Thredded is an open-source discussion forum engine for Ruby on Rails applications. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Thredded on Debian Latest.
To install Thredded, you first need to have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
If you don't have these software installed, you can follow these steps to install them:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y ruby-full
sudo gem install bundler
sudo gem install rails
sudo apt install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev
First, you need to clone the Thredded repository from the GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/thredded/thredded.git
This will create a new directory named thredded containing the source code of Thredded.
Switch to the thredded directory and install the required dependencies using the following command:
cd thredded
bundle install
This will install all the necessary gems that Thredded requires to run smoothly.
Before you can run Thredded, you need to setup and configure the database. By default, Thredded uses PostgreSQL as its database.
Create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Thredded:
sudo -u postgres createuser thredded_user
sudo -u postgres createdb thredded_dev -O thredded_user
sudo -u postgres createdb thredded_test -O thredded_user
Next, copy the database.yml.example file to database.yml :
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Update the following lines in the database.yml file with your PostgreSQL username and password:
default: &default
adapter: postgresql
encoding: unicode
pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
username: <%= ENV["DATABASE_USERNAME"] || "thredded_user" %>
password: <%= ENV["DATABASE_PASSWORD"] || "your_password" %>
port: <%= ENV.fetch("DATABASE_PORT") { 5432 } %>
development:
<<: *default
database: thredded_dev
test:
<<: *default
database: thredded_test
Once the database has been configured, you can initialize the database schema by running:
bin/rails db:migrate
This will create all the necessary tables, indexes, and constraints in the database.
Once the database has been set up, you can start the Rails server by running:
bin/rails server
This will start the server on port 3000 by default, visit http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser to access the Thredded forum.
That's it! You have successfully installed Thredded on Debian Latest. You can now customize the appearance, modify the configurations, and add plugins to your forum to improve its functionality. Enjoy your new discussion forum!
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