How to Install Coral on Arch Linux

Coral is an open-source project designed to create better online communities with the use of a set of tools that empower journalists, newsrooms, and publishers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and set up coral on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that you have the following:

• Arch Linux installed with sudo user access
• Basic knowledge of the terminal

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Coral, we need to install some dependencies:

1. First, update the package repositories and packages installed on your system:

sudo pacman -Syu

2. Install the required dependencies:

sudo pacman -S autoconf automake libtool libxml2 libxml2-devel libxml2-utils libxslt libxslt-devel libxslt-utils pcre pcre-devel nginx

Step 2: Install Go

Coral is written in the Go programming language, so we need to install this on our system.

1. Download the latest version of Go:

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded file:

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.15.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz

3. Add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file to set up the Go environment:

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin

4. Activate the new environment settings:

source ~/.bashrc

Step 3: Install Coral

1. Clone the Coral repository:

git clone https://github.com/coralproject/talk.git

2. Change your current working directory to the talk folder:

cd talk

3. Install Coral dependencies:

make install-dependencies

4. Build Coral:

make build

5. Start Coral:

./bin/talk

Now, you can access Coral by going to http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

Step 4: Configure Nginx

By default, Coral is running on port 3000. You can configure Nginx to proxy requests to the port of Coral.

1. Create a new file for the Nginx configuration:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/coral

2. Add the following lines to the file:

server {

   listen 80;
   server_name mydomain.com;

   location / {
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
      proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
   }
}

3. Save and exit the file.

4. Create a symbolic link from sites-available to sites-enabled:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/coral /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

5. Test the configuration files:

sudo nginx -t

6. Restart Nginx:

sudo service nginx restart

Now you can access Coral by going to http://localhost/ in your browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Coral on Arch Linux. You can now utilize the benefits of Coral’s tools to enhance online communities that foster a healthy online environment.

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