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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:

Step 1: Install Required Packages

  1. SSH into your Fedora CoreOS server.
ssh [username]@[server_ip_address]
  1. Update your package repositories and your system using dnf package manager.
sudo dnf update
  1. 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
  1. Create a new user and database for Noosfero:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P noosfero
sudo -u postgres createdb -O noosfero noosfero
  1. Edit the PostgreSQL configuration to allow remote connections:
sudo nano /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Change to the Noosfero directory:
cd noosfero
  1. Install the required libraries using bundler:
bundle install --without test
  1. Create the configuration files for Noosfero:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
cp config/application.yml.example config/application.yml
  1. Open the config/database.yml file using your favorite text editor:
nano config/database.yml
  1. 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]
  1. 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
  1. Precompile the assets:
bundle exec rake assets:precompile
  1. Start the Noosfero server using the Passenger application server:
cd /path/to/noosfero
sudo -u appuser passenger start -p 3000 --environment=production
  1. 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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