Scoold is an open-source Q&A platform that can be used to create a community-driven knowledge base or as a collaborative platform for teams. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Scoold on a Fedora server.
Before installing Scoold, it is recommended to update your system to the latest version using the following commands:
sudo dnf update -y
Scoold requires Java to run. Therefore, install OpenJDK using the following commands:
sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk -y
Download the latest Scoold release from the official website, or you can use the following command to download it:
sudo wget https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/download/v1.49/scoold-1.49.zip -O scoold.zip
Now, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
sudo unzip scoold.zip -d /opt/scoold/
Scoold uses MongoDB as its database. To install MongoDB on your server, use the following command:
sudo dnf install mongodb -y
Once installed, you need to create a new database and user for Scoold. To do that, open the MongoDB shell using the following command:
mongo
Now, create a new database and user by entering the following commands:
use my-scoold-db
db.createUser({
user: "scoold-user",
pwd: "scoold-pass",
roles: [ "readWrite", "dbAdmin"]
})
Note: Replace my-scoold-db
, scoold-user
, and scoold-pass
with your preferred values.
Navigate to the Scoold directory and edit the application.conf
file using the following command:
sudo nano /opt/scoold/conf/application.conf
Find the following lines and modify them as shown below:
mongodb.uri="mongodb://localhost/my-scoold-db"
mongodb.user="scoold-user"
mongodb.password="scoold-pass"
Note: Replace my-scoold-db
, scoold-user
, and scoold-pass
with the values you used in Step 4.
To start Scoold, navigate to the Scoold directory using the following command:
cd /opt/scoold/
Now, start the Scoold application using the following command:
sudo java -jar -Dconfig.file=/opt/scoold/conf/application.conf /opt/scoold/scoold-1.49.jar
Once the application has started successfully, you can access the Scoold platform on your server's IP address using a web browser. For example:
http://<server-ip-address>:9000/
Note: Replace <server-ip-address>
with your server's IP address.
In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Scoold on a Fedora Server Latest. You can now use Scoold to create a community-driven knowledge base or a collaborative platform for your team.
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