudo apk add rust cargo
Lemmy uses PostgreSQL as its backend database. You can install PostgreSQL using the following command:
sudo apk add postgresql postgresql-client
Once installed, start the PostgreSQL service using the following command:
sudo rc-service postgresql start
You can also enable PostgreSQL to start at boot using the following command:
sudo rc-update add postgresql
You can install Lemmy using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy.git
cd lemmy
cargo build --release
After the build is complete, you can configure Lemmy by creating a .env file in the root directory of the Lemmy sources. Here's an example configuration file:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:<password>@localhost:5432/lemmy
DATABASE_NAME=lemmy
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/
REDIS_PASSWORD=
SECRET_KEY_BASE=Kj45BCNie90lPOJQwe1nYw4kGjKzvUb1
INSTANCE_NAME=Lemmy
SERVER_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
SERVER_PORT=8536
ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000
SMTP_SERVER=localhost
SMTP_USERNAME=<username>
SMTP_PASSWORD=<password>
ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
SSL_CERT_PATH=
SSL_KEY_PATH=
To start Lemmy, run the following command:
./target/release/lemmy
You can now access Lemmy on http://localhost:8536.
You have successfully installed Lemmy on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now create an account, start using it, and customize it to your liking.
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