Installing Redash on FreeBSD Latest

Redash is an open-source tool that allows you to easily create visualizations and dashboards for your data. In this tutorial, we will show you step-by-step how to install Redash on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you install Redash on FreeBSD Latest, please make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A sudo user account on the server
• The server is up-to-date with the latest patches
• Python 3.6 or later installed on the system
• PostgreSQL 9.6 or later installed on the system

Also, make sure that you have installed the following packages using pkg:

$ sudo pkg update
$ sudo pkg upgrade
$ sudo pkg install git node yarn python3 python38 python38-pip python38-venv redis

Step 1: Create a Python virtual environment

The first step is to create a Python virtual environment to install Redash into. To create a Python virtual environment, run the following command:

$ python3 -m venv ~/.virtualenvs/redash

Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:

$ source ~/.virtualenvs/redash/bin/activate

Step 2: Install Redash

Now, let's proceed to install Redash on FreeBSD Latest. To install Redash, clone the Redash repository from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/getredash/redash.git

Switch to the Redash directory and install its dependencies using the command below:

$ cd redash
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Create the necessary database tables and initialize the database by running the following command:

$ bin/run ./manage.py database create_tables

Step 3: Configure Redash

Next, we need to configure Redash by creating a configuration file. Copy the example configuration file by running:

$ cp redash/settings/example.py redash/settings/__init__.py

Edit the redash/settings/__init__.py configuration file and modify the following fields:

• REDASH_DATABASE_URL - This should contain the connection details to your PostgreSQL installation, such as postgresql://user:password@host:port/database.

• REDASH_COOKIE_SECRET - This should be set to a random secret string.

• REDASH_SECRET_KEY - This should be set to a different random secret string.

• REDIS_URL - This should be set to the Redis URL, such as redis://localhost:6379/0.

Step 4: Start Redash

Now, we are ready to start Redash. Run the following command to start Redash:

$ bin/run ./manage.py runserver

Once the server starts successfully, you can access Redash from your web browser by visiting http://<your_server_ip>:5000.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Redash on FreeBSD Latest. We hope this tutorial has been helpful to you. If you encounter any issues, please consult the official documentation located at http://redash.io/docs.

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