Tutorial: Installing Expressa on Fedora Server Latest

Introduction

Expressa is an open-source content management system (CMS) that you can use to build websites and web applications quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will teach you how to install Expressa from its GitHub repository on a Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you need a few things:

• A Fedora Server Latest
• An internet connection
• Basic knowledge of the command line

Step 1: Installing Node.js

The first step is to install Node.js, which will be used to run the Expressa server. To do this, run the following command:

sudo dnf install nodejs

Verify your installation by running the following command:

node --version

Step 2: Installing MongoDB

Expressa uses MongoDB as its database system. To install it, follow these steps:

1. First, you need to add the MongoDB repository to your RPM repository list. To do this, create a file named mongodb-org.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory with the following content:

[mongodb-org-4.4]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/$releasever/mongodb-org/4.4/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc

2. After adding the repository, run the following command:

sudo dnf install mongodb-org

3. Start the MongoDB service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start mongod

4. Verify that the service is running with:

systemctl status mongod

Step 3: Cloning the Expressa Repository

Now that you have Node.js and MongoDB installed, it’s time to clone the Expressa repository.

1. Install Git by running:

sudo dnf install git

2. Clone the Expressa repository with:

git clone https://github.com/thomas4019/expressa.git

Step 4: Installing Expressa Dependencies

With Expressa cloned, navigate inside the directory using cd expressa and install the dependencies by running:

npm install

Step 5: Starting the Expressa Server

Finally, to start the Expressa server, run:

npm start

Now, you can go to your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to begin using your Expressa instance.

Conclusion

That's it, we've walked through installing Expressa on a Fedora Server Latest. You should now have a fully functional installation of Expressa that you can use to build your website or web application.

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