RSS Monster is an open-source web-based RSS aggregator that allows you to track news and articles from various sources. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing RSS Monster on Debian Latest.
Before starting the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:
To install these packages, use the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm git -y
First, you need to clone the RSS Monster repository from Github. To do so, run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster.git
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the project directory and use NPM to install the required dependencies:
cd rssmonster
npm install
RSS Monster requires some environment variables to be set up to work correctly. To configure the environment variables, create a .env file in the project directory and add the following settings:
NODE_ENV=production
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost/rssmonster
APP_URL=http://localhost:3000
SESSION_SECRET=mySecretKey
Make sure to replace the values with your preferred settings. In this example, we are using MongoDB as the database, and we set the APP_URL to http://localhost:3000.
Before starting the application, you need to build it using NPM:
npm run build
This command will compile the application and generate the necessary files in the dist folder.
Finally, you can start the application by running the following command:
npm run start
The application will start running on the specified port, which is 3000 in our case. To access the application, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed RSS Monster on Debian Latest. You can now use it to track news and articles from various sources.
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