Commento is a self-hosted, open-source commenting platform that you can use to add comments to your website or blog. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Commento on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
Commento requires Go to run. To install Go on your Arch Linux machine, open a terminal and run the following command:
$ sudo pacman -S go
Next, clone the Commento repository from GitLab to your local machine by running the following command:
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/commento/commento.git
In the Commento directory cloned in the previous step, run the following command to build Commento:
$ cd commento
$ go build
This will create the Commento binary file in the same directory.
Now we need to create a Commento configuration file. You can use the sample configuration file included in the Commento repository. Run the following command to copy the sample configuration file:
$ cp sample-commento.conf config.json
Next, edit the config.json file using your preferred text editor:
$ nano config.json
In the file, you will need to specify the following:
You can leave the other settings as default.
To start Commento, run the following command:
$ ./commento
This will start Commento on the port specified in the configuration file. You can access Commento by opening the following URL in your web browser:
http://<your_server_IP_address>:<port_number>
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install Commento on Arch Linux. You should now be able to add comments to your website or blog using Commento.
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