Chirpy is an open-source content management system built on the Flask web framework. It is designed to be lightweight, fast, and easily customizable. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Chirpy on a Fedora Server.
Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following commands:
sudo dnf update
Next, install the required packages for building Python modules:
sudo dnf install gcc python3-devel
To install Chirpy, you need to install the chirpy package from PyPI. PyPI is the Python Package Index, where you can find and download thousands of Python modules.
To install chirpy, run the following command:
sudo pip install chirpy
Chirpy requires a database to store its data. For this tutorial, we will use PostgreSQL as the database management system. Install PostgreSQL and create a new database and user using the following commands:
sudo dnf install postgresql-server postgresql-contrib
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo su - postgres
psql
This will start the PostgreSQL shell. Enter the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE chirpy;
CREATE USER chirpyuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE chirpy TO chirpyuser;
\q
Exit the PostgreSQL shell using the \q command.
To configure Chirpy, you need to create a configuration file. Create a new file called chirpy.conf in the /etc/chirpy directory:
sudo mkdir /etc/chirpy
sudo nano /etc/chirpy/chirpy.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
[app]
debug = False
secret = put_something_here
database_uri = postgresql://chirpyuser:password@localhost/chirpy
Replace put_something_here with a long random string of characters, such as a password. Save the file and exit.
To run Chirpy, first make sure the PostgreSQL database is running. Then, start the Chirpy web application using the following command:
sudo chirpy runserver -c /etc/chirpy/chirpy.conf
This will start the Chirpy web server at http://localhost:5000. You can now access the web application by opening a web browser and navigating to this address.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Chirpy on a Fedora Server. Chirpy is a lightweight and fast content management system that is highly customizable. Follow the steps in this tutorial to get started with Chirpy and start building your own web applications.
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