Fider is an open-source feedback platform, which allows users to easily collect and manage feedback. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Fider on Debian Latest.
Before installing Fider, ensure your system is updated.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Fider requires the following dependencies to be present:
To install Node.js, use the following command:
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs
To install Yarn, run the following commands:
curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y yarn
To install the MySQL/MariaDB database, run:
sudo apt install -y mysql-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Now log in to the MySQL command-line interface and create a new database for Fider:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE fiderdb;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON fiderdb.* TO 'fideruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mypassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace fiderdb, fideruser, and mypassword with your desired database name, username, and password.
Create a new directory for Fider and move into it:
mkdir fider
cd fider
Clone the Fider repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/getfider/fider.git .
Run the following commands to install the Fider dependencies and build the application:
yarn install
yarn build
After building the application, create the configuration file by copying the example file provided:
cp config.example.yml config.yml
Open the config.yml file using your preferred text editor and modify the following parameters:
app:
domain: yourdomain.com
ssl: true
port: 443
db:
host: localhost
user: fideruser
password: mypassword
name: fiderdb
mailer:
EmailFrom: fider@yourdomain.com
app.domain: should be set to your domain name.app.ssl: should be set to true if you have an SSL certificate installed for your domain.db.host, db.user, db.password, and db.name: should match your MySQL/MariaDB database configuration.mailer.EmailFrom: should be set to an email address that Fider can use to send notifications to your users.To start Fider, run the following command:
yarn start
Fider should now be accessible on your domain name.
To configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Fider, create a new server block configuration file in the Nginx sites-available directory:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/fider
Enter the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name yourdomain.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/chain.pem;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name, and ensure that the SSL certificate and key file paths match your installation. Save and close the file.
Next, create a symbolic link to enable the server block:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/fider /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, reload the Nginx service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Fider should now be accessible over a secure HTTPS connection.
That's it! You have successfully installed Fider on your Debian Latest server and set up Nginx as a reverse proxy to serve it over HTTPS. You can now start using Fider to collect and manage feedback from your users.
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