How to Install WriteFreely on Fedora CoreOS Latest?

WriteFreely is an open-source platform that allows you to start your own blog, newsletter or social platform. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install WriteFreely on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

• A Linux server running Fedora CoreOS Latest
• SSH access to your server
• A domain name pointing to your server's IP address

Installation Steps

1. Connect to your server via SSH:

$ ssh myuser@server-ip

2. Update your system packages:

$ sudo rpm-ostree update

3. Install the containerd container runtime and the podman container engine:

$ sudo rpm-ostree install containerd podman

4. Create a directory to store your WriteFreely data:

$ sudo mkdir -p /data/writefreely

5. Download the WriteFreely container image:

$ sudo podman pull writefreely/writefreely

6. Create a WriteFreely container:

$ sudo podman run -d \
  -p 80:8080 \
  -v /data/writefreely:/data \
  -e APP_ENV=production \
  -e DOMAIN=mydomain.com \
  --name writefreely \
  writefreely/writefreely

Replace mydomain.com with your domain name.

7. Access your WriteFreely instance by navigating to your domain name in your web browser.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and setup WriteFreely on your Fedora CoreOS server! You can now start creating and sharing posts on your own platform.

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