Nullboard is a minimalistic web-based bulletin board for keeping track of things. It comes with a simple user interface, and you can display any text data in the form of posts. This tutorial will show you how to install Nullboard on Clear Linux Latest.
Before we proceed, please make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install some required packages that will let us build and run Nullboard. Run the following commands in your terminal to install the packages:
sudo swupd bundle-add git c-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openssl devpkg-pcre2
Now that we have the required packages, we can proceed to clone the Nullboard repository from GitHub. Run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/apankrat/nullboard.git
This will download the Nullboard repository to your current directory.
Next, we need to build Nullboard from the source code. Navigate to the cloned directory and run the following command:
cd nullboard
make
This will compile the source code, and you should see some output in your terminal.
Now that we have built Nullboard, we need to configure it. To do this, copy the nullboard.cfg.dist file to nullboard.cfg:
cp nullboard.cfg.dist nullboard.cfg
Then, open nullboard.cfg with your preferred text editor and make any necessary changes. For example, you can change the server address and port that Nullboard listens to.
Finally, we can run Nullboard using the following command:
./nullboard
This will start a web server and listen for incoming connections.
Congratulations! You have now installed Nullboard on Clear Linux Latest. To access Nullboard, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:9001 (or the address you specified in the nullboard.cfg file).
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
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