IHateMoney is an open-source expense tracker application that helps you keep track of your expenses and income. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing IHateMoney on Fedora Server Latest.
Before starting, make sure that you have sudo privileges on the server and have installed all necessary dependencies.
First, open up your terminal and update your system.
sudo dnf update
After that, install the required packages including Nginx, PostgreSQL, Python, and Git.
sudo dnf install nginx postgresql postgresql-server python3 python3-pip git
Next, initialize PostgreSQL database and enable its service.
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
Then, create a new PostgreSQL user and database for IHateMoney.
sudo -u postgres createuser --pwprompt ihatemoney
sudo -u postgres createdb -O ihatemoney ihatemoney
Clone the IHateMoney repository from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/spiral-project/ihatemoney.git
cd ihatemoney
Install the required Python dependencies using pip.
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Create an Nginx configuration file for IHateMoney.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/ihatemoney.conf
Then, paste the following configuration.
server {
listen 80;
server_name YOUR_IP_ADDRESS;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Copy the example configuration file and create a new configuration file.
cp ihatemoney.cfg.sample ihatemoney.cfg
nano ihatemoney.cfg
Then, update the configuration file with your PostgreSQL database information.
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://ihatemoney:PASSWORD@localhost/ihatemoney'
Save and close the file.
Run the IHateMoney application using the following command.
python3 manage.py runserver
Open a web browser and navigate to YOUR_IP_ADDRESS to access the IHateMoney application.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install IHateMoney on your Fedora server. You can now use this expense tracker application to manage your expenses and income easily.
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