How to Install Listmonk on Clear Linux Latest

Listmonk is a powerful open-source email management tool that allows you to create, send and manage your email campaigns. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps needed to install Listmonk on Clear Linux latest version.

Prerequisites

To install Listmonk on Clear Linux, you need to have the following:

1. A Clear Linux latest version installed and configured on your server
2. A user with root privileges or a user with sudo access

Step 1: Install Golang

Listmonk is written in Go programming, so to install Listmonk, we need to install Golang on our system. To install Golang, follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal on your Clear Linux system.
2. Update the system package manager by executing the following command:

sudo swupd update

3. Next, install Golang by executing the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add go

After the installation is complete, confirm it by running the following command:

go version

The command should display the current Golang version installed on your system.

Step 2: Install MySQL

Listmonk uses MySQL as the database backend, so we need to install it on our system. To install and configure MySQL, follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal on your Clear Linux system.
2. Install MySQL by executing the following command:

sudo swupd bundle-add mariadb

3. Once MySQL is installed, start the MySQL service by executing the following command:

sudo systemctl start mariadb

4. Next, run the following command to secure your MySQL installation:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

You will be prompted to set a password, which will be used to log in to MySQL.

Step 3: Install Listmonk

Now that we have installed Golang and MySQL, we can proceed to install Listmonk. Follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal on your Clear Linux system.
2. Clone the Listmonk repository by executing the following command:

git clone https://github.com/knadh/listmonk.git

3. Switch to the Listmonk directory by executing the following command:

cd listmonk

4. Build Listmonk by executing the following command:

go build

This command will download and install all the necessary dependencies required to run Listmonk.

5. Next, create a configuration file by executing the following command:

cp .env.example .env

6. Open the .env file in your preferred text editor:

nano .env

7. Change the following settings:

• LISTMONK_DB_HOST – Set this to 127.0.0.1
• LISTMONK_DB_NAME – Set this to listmonk
• LISTMONK_DB_USER – Set this to root
• LISTMONK_DB_PASS – Set this to the MySQL password you created in Step 2

8. Save and close the .env file.

9. Create a new database by executing the following command:

echo "CREATE DATABASE listmonk CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;" | sudo mysql -u root -p

10. Run the Listmonk server by executing the following command:

./listmonk serve

The command should display the URL on which Listmonk is running.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Listmonk on Clear Linux latest version. You can now create, manage and send your email campaigns using Listmonk.

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