Tutorial: How to Install Mejiro on Alpine Linux Latest

Mejiro is a free and open source web application for managing code reviews. It is written in Python and can be easily installed on Alpine Linux Latest distribution.

In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step through the installation process of Mejiro on your Alpine Linux machine.

Prerequisites

Before beginning the installation process, you should ensure that you have met the following requirements:

Step 1: Clone Mejiro Repository

To start with the installation process, we need to clone the Mejiro repository from GitHub. To do this, follow the commands below:

$ git clone https://github.com/dmpop/mejiro.git
$ cd mejiro

Step 2: Installing Mejiro Dependencies

Before running the Mejiro web application, we need to install the required dependencies. For this, we will use pip. To install the dependencies, run the following command:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Running Mejiro

Now that we have installed all the dependencies, we can start Mejiro using the following command:

python3 manage.py runserver

This command will start the Mejiro web application on port 8000. You can access it by pointing your web browser to http://your_server_ip:8000.

Additional Steps

By default, Mejiro uses SQLite as its database. If you want to use another database, such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, you will need to install the appropriate database driver and configure Mejiro accordingly.

Also, to make Mejiro available to the outside world, you may need to configure firewall rules or setup reverse proxy.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have walked you through the installation process of Mejiro on Alpine Linux Latest. Mejiro is a powerful web application for code reviews and is easy to set up and manage. If you have any questions or face any issues during the installation process, feel free to leave a comment below.

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