Selfoss is a free, open-source, web-based RSS reader and aggregator. It allows users to easily subscribe to RSS feeds, read and organize them, and access them from any device. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Selfoss on Fedora Server Latest.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, let's update our system using the following command:
sudo dnf update -y
Selfoss requires a web server and PHP to function. Let's install Apache, PHP, and its extensions using the following command:
sudo dnf install -y httpd php php-mysqlnd php-dom php-mbstring php-gd
Selfoss uses a MySQL/MariaDB database to store its data. Let's install MariaDB using the following command:
sudo dnf install -y mariadb mariadb-server
Once it's installed, start and enable the MariaDB service using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Now, let's secure the MariaDB installation by running the following script:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This script will prompt you to set a root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, and remove test databases. Answer the prompts based on your preferences.
Now, let's create a new database and a user for Selfoss using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This command will open a MySQL console. Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE selfoss;
CREATE USER 'selfossuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON selfoss.* TO 'selfossuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace the password with a strong password of your choice.
Now that we have all the prerequisites installed and configured, let's install Selfoss. First, navigate to the web server document root directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/
Download the Selfoss archive using the following command:
sudo curl -Lo selfoss.zip https://selfoss.aditu.de/selfoss.zip
Extract the archive using the following command:
sudo unzip selfoss.zip -d selfoss
Now set the ownership and permissions of the selfoss directory to the Apache user and group using the following command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache selfoss/
sudo chmod -R 755 selfoss/
Now, let's configure Apache to serve the Selfoss files. Open the Apache configuration file using the following command:
sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName selfoss.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/selfoss/
<Directory /var/www/html/selfoss/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/selfoss-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/selfoss-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
Replace selfoss.example.com with your domain name or IP address.
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache service using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Now, we need to configure Selfoss by creating the configuration file. Navigate to the Selfoss directory and create a new configuration file using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/selfoss/
sudo cp config.ini-dist config.ini
sudo chown apache:apache config.ini
Now, open the config.ini using your preferred text editor and replace the following values as per your preferences:
base_url = "http://selfoss.example.com"
[database]
type = "mysql"
host = "localhost"
port = "3306"
username = "selfossuser"
password = "password"
database = "selfoss"
Make sure to replace http://selfoss.example.com with your domain name or IP address and password with the password you set in Step 4.
That's it! You can now access Selfoss by opening your web browser and navigating to http://selfoss.example.com. You will be prompted to create a new account and start adding RSS feeds. Enjoy!
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