Loomio is a web-based application designed to make group decisions easier. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Loomio on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites on your system:
The first step is to ensure that your system is up to date and all required packages are installed. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
sudo pkg install ruby-node
This will update your system, upgrade installed packages, and install the necessary packages required for Loomio installation.
Loomio uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. You can install it using the following command:
sudo pkg install postgresql11-server
Once the installation is complete, you need to enable the PostgreSQL service and add it to the startup by running the following commands:
sudo sysrc postgresql_enable="YES"
sudo service postgresql initdb
sudo service postgresql start
Finally, create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Loomio by running the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser -P loomio
sudo -u postgres createdb -O loomio -E UTF8 loomio
The next step is to clone the Loomio repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository to '/usr/local/loomio':
sudo git clone https://github.com/loomio/loomio.git /usr/local/loomio
sudo chown -R YOUR_USER:YOUR_USER /usr/local/loomio
Replace YOUR_USER with your actual system username.
Change to the '/usr/local/loomio' directory and run the following command to install the Loomio dependencies:
sudo gem install bundler
sudo bundle install
Copy the 'config/application.example.yml' file to 'config/application.yml':
cp config/application.example.yml config/application.yml
Edit the 'config/application.yml' file and set the following values:
database: postgresql://loomio:PASSWORD@localhost/loomio
email_delivery_method: smtp
email_smtp_host: your-smtp-hostname
email_smtp_user_name: your-smtp-username
email_smtp_password: your-smtp-password
Replace the 'PASSWORD', 'your-smtp-hostname', 'your-smtp-username', and 'your-smtp-password' with your actual values. You may also need to configure the email delivery settings to match your SMTP server.
To install Loomio, run the following command:
sudo bundle exec rails loomio:bootstrap
This command will create the necessary database tables, populate the database with some dummy data, and generate some configuration files.
To start the Loomio server, run the following command:
sudo bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0
This will start the Loomio server and make it accessible from your web browser.
Now you have successfully installed Loomio on FreeBSD Latest. You can access Loomio by visiting http://localhost:3000/ in your web browser. If you encounter any errors during the installation process, please check the Loomio documentation for troubleshooting information.
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