How to Install Readflow on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Readflow on Alpine Linux Latest. Readflow is an open source RSS feed reader that allows you to read and organize your favorite RSS feeds.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you must have the following:

• An instance of Alpine Linux latest.
• Access to the server either through SSH or directly via the terminal.
• A working internet connection on your Alpine Linux instance.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Firstly, we need to install some prerequisite packages to run Readflow. Run the following command in your terminal with sudo or root user access to install all required packages:

sudo apk add --no-cache nodejs npm git

• nodejs and npm are required to run the application.
• git is required to clone project code from the Github Repository.

Step 2: Clone Readflow Repository

Readflow is available on Github, clone the Readflow repository with git clone command as shown below:

git clone https://github.com/Alkarex/readflow.git

This will clone the latest code from the repository, which you can check it using ls command.

ls

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Before running the application, we need to install all the dependencies required by the application. Navigate to the cloned repository directory using the cd command, then run the following command:

cd readflow && npm install

This will install all the required dependencies defined in the package.json file.

Step 4: Configure Readflow

By default, Readflow reads the MongoDB URI from an environment variable name MONGODB_URI. Navigate to your cloned repository directory and copy the .env.example file to .env using the following command:

cp .env.example .env

Then update the MONGODB_URI variable in the .env file using your MongoDB instance URI.

MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/readflow

Step 5: Running the Application

After completing all the above steps, now it's time to run the application. Simply run the below command:

npm start

This will start the application on your Alpine Linux system.

Step 6: Accessing Readflow

After successfully running the application, you can access the Readflow via web browser by navigating to http://<your_server_IP>:3000/.

Conclusion

That's it. You have successfully installed Readflow on your Alpine Linux Latest system. Now, you can organize your RSS feeds using Readflow.

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