Baby Buddy is a free and open-source web application that helps new parents keep track of their baby's activities, including feedings, diaper changes, growth measurements, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Baby Buddy on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, you need to have some prerequisites in place before starting the installation process:
Baby Buddy requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before you proceed with the installation. Open your terminal and run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git python3-pip postgresql libpq-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev
It is always recommended to create a virtual environment before installing any Python packages. This will keep the installation separate and clean. Run the following command to install virtualenv:
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
After installing virtualenv, create a new virtual environment by running the following command:
virtualenv babybuddyenv
This will create a new virtual environment named babybuddyenv.
To activate the environment, run the following command:
source babybuddyenv/bin/activate
Next, we have to clone the Baby Buddy repository to our system. Run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy.git
This will create a new directory named babybuddy.
Navigate to the newly created babybuddy directory and run the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This command will install all the required Python packages for Baby Buddy.
Before running Baby Buddy, we need to create a configuration file. Copy the sample configuration file to a new one by running the following command:
python manage.py generate_secret_key > .env
Baby Buddy requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. To install PostgreSQL on your system, run the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
After installing PostgreSQL, log in to the PostgreSQL server by running the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql
Once you have logged in to the PostgreSQL server, create a new database and user by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE babybuddy;
CREATE USER babybuddyuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE babybuddy TO babybuddyuser;
Ensure that you replace password with a strong password.
Copy the sample configuration file to your configuration file by running the following command:
cp babybuddy/settings/local.sample.py babybuddy/settings/local.py
Open the newly created local.py file and make the following changes:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'babybuddy',
'USER': 'babybuddyuser',
'PASSWORD': 'password',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '5432',
}
}
Ensure that you replace password with the password you created for your PostgreSQL user.
Now that everything is configured, let's create the necessary database tables by running the following commands:
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
Follow the prompts on the screen to create a superuser account.
Finally, we can start the Baby Buddy server:
python manage.py runserver
Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. You should see the Baby Buddy login page. Use the credentials you created earlier to log in, and you're all set to use Baby Buddy.
In conclusion, now you have successfully installed Baby Buddy on your Elementary OS Latest machine. You can now monitor all your baby's activities by using this fantastic application.
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