Publify is a blogging platform that makes it easy to create and publish content online. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Publify on Debian.
Before installing Publify, you'll need to make sure that your server meets the following requirements:
Note: If you don't have Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL or Git installed on your system, you can install them easily via the package manager.
First, you need to install the packages required for Publify. Run the following command to install these packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev ruby-bundler build-essential libmysqlclient-dev mysql-server imagemagick
Publify requires Node.js and Yarn to be installed on your system. You can install Node.js and Yarn by running the following commands:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
curl -sS 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-get update
sudo apt-get install -y yarn
Next, you need to clone Publify's Git repository. Run the following command to clone the repository into the publify directory on your Debian system:
sudo git clone https://github.com/publify/publify.git publify
Publify uses Bundler to manage its dependencies. Use the following command to install Bundler:
sudo gem install bundler
Change your working directory to the Publify directory and run the following command to install Publify's dependencies:
cd publify
sudo bundle install --without development test --path vendor/bundle
Publify supports both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. Choose the database that you prefer and create a new database and user with sufficient privileges.
For MySQL:
CREATE DATABASE publify CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'publifyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON publify.* TO 'publifyuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
For PostgreSQL:
CREATE DATABASE publify WITH ENCODING='UTF8' LC_COLLATE='en_US.UTF-8' LC_CTYPE='en_US.UTF-8';
CREATE USER publifyuser WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE publify TO publifyuser;
Copy the default database configuration file:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Modify it with the connection information for your database. Be sure to comment out the driver line that you are not using (MySQL or PostgreSQL):
production:
adapter: mysql2 # comment out if using PostgreSQL
host: localhost
username: publifyuser
password: yourpassword
database: publify
port: 3306 # comment out if using PostgreSQL
# adapter: postgresql # Uncomment if using PostgreSQL
# encoding: unicode
# pool: 5
# username: publifyuser
# password: yourpassword
# host: localhost
# port: 5432
Use the following command to create the Publify database:
sudo bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
Compile the assets by running the following command:
sudo bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
Finally, start the Publify server by running the following command:
sudo bundle exec rails server -e production -b 0.0.0.0
That's it! You've successfully installed Publify on Debian. You can now access your Publify installation by going to http://localhost:3000 in a web browser.
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