Tokumei is a privacy-friendly anonymous blogging platform that allows users to share their thoughts without revealing their identity. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tokumei on Fedora Server.
Before proceeding with this installation, you should have:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies for Tokumei to work. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo dnf install nginx mariadb mariadb-server epel-release git unzip wget gcc-c++ perl perl-FCGI perl-App-cpanminus perl-GD perl-Locale-Maketext-lexicon perl-Lemonldap-NG-Portal perl-Lemonldap-NG-Common perl-TimeDate perl-Net-LDAP-Server perl-Plack libxml2 libxml2-utils gcc make perl-XML-Twig perl-Template-Toolkit perl-nginx
The next step is to download and install Tokumei on your server. To do this, run the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/leedo/tokumei.git
cd tokumei
cpanm --installdeps .
Now you need to configure the database for Tokumei. You can do this by running the following commands to set up and secure your database:
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service
Next, you should create a new database and user for Tokumei:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password and then run the following commands to create a new user and database:
CREATE DATABASE tokumei;
CREATE USER 'tokumei'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tokumei.* TO 'tokumei'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
In this step, you need to create an Nginx configuration file for Tokumei. To do this, run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/tokumei.conf
Then, copy and paste the following code into the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your-domain.com;
root /path/to/tokumei;
index index.cgi index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy;
}
location @proxy {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/tokumei.cgi/$1 last;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/cgi-bin/tokumei.cgi;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/fcgiwrap.sock;
}
}
Be sure to replace your-domain.com with your actual domain name and the /path/to/tokumei with the path to your Tokumei installation directory.
Save and close the file when you're done.
Fcgiwrap is a FastCGI wrapper used to run Tokumei. You need to install and configure it to get Tokumei working.
First, run the following command to install Fcgiwrap:
sudo dnf install fcgiwrap
Then, create the following directory structure:
sudo mkdir /var/www/cgi-bin/
sudo chown nginx:nginx /var/www/cgi-bin/
sudo chmod 0755 /var/www/cgi-bin/
And create the following service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fcgiwrap.socket
Add the following lines to configure the socket:
[Unit]
Description=fcgiwrap socket
[Socket]
ListenStream=/run/fcgiwrap.sock
User=nginx
Group=nginx
NoDelay=true
[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target
Now, create the following service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fcgiwrap.service
Add the following lines to configure the service:
[Unit]
Description=fcgiwrap service
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=nginx
Group=nginx
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/fcgiwrap -s unix:/run/fcgiwrap.sock
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then enable and start the service:
sudo systemctl enable --now fcgiwrap.service
Finally, restart Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
At this point, Tokumei should be fully installed and configured on your Fedora Server. You can now test it by opening your web browser and navigating to your domain name.
If everything goes right, you should see the Tokumei homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tokumei on your Fedora Server.
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