Isso is an open-source alternative to Disqus which is a self-hosted commenting system for static sites that helps to keep your visitor's data on their servers. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Isso on Fedora Server Latest.
Before we start going through the installation process, you need to have the following:
We need to install some dependencies in order to run Isso. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install python3 python3-pip nginx
After installing the required dependencies, we can install Isso. Run the following command to install Isso:
sudo pip install isso
After installation, we need to configure Isso. Create a new configuration file in the Isso installation directory as follows:
sudo nano /etc/isso.conf
Then add the following content inside the newly created file:
[general]
dbpath = /var/lib/isso/comments.db
host = http://localhost:8080/
[server]
listen = http://localhost:8080/
reload = off
max-age = 15m
Save and close the file after adding the above configuration.
To run Isso, we can use systemd. Run the following command to create a new systemd service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/isso.service
Then add the following content inside the newly created file:
[Unit]
Description=Isso commenting system
[Service]
User=nobody
Group=nobody
ExecStart=/usr/bin/isso run /etc/isso.conf
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save this file and reload the systemd daemon as follows:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Then start and enable the Isso service as follows:
sudo systemctl start isso
sudo systemctl enable isso
Finally, we need to configure the Nginx server to work with Isso. Run the following command to create a new Nginx configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/isso.conf
Then add the following content inside the newly created file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location /comments {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
Save the file and restart the Nginx server as follows:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Isso on Fedora Server Latest. Now you can integrate Isso into your static site to add comments functionality.
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