Installing Publify on FreeBSD Latest

Publify is a simple, powerful, and open-source blogging platform built with Ruby on Rails. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Publify on FreeBSD latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Publify, make sure that your FreeBSD system meets the following requirements:

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A working installation of Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL database.

To ensure that your system meets these requirements, run the following command:

sudo pkg install rubygem-rails postgresql96-server

Step 1: Download Publify

You can download Publify from the official website or clone it from the GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/publify/publify.git

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Publify has several dependencies that need to be installed before we can run it. To install these dependencies, run the following command from the Publify directory:

bundle install

Step 3: Configure the Database

Next, we need to create a database for Publify. To do this, log in to your PostgreSQL server using the following command:

sudo su - postgres
psql

Then, create a new database and a new user by running the following commands:

CREATE USER publify WITH PASSWORD 'PASSWORD';
CREATE DATABASE publify_production OWNER publify;

Replace PASSWORD with a strong password for the Publify user.

Step 4: Configure Publify

Before we can run Publify, we need to configure it to connect to the database. To do this, copy the config/database.yml.example file to config/database.yml:

cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

Then, edit the config/database.yml file and modify the values to match your PostgreSQL configuration:

production:
  adapter: postgresql
  database: publify_production
  username: publify
  password: PASSWORD
  host: localhost

Again, replace PASSWORD with the strong password you set for the Publify user.

Step 5: Create the Database Schema

Now that we have a database and have configured Publify to connect to it, we can create the database schema by running the following commands:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

Step 6: Start Publify

Finally, we can start Publify by running the following command:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec passenger start

After starting Publify, you should be able to access it by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Publify on FreeBSD latest. By following these steps, you can have a powerful, open-source blogging platform up and running in no time.

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