Cowyo is a simple, powerful, and easy-to-use open source platform that can be used for creating and sharing notes, ideas, drafts, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cowyo on Debian latest.
To follow this tutorial, you will need:
Follow the below steps to install Cowyo on Debian latest:
As a best practice, it is recommended to update the package repositories before installing any new software on the system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Cowyo requires some dependencies to be installed on the server. The following command will install all necessary dependencies for Cowyo:
sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential golang-go
Next, you need to clone the Cowyo repository from GitHub with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/schollz/cowyo.git
This will create a new directory named cowyo in the current working directory.
Now, navigate into the cowyo directory and run the following command to build Cowyo:
cd cowyo
go build
To run Cowyo, execute the following command from the cowyo directory:
./cowyo
After starting Cowyo, you can access it using your web browser by navigating to http://server-ip:8050.
To enable Cowyo service at Debian startup, you need to create a systemd service file cowyo.service with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/cowyo.service
Add the following content to the cowyo.service file:
[Unit]
Description=Cowyo Service
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/cowyo/cowyo
User=root
Group=root
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file. Then, reload the systemd daemon and start the Cowyo service with the following commands:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start cowyo.service
sudo systemctl enable cowyo.service
Now you have successfully installed Cowyo on Debian latest. You can start using it to quickly create, edit and share your notes and other documents.
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