Retrospring is an open-source social media platform for question and answer interaction. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing Retrospring on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
To install Retrospring, we'll first need to install the required dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package repository and install the necessary packages:
sudo apk update
sudo apk add git nodejs npm postgresql postgresql-client
Next, we'll clone the Retrospring repository using Git. Run the following command to clone the repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/retrospring/retrospring.git /opt/retrospring
After cloning the repository, navigate to the cloned directory and install the Node.js dependencies using npm:
cd /opt/retrospring
sudo npm install
Retrospring requires a PostgreSQL database to be set up to store data. Run the following command to install and start PostgreSQL:
sudo apk add postgresql postgresql-client
sudo rc-update add postgresql default
sudo service postgresql start
Next, create a new database user and database for Retrospring:
sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# CREATE USER retrospring WITH PASSWORD 'retrospring';
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE retrospring OWNER retrospring;
postgres=# \q
Retrospring requires some environment variables to be set in order to work properly. Open the terminal and navigate to the Retrospring directory and create a new .env file using the following command:
cd /opt/retrospring
sudo nano .env
Add the following variables to the file and save it:
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL=postgres://retrospring:retrospring@localhost/retrospring
SESSION_SECRET=some_random_string
Now that we have all the dependencies installed and the configuration in place, we can start the Retrospring server. Run the following command to start the server:
sudo npm run start
The Retrospring server should now be up and running. Access it by navigating to http://<server-ip>:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we've shown you how to install Retrospring on Alpine Linux Latest. Now that you have Retrospring up and running, you can start exploring all of its features and customizing it to suit your needs.
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