How to Install Smashing on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Introduction

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Smashing on Fedora CoreOS. Smashing is a web framework that allows you to easily create and maintain dashboards for your IoT projects, monitoring, or any other use case. Fedora CoreOS is a minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containers at scale.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, you need to have the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands and terminal

Step 1: Update Fedora CoreOS

The first step is to update your Fedora CoreOS to the latest version to ensure that the system has the latest packages and security updates:

sudo rpm-ostree update

Once the update is complete, reboot the system:

sudo systemctl reboot

Step 2: Install Required Packages

The next step is to install the required packages for Smashing. Run the following command to install the necessary tools:

sudo dnf install ruby ruby-devel nodejs gcc-c++ make

Step 3: Install Smashing

After installing the required packages, you can now proceed with Smashing installation:

sudo gem install smashing

Wait for the installation to finish. Once done, you can verify the installation by checking the Smashing version:

smashing version

Step 4: Create a Smashing Dashboard

Now that you have installed Smashing on your Fedora CoreOS, it's time to create a dashboard. You may follow the Smashing documentation for creating a sample dashboard: https://smashing.github.io/docs/

Step 5: Start the Smashing Server

To start the Smashing server, navigate to your dashboard directory and run the following command:

smashing start

This will start the server and serve your dashboard on http://localhost:3030.

Step 6: Access the Dashboard

To access the dashboard, open your web browser and go to http://:3030. Replace <server-ip> with the IP address of your server. You should now see your dashboard.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now installed Smashing on your Fedora CoreOS and created your first dashboard. Smashing is a powerful tool that can help you build custom dashboards for monitoring and displaying various types of data. Harness the power of Smashing and take your IoT projects to the next level.

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