In this tutorial, we will go through the installation process of Socialhome on FreeBSD latest release. Socialhome is an open-source social network server that allows you to share content, follow people, create groups, and much more. This tutorial will help you to set up a Socialhome instance on your FreeBSD machine.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, you need to update your FreeBSD system using the package manager. It will ensure that your system is up-to-date and has the latest security patches.
To update the system, run the following commands:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
After updating the system, you need to install some required packages for Socialhome. The required packages include PostgreSQL, Redis, and others. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo pkg install redis postgresql12 py36-virtualenv py36-lxml py36-pillow py36-ldap3 libmagic libyaml
Next, we will set up PostgreSQL for Socialhome.
To use PostgreSQL, you first need to create a database and a user. Run the following commands to create a new database and user:
sudo -i -u postgres
createdb socialhome
createuser -P -d socialhome
You can set a password for the user when prompted.
Now, you need to edit the PostgreSQL configuration file to allow connections from localhost. Run the following command to open the configuration file:
sudo nano /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
Find the following line:
local all all ident
And replace "ident" with "md5":
local all all md5
Save and close the file.
Now, restart PostgreSQL to apply the configuration changes:
sudo service postgresql restart
Next, you need to clone the Socialhome repository from GitHub. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/jaywink/socialhome.git
It will clone the repository to the socialhome directory.
Now, we will create a virtual environment for Socialhome.
Navigate to the socialhome directory and run the following command:
cd socialhome
python3 -m venv env
It will create a new virtual environment named "env" in the current directory.
Now, you need to activate the virtual environment and install the required packages for Socialhome. Run the following commands:
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
It will activate the virtual environment and install the required packages from the requirements.txt file.
Next, you need to create a configuration file for Socialhome. To create a new configuration file, run the following command:
cp socialhome/settings/local.sample.py socialhome/settings/local.py
It will make a copy of "local.sample.py" file and name it "local.py".
Now, you need to edit the "local.py" file to add your database credentials. Run the following command to open the file in the nano editor:
nano socialhome/settings/local.py
Find the following lines:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
'NAME': 'socialhome',
'USER': 'socialhome',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
And replace the username and password with the ones you created in Step 3.
Save and close the file.
Now, you need to set up the static files and database by running the following commands:
python manage.py collectstatic
python manage.py migrate
It will collect the static files and apply the database migrations.
Finally, you need to start the Redis server and run Socialhome. To start Redis, run the following command:
sudo service redis start
To run Socialhome, navigate to the socialhome directory and activate the virtual environment. Then run the following command:
python manage.py runserver
It will start the Socialhome server on port 8000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Socialhome on FreeBSD latest release. You can now access the Socialhome web interface by opening your browser and visiting "http://localhost:8000/".
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