Installing Noosfero on Fedora CoreOS

Noosfero is an open-source software for building web-based social networks and communities. It is written in Ruby on Rails and uses a PostgreSQL database. Installing Noosfero on Fedora CoreOS Latest is a straightforward process that can be accomplished in a few simple steps.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you will need the following:

• A Fedora CoreOS server with sudo access;
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line;
• A working PostgreSQL database.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

1. SSH into your Fedora CoreOS server.

ssh [username]@[server_ip_address]

2. Update your package repositories and your system using dnf package manager.

sudo dnf update

3. Install the required packages for building and running Noosfero:

sudo dnf install ruby rubygem-bundler rubygem-passenger postgresql-server postgresql-devel

Step 2: Configure PostgreSQL

1. Start the PostgreSQL server:

sudo systemctl start postgresql

2. Create a new user and database for Noosfero:

sudo -u postgres createuser -P noosfero
sudo -u postgres createdb -O noosfero noosfero

3. Edit the PostgreSQL configuration to allow remote connections:

sudo nano /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf

4. Change the following line to allow connections from any IP address:

host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            password

to

host    all             all             0.0.0.0/0            password

5. Finally, restart the PostgreSQL service for your changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart postgresql

Step 3: Download and Configure Noosfero

1. Clone the Noosfero repository from GitLab:

git clone https://gitlab.com/noosfero/noosfero.git

2. Change to the Noosfero directory:

cd noosfero

3. Install the required libraries using bundler:

bundle install --without test

4. Create the configuration files for Noosfero:

cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
cp config/application.yml.example config/application.yml

5. Open the config/database.yml file using your favorite text editor:

nano config/database.yml

6. Modify the database configuration to match the settings you created in Step 2:

production:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: noosfero
  username: noosfero
  password: [your_password_here]
  host: [your_database_server_ip_here]

7. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Deploy Noosfero

1. Run the rake tasks to create the database schema and migrate the data:

bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate db:seed

2. Precompile the assets:

bundle exec rake assets:precompile

3. Start the Noosfero server using the Passenger application server:

cd /path/to/noosfero
sudo -u appuser passenger start -p 3000 --environment=production

4. Finally, open your web browser and go to http://your_server_ip:3000 to access Noosfero.

Enjoy using Noosfero on Fedora CoreOS!

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