Open Food Network is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows farmers and food producers to sell their products directly to consumers. It was developed with Ruby on Rails and requires several dependencies to work correctly. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Open Food Network on Alpine Linux.
The first step is to update Alpine's packages to their latest versions. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Open Food Network requires several dependencies that must be installed before installation. Use the following command to install them:
sudo apk add build-base ruby ruby-dev ruby-rdoc nodejs tzdata postgresql-dev postgresql-contrib imagemagick libffi-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev yarn
Bundler is a Ruby gem that manages Ruby dependencies required by Open Food Network. To install it, run:
sudo gem install bundler
Clone the Open Food Network repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork.git
Once cloned, navigate to the project directory:
cd openfoodnetwork
Open Food Network requires several Ruby gems to work correctly. You can install them using the following command:
bundle install
Create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Open Food Network:
sudo su - postgres
createuser -s ofn
createdb ofn_production -O ofn
Open Food Network requires some configuration files to work correctly. Copy the example configuration file using:
cp .env.example .env
Then edit the .env
file and adjust the settings according to your needs:
nano .env
Compile the application's assets by running:
bundle exec rake assets:precompile
Start the application using:
bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0
Then, open a web browser and access the Open Food Network application at http://YourServerIP:3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Open Food Network on Alpine Linux Latest.
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