How to Install Standard Notes on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Introduction

Standard Notes is a secure and private note-taking app that allows you to keep all your notes in one place. It is a feature-packed solution that comes with end-to-end encryption, complete privacy, and seamless syncing across different devices. Standard Notes supports self-hosting, which means you can install the app on your own server and have complete control over your data.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Standard Notes on your Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running Fedora CoreOS Latest with sudo access.

Step 1 – Install Docker

First, we need to install Docker, which will allow us to run Standard Notes on our server. Follow the steps below to install Docker on your Fedora CoreOS Latest:

1. Open the terminal on your server.
2. Run the following command to install Docker:

$ sudo rpm-ostree install docker

3. Verify the installation by running the following command:

$ sudo docker --version

If Docker is installed correctly, you should see the version number in the output.

Step 2 – Install Docker Compose

Now that Docker is installed, we need to install Docker Compose, which is a tool that allows us to define and run multi-container Docker applications. Follow the steps below to install Docker Compose:

1. Open the terminal on your server.
2. Run the following command to download the current stable release of Docker Compose:

$ sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

3. Set the proper permissions using the following command:

$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

4. Verify the installation by running the following command:

$ sudo docker-compose --version

If Docker Compose is installed correctly, you should see the version number in the output.

Step 3 – Install Standard Notes

Now that we have Docker and Docker Compose installed, we can proceed to install Standard Notes. Follow the steps below:

1. Open the terminal on your server.
2. Create a new directory for your Standard Notes installation:

$ mkdir standardnotes

3. Switch to the newly created directory:

$ cd standardnotes/

4. Download the latest release of Standard Notes server using the following command:

$ sudo curl -L https://github.com/standardnotes/syncing-server-docker/archive/refs/tags/v3.3.6.tar.gz | tar xz

5. Rename the extracted directory:

$ sudo mv syncing-server-docker-3.3.6 syncing-server

6. Switch to the syncing-server directory:

$ cd syncing-server/

7. Run the following command to create your own configuration file:

$ sudo cp .env.sample .env

8. Open the .env file using your favorite terminal text editor (nano, vim, etc.):

$ sudo nano .env

9. Update the following values in the .env file:

# Set this to a random value
APP_SECRET=

# Set this to something unique
APP_HOST=

# Set this to a random value
ENCRYPTION_SECRET=

# Set this to something unique
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=

10. Save and close the .env file.

11. Run the following command to start the Standard Notes server:

$ sudo docker-compose up -d

12. Verify that the Standard Notes server is running using the following command:

$ sudo docker ps

If everything is installed correctly, you should see the Standard Notes container running.

Step 4 – Configure Your Reverse Proxy

If you are running Standard Notes behind a reverse proxy, you need to configure it to forward requests to the Standard Notes container. Depending on your reverse proxy, the configuration details may vary. A popular reverse proxy like Nginx configuration is shown below:

1. Open the Nginx configuration file using your favorite terminal text editor:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_laravel_domain.com

2. Add the following lines to your configuration file:

location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

3. Save and close the configuration file.

4. Restart Nginx:

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Standard Notes on your Fedora CoreOS Latest server. You can now start using Standard Notes and enjoy all its privacy and security features.

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