Tutorial: How to Install Kallithea on Freebsd Latest

Kallithea is a free software management system that provides a web-based interface to manage software development. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Kallithea on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

• FreeBSD Latest installed on your system
• Root access to your FreeBSD system
• Basic knowledge of FreeBSD system operations
• Internet connection to download and install the necessary packages

Step 1: Update the FreeBSD System

To ensure that your FreeBSD system is up to date, run the following command as the root user:

# freebsd-update fetch install

This command will download and install the latest patches and updates for your FreeBSD system.

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Kallithea requires some packages to be installed on your FreeBSD system. For this tutorial, we will use Python 3.

Run the following command as root user to install the required packages:

# pkg install python3 py37-setuptools py37-pip mercurial nginx

This command will install Python 3, and its related packages, and Mercurial, which is a distributed version control system. We will also install NGINX, which is a web server to serve Kallithea.

Step 3: Create a User for Kallithea

Create a dedicated user for Kallithea. You can choose whatever name you want, but kallithea is a common name for this purpose.

# pw add user kallithea

This command will create a user with the name kallithea.

Step 4: Install Kallithea

Now that we have installed the necessary packages and created a user for Kallithea, we can install Kallithea.

First, switch to the kallithea user:

# su - kallithea

Next, use pip to install Kallithea:

$ pip install kallithea

The installation process will take a few minutes, depending on your internet connection.

Step 5: Setup Kallithea Configuration

Create a configuration file for Kallithea:

$ kallithea-cli config-create --ini kallithea.ini --host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000

This command will generate a configuration file named kallithea.ini in the current directory.

Step 6: Start Kallithea Application

Start Kallithea using Gunicorn, which is a Python Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) HTTP server:

$ gunicorn --bind 127.0.0.1:5000 kallithea.config.middleware:make_app

Now, Kallithea is running on the localhost on port 5000. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:5000.

Step 7: Serve Kallithea with NGINX

To serve Kallithea through NGINX, create a new configuration file for Kallithea using your preferred text editor:

# vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/servers/kallithea.conf 

Add the following content to the configuration file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/kallithea.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/kallithea.error.log;

    location /static/ {
        alias /home/kallithea/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/kallithea/static/;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5000/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Restart NGINX:

# service nginx restart

Now, you can access Kallithea by navigating to http://yourdomain.com/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Kallithea on FreeBSD Latest, create a user for Kallithea, configure and start Kallithea, and serve it through NGINX. You can now use Kallithea to manage your software development projects on your FreeBSD system.

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