Foodsoft is an open-source, web-based software for managing food cooperatives. It helps food coops to manage their products, orders, and memberships. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Foodsoft on Debian Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, make sure your Debian server is up-to-date. Run the following commands to update the system and install the required packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libbz2-dev libncurses5-dev git
Foodsoft is a Ruby on Rails web application. To run Foodsoft, we need to install Ruby first. In this tutorial, we will use Ruby Version Manager (RVM) to install Ruby. RVM is a tool that helps you manage different versions of Ruby on the same system.
Run the following commands to install RVM and Ruby:
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby
source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm
Next, we need to download the Foodsoft source code. We will clone the latest version of Foodsoft from the official GitHub repository.
Run the following command to clone the repository:
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/foodcoops/foodsoft.git
To install the dependencies required by Foodsoft, go to the Foodsoft directory and run the following command:
cd ~/foodsoft
bundle install
This will install all the required Ruby gems.
Foodsoft requires a database to store its data. In this tutorial, we will use SQLite as the database. To configure the database, edit the config/database.yml file with your preferred text editor:
nano ~/foodsoft/config/database.yml
Replace the contents of the file with the following:
default: &default
adapter: sqlite3
pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
timeout: 5000
database: db/foodsoft.sqlite3
development:
<<: *default
test:
<<: *default
production:
<<: *default
url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
Save and close the file.
After configuring the database, we need to create and initialize the database. Run the following commands:
bundle exec rake db:create
bundle exec rake db:schema:load
Finally, we can start the Foodsoft server by running the following command:
bundle exec rails server
By default, the server listens on port 3000. You can access the Foodsoft web interface by visiting http://your_server_ip:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Foodsoft on Debian Latest. You can use Foodsoft to manage your food cooperative and streamline your business operations. For more information on how to use Foodsoft, check out the official documentation at https://foodcoops.net/docs.
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