CommaFeed is an open-source RSS news reader that allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds, read news articles, and follow your favorite blogs. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CommaFeed on a Fedora Server.
To follow this tutorial, you need the following:
Before installing any software, it is important to update your system to the latest packages. You can update your Fedora Server by running the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
CommaFeed requires Java to run. Run the following command to install Java on your server:
sudo dnf install java-latest-openjdk -y
Verify the Java installation by running the following command:
java --version
Tomcat is a Java-based web server used to deploy Java applications. CommaFeed runs on Tomcat.
Run the following command to install Tomcat on your Fedora server:
sudo dnf install tomcat -y
Start the Tomcat service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start tomcat
Verify that Tomcat is running by visiting http://localhost:8080.
Run the following commands to download the latest CommaFeed release and extract it:
sudo mkdir /opt/commafeed
cd /opt/commafeed
sudo wget https://github.com/Athou/commafeed/releases/download/4.1.2/commafeed-4.1.2.tgz
sudo tar -xvzf commafeed-4.1.2.tgz
Symlink the extracted commafeed directory to Tomcat's webapps directory by running the following command:
sudo ln -s /opt/commafeed/commafeed /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/commafeed
Create a database for CommaFeed in MySQL by running the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE commafeed;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON commafeed.* TO 'commafeed'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace password in the above command with a strong password.
Create a file named commafeed.properties at /opt/commafeed/commafeed/conf using the following command:
sudo nano /opt/commafeed/commafeed/conf/commafeed.properties
Add the following lines to the file:
database.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/commafeed
database.username = commafeed
database.password = password
database.driver = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Replace password with the password you set for the commafeed user in MySQL.
Save and close the file (CTRL+X, followed by Y).
Restart the Tomcat service using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat
Access CommaFeed by visiting http://your-domain.com:8080/commafeed.
Log in with the following credentials:
Username: admin
Password: admin
You can change the password by navigating to the "Edit Profile" option in the menu and changing the password under the "Security" tab.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CommaFeed on your Fedora Server.
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