Noosfero is a free software web platform for social networking, collaboration, and content management. It can be installed on your own server and customized to fit your specific needs. In this tutorial, we will be installing Noosfero on the latest version of Alpine Linux.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
Before installing Noosfero, it's important to ensure that your server is up to date.
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
This command updates the package index and upgrades all installed packages to the latest versions.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required by Noosfero. Run the following command to install these packages:
sudo apk add --no-cache icu-dev libxml2-dev postgresql-dev make
Noosfero is written in the Ruby programming language, so we need to install Ruby and its development tools.
sudo apk add --no-cache ruby ruby-dev ruby-rdoc ruby-irb build-base
Now that we have all the dependencies installed, let's install Noosfero. First, clone the Noosfero repository:
git clone https://gitlab.com/noosfero/noosfero.git
Next, navigate to the directory where you cloned the repository and run the following command to install Noosfero:
cd noosfero && sudo make install
Now that Noosfero is installed, we need to configure it. Start by creating a new PostgreSQL database:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE noosfero;"
Next, copy the sample configuration file and make changes as necessary:
cp config/noosfero.conf.sample config/noosfero.conf
You can edit the config/noosfero.conf file with your preferred text editor to change settings such as the database username and password.
Finally, start Noosfero with the following command:
noosfero start
You should now be able to access Noosfero by navigating to http://your-server-ip:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Noosfero on Alpine Linux!
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