In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Hubzilla on Fedora CoreOS.
Hubzilla is a free and open-source social media platform that provides decentralized communication and networking capabilities. It allows users to create an account and connect with others from all around the internet.
Before we proceed, we must ensure that we have the following prerequisites in place:
The installation process can be broken down into the following steps:
Let's get started.
Before we install Hubzilla, we need to ensure that our CoreOS packages and dependencies are up-to-date. To do this, run the following command:
sudo rpm-ostree upgrade
This command will upgrade CoreOS to the latest version and install any new dependencies.
Hubzilla is packaged as a Docker container. Therefore, we need to install Docker on our system. To do this, run the following command:
sudo dnf install docker
Next, start and enable Docker to launch at system startup:
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
Now that we have Docker installed on our system, we can proceed with installing and running Hubzilla. To do this, follow these steps:
Create a new directory to store Hubzilla's data.
sudo mkdir /opt/hubzilla
Pull the Hubzilla Docker image from the official repository.
sudo docker pull hubzilla/hubzilla
Create a new container and configure it by setting the required environment variables.
sudo docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --name hubzilla \
-v /opt/hubzilla:/var/www/html \
-e HUBPATH=/var/www/html \
-e ADDONPATH=/var/www/html/addon \
-e HUBHOSTNAME=your-hubzilla.domain.com \
-e ADMIN_EMAIL=your-email@your-domain.com \
hubzilla/hubzilla
Here are some important notes:
Access the Docker container shell and run the Hubzilla installation script.
sudo docker exec -it hubzilla /bin/bash
cd /var/www/html
util/add_addon_repo https://framagit.org/hubzilla/addons.git addons_installed
util/add_addon_repo https://framagit.org/hubzilla/addons_pending.git addons_pending
util/add_addon_repo https://framagit.org/hubzilla/addons.git addons_featured
exit
With Hubzilla installed and running, we can now access it from a web browser. To do this, open your web browser and enter the following URL: https://your-hubzilla.domain.com
.
You should now be able to create an account, log in, and start using Hubzilla!
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Hubzilla on a Fedora CoreOS system using Docker. With a little bit of configuration, we can create our own social media network and connect with others from around the world!
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