Cowyo is an open-source, self-hosted, note-taking web application that allows users to easily create, edit and manage their notes. In this tutorial, we will be guiding you on how to install Cowyo on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Cowyo is built using the Go programming language, so before installing Cowyo, we need to install Golang. Run the following command in the terminal to install Golang:
sudo apt install golang-go
Once the installation is complete, verify that Golang has been installed by running the following command:
go version
This should output the version of Golang that you have installed.
Next, we need to install Git to download the Cowyo repository. Run the following command in the terminal to install Git:
sudo apt install git
To download Cowyo, clone the repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/schollz/cowyo.git
Next, navigate to the cowyo directory:
cd cowyo
Compile and install Cowyo by running the following command:
go build
This will generate the cowyo binary in the current directory. To start Cowyo, run the following command:
./cowyo
Cowyo should now be accessible in your web browser at http://localhost:8050/.
Cowyo comes with a default configuration file named config.toml. You can customize Cowyo by editing this file. To do so, navigate to the cowyo directory and open this file in a text editor:
cd cowyo
nano config.toml
Make the necessary changes to the configuration file and save it.
To run Cowyo as a service so that it starts automatically on system boot, we will create a systemd service file for Cowyo.
Create a new systemd service file for Cowyo by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/cowyo.service
Copy and paste the following contents into the file:
[Unit]
Description=Cowyo web app
After=network.target
[Service]
User=<your-username>
Group=<your-group>
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/cowyo/dir
ExecStart=/path/to/cowyo/binary
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Make sure to replace <your-username> and <your-group> with the username and group of the user that will be running Cowyo, and replace /path/to/cowyo/dir and /path/to/cowyo/binary with the actual path to the Cowyo directory and binary.
Save the file and close the text editor.
Start the Cowyo service and enable it to start on boot by running the following commands:
sudo systemctl start cowyo
sudo systemctl enable cowyo
Cowyo should now be running as a service and will start automatically on system boot.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Cowyo on Elementary OS Latest, configure it and run it as a service. You can now start using this powerful and versatile note-taking app on your system.
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