Sourcehut is a platform designed to make software development and project management easier and more streamlined. In this tutorial, we'll go over how to install Sourcehut on EndeavourOS.
Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install the dependencies required for Sourcehut. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S git go openssh
This command will install Git, Go programming language, and OpenSSH on your system.
Next, we need to clone the Sourcehut repository from the official website. To do this, run the following command in the terminal window:
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht
This command will create a new directory named sr.ht in the current working directory where the Sourcehut repository will be cloned.
Now, it's time to build and install the Sourcehut platform. Change into the sr.ht directory by running:
cd sr.ht
And then run the following commands in order:
go install ./cmd/srht
go install ./cmd/srhtctl
This process may take some time because Go needs to download and install a lot of dependencies before it can build Sourcehut.
After installing the Sourcehut platform, we need to configure the services to start automatically on system boot. This can be done by creating a Systemd service file.
Create a new file named srht.service in the /etc/systemd/system directory. You can use any text editor you like, but we recommend using Nano:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/srht.service
Then, paste the following contents into the editor:
[Unit]
Description=Sourcehut Services
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/srht serve /etc/srht.toml
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s INT $MAINPID
User=sourcehut
Group=sourcehut
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save the file and close the editor.
The last step is to configure the Sourcehut environment by creating a configuration file named srht.toml. This file will contain all the necessary settings for Sourcehut to work.
Create a new file named srht.toml in the /etc directory using Nano:
sudo nano /etc/srht.toml
Then, paste the following contents into the editor:
[server]
domain = "example.com"
ssl_cert_path = "/path/to/ssl/cert"
ssl_key_path = "/path/to/ssl/key"
[database]
uri = "bolt:///var/lib/srht/db"
[auth]
provider = "default"
[metrics]
enabled = false
[worker]
concurrency = 4
[api]
title = "My Sourcehut Instance"
description = "This is my personal Sourcehut instance."
version = "0.0.1"
Don't forget to replace the values for domain, ssl_cert_path, ssl_key_path, and description with your own.
Now, we can start the Sourcehut services and enable them on system boot.
Start the srht.service by running:
sudo systemctl start srht.service
Then, enable the service to start automatically on system boot:
sudo systemctl enable srht.service
You can check the status of the service by running:
systemctl status srht.service
The output should show that the service is running.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed and configured Sourcehut on EndeavourOS. You can now log in to the Sourcehut web interface and start using it for your software development projects.
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