Fider is an open-source tool for collecting and organizing user feedback. It allows you to create a public feedback board or a private forum for your users to suggest new ideas, report bugs, or vote on existing features. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Fider on Fedora CoreOS (a container operating system) using Docker.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
$ sudo systemctl start docker
$ sudo systemctl enable docker
$ sudo dnf install docker-compose
First, we need to clone the Fider repository to our server. We'll use the git clone command to clone the repository into a new directory called fider:
$ git clone https://github.com/getfider/fider.git
$ cd fider
Next, we need to configure Fider's environment variables. The easiest way to do this is to create a .env file in the root directory of the Fider repository. You can use the following command to create the file:
$ nano .env
Then, copy the following code and paste it into the .env file:
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=fider
DB_USER=fider
DB_PASSWORD=password
PORT=3000
DOMAIN=http://localhost:3000
EMAIL_METHOD=smtp
SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER=your_email@gmail.com
SMTP_PASSWORD=your_email_password
SMTP_FROM=your_name@mail.com
SMTP_FROM_NAME=Fider
Replace the values of the SMTP_* environment variables with your own SMTP server settings. You can use a free email service like Gmail or Yahoo for testing purposes.
Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y and Enter.
Now, we can start the Postgres and Fider containers using Docker Compose. We'll use the docker-compose up command to start the containers in the foreground (so we can see the logs), and the --build flag to rebuild the images (in case any changes were made to the Dockerfile or environment variables). Run the following command to start the containers:
$ sudo docker-compose up --build
This will download the images from Docker Hub, create the containers, and start them. You should see the logs of the containers in the terminal. Wait until you see a message saying Server listening on 0.0.0.0:3000 (which means that Fider is running) before continuing.
Finally, we can access Fider on our web browser. Open your favorite browser and go to http://your_server_ip:3000 (replace your_server_ip with the IP address of your server). You should see the Fider login page.
From here, you can create a new account, log in to your existing account, or access the administration panel.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Fider on Fedora CoreOS using Docker Compose. With Fider, you can create a public feedback board or a private forum for your users to suggest new ideas, report bugs or vote on existing features easily. With patience and persistence, you can be able to accomplish this successfully.
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