ClearFlask is an open-source software for building community-driven websites. It is written in Python and Flask, and it comes with numerous features such as user authentication, content management, file uploads, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing ClearFlask on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
Before starting with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
ClearFlask requires Python 3.6 or higher to run. By default, Fedora CoreOS Latest comes installed with Python 3, but not with Pip. We need to install Pip to install ClearFlask dependencies.
To install Python and Pip, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo dnf install python3 python3-pip
ClearFlask needs the Flask web framework, Flask-RESTFul, and other dependencies to run correctly. We will install these dependencies using Pip, which we installed in the previous step.
Enter the following command to install all ClearFlask dependencies:
sudo pip3 install flask flask-restful peewee flask-login flask-bcrypt
Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can clone the ClearFlask repository from GitHub. We will use Git to clone the repository.
Enter the following command to clone ClearFlask:
git clone https://github.com/bram2w/clearflask
In this step, we will configure ClearFlask by creating a configuration file. ClearFlask already includes a default configuration file config.py.example, which we will copy and modify.
Start by navigating to the ClearFlask root directory:
cd clearflask
Then, copy the example configuration file and rename it to config.py:
cp config.py.example config.py
Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor. For example, use the following command to edit the file with nano:
nano config.py
Inside the configuration file, you can modify various settings such as the database type, location, and more.
We are now ready to run ClearFlask. In this step, we will start the Flask development server to verify that everything works correctly.
Enter the following command to start the Flask server:
python3 site.py
If everything is okay, you should see output similar to the following:
* Serving Flask app "clearflask"
* Environment: development
* Debug mode: on
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
* Restarting with stat
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger PIN: ****
Open a web browser and enter http://127.0.0.1:5000/ as the URL. If you see the ClearFlask homepage, it means that installation and configuration are successful.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ClearFlask on Fedora CoreOS Latest. ClearFlask is a powerful tool for building community-driven websites, and we hope that this tutorial will help you get started with it.
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