Open Food Network is a free and open-source online marketplace that connects food producers directly to consumers. It is an excellent platform for small farmers and producers who want to sell their products without relying on large retailers. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Open Food Network on Fedora CoreOS.
Before installing Open Food Network, it is recommended to create a new user with sudo privileges. The following command creates a new user called ofnuser:
sudo useradd -m ofnuser
sudo passwd ofnuser
sudo usermod -aG sudo ofnuser
Open Food Network requires Docker to run. To install Docker, run the following commands:
sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo
sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo usermod -aG docker ofnuser
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. To install Docker Compose, run the following commands:
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
Now that Docker and Docker Compose are installed, it's time to clone the Open Food Network repository. We will use the git command to clone the repository:
sudo yum install git
sudo mkdir /opt/ofn
cd /opt/ofn
sudo git clone https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork.git
cd openfoodnetwork
Open Food Network needs some configuration before it can run. There is a default configuration file called docker-compose.yml in the root directory of the Open Food Network repository. You can copy this file and make changes to it for your specific needs:
sudo cp docker-compose.yml.example docker-compose.yml
sudo nano docker-compose.yml
In the docker-compose.yml file, you can change the environment variables, database settings, and storage locations.
After configuring the docker-compose.yml file, it's time to build and run the Open Food Network:
sudo docker-compose build
sudo docker-compose up -d
Once the build is complete, you can access the Open Food Network in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:3000. If you are accessing the Open Food Network from another machine, replace "localhost" with the IP address of your Fedora CoreOS machine.
If you need to stop or restart the Open Food Network, you can use the following commands:
# Stop Open Food Network
sudo docker-compose down
# Restart Open Food Network
sudo docker-compose up -d
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Open Food Network on Fedora CoreOS. Open Food Network is an excellent platform for direct-to-consumer sales of agricultural products, and it is a great way for small farmers and producers to reach their customers.
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