Meetable is a free and open-source web application for event hosting and management. It is built on top of the IndieWeb technologies and allows you to easily create and manage your own events. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Meetable on a Fedora server latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to update the system to the latest version. You can use the following command to do so:
sudo dnf update
Meetable requires several dependencies to run properly. Run the following command to install them:
sudo dnf install git python3-devel python3-pip python3-virtualenv python3-wheel python3-cffi python3-psycopg2 postgresql-devel
Now, you need to clone the Meetable repository from GitHub. Use the following command to do so:
git clone https://github.com/indieweb/meetable.git && cd meetable
To avoid conflicts between packages, it is a good practice to create a virtual environment for Meetable. Use the following command to create a new virtual environment:
virtualenv env
Activate the virtual environment using the following command:
source env/bin/activate
Once the virtual environment is activated, you can install the required Python dependencies by running the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Meetable uses PostgreSQL as its database. Run the following command to install it:
sudo dnf install postgresql-server
Initialize the database by running the following command:
sudo postgresql-setup initdb
Start the PostgreSQL service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start postgresql
Create a new user for Meetable by running the following command:
sudo -u postgres createuser meetable
Create a new database for Meetable by running the following command:
sudo -u postgres createdb -O meetable meetable
Copy the sample configuration file by running the following command:
cp config.example.py config.py
Edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor, and replace the default values with your own:
nano config.py
Once everything is set up, you can run Meetable by running the following command:
python3 run.py
You should see something like the following output:
* Serving Flask app "app" (lazy loading)
* Environment: development
* Debug mode: on
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Meetable on your Fedora server latest. You can now access Meetable by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000/.
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