PyShelf is a lightweight and web-based content management system that is designed to manage data-intensive applications. It allows users to store, organize and search documents or files. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of pyShelf on a Fedora Server.
To install pyShelf on your Fedora server, you'll need the following:
First, open the terminal on the Fedora Server and navigate to the directory where you want to install pyShelf. Then, clone the pyShelf repository from its GitHub repository using the command:
git clone https://github.com/th3r00t/pyShelf.git
This will download the latest version of the pyShelf repository to your local system.
Before installing pyShelf, you need to install the necessary dependencies. pyShelf requires Flask, Flask-WTF, and Flask-Markdown. You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo pip3 install flask flask-wtf flask-markdown
This will install Flask, Flask-WTF,and Flask-Markdown on your system.
pyShelf uses SQLite or MySQL as a database, so you need to create a database according to your preferences.
To use SQLite, create a new directory named db in the pyShelf directory, and then create an empty SQLite database using the following command:
sqlite3 ./db/pyShelf.db
To use MySQL, install the mysql connector and create a new database, and then grant appropriate permissions to a user account.
After creating the database, edit the config.py file in the pyShelf directory and update the database URL as follows:
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///./db/pyShelf.db'
# or
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'mysql://user:password@localhost/db_name'
pyShelf uses Flask as a Web Framework, which requires a secret key configuration variable that is used for securely signing session cookies. Generate a secure random key to use in the application by running the following command:
python -c 'import os; print(os.urandom(24))'
Copy the key generated and paste it in the config.py file as shown:
SECRET_KEY = b'_5#ixUuF6y\n\xec]/'
To run pyShelf, navigate to the pyShelf directory, create a virtual environment, activate it, and then start the Flask app by running the following commands:
cd pyShelf
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
export FLASK_APP=run.py
flask run
This will start the pyShelf application server, and you can now access the pyShelf control panel by visiting http://localhost:5000 in the web browser.
In conclusion, Congratulations! You have successfully installed pyShelf on Fedora Server Latest. You can now customize and configure pyShelf to manage and organize all your documents, files and website content.
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