How to Install RhodeCode on Alpine Linux Latest

RhodeCode is an open-source source code management platform that supports Git, Mercurial, and Subversion. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install RhodeCode on Alpine Linux Latest.

Step 1: Update your system

Before installing RhodeCode, it is recommended to update your system to the latest packages using the following command:

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

RhodeCode requires Python and PostgreSQL as the database. Installing PostgreSQL requires the following steps:

apk add postgresql
/etc/init.d/postgresql start
rc-update add postgresql default

You will also need to install other required dependencies for RhodeCode. These include gcc, make, libxml2-dev, libxslt-dev, libffi-dev, openssl-dev, and libjpeg-turbo-dev.

You can install these packages using the following command:

apk add gcc make libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev libjpeg-turbo-dev

Step 3: Install RhodeCode

Once all dependencies are installed, you can download and install RhodeCode with the following command:

pip install rhodecode

Step 4: Configure RhodeCode

After installation, you need to configure RhodeCode. Create a new PostgreSQL database and user for RhodeCode with the following commands:

su - postgres

psql
CREATE DATABASE rhodecode;
CREATE USER rhodecode WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE rhodecode TO rhodecode;

Copy the default configuration file and edit it to match your settings:

cp /etc/rhodecode/rhodecode.ini.sample /etc/rhodecode/rhodecode.ini
nano /etc/rhodecode/rhodecode.ini

Update the following settings in the configuration file:

[app:main]
mako.directories = /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rhodecode/templates

[server:main]    
# Replace 0.0.0.0 with your server IP
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 5000 

[alembic]
#Replace postgresql://user:password@localhost/dbname with your database connection details
sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://rhodecode:password@localhost/rhodecode

Make sure to save and close the file when you're done.

Step 5: Start RhodeCode Service

Now that you have installed and configured RhodeCode, you can start the service using the following command:

rc-service rhodecode start

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed RhodeCode on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now access RhodeCode by navigating to http://your_server_ip:5000 in your web browser.

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