Foodsoft is a web-based application that helps manage food-coops. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Foodsoft on Kali Linux.
Before we start, we will update our Kali Linux package database to ensure we have the latest stable version of packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Foodsoft requires several dependencies to function correctly. We will install them using the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential git mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev ruby-dev bundler
Clone the foodsoft git repository in your current working directory by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/foodcoops/foodsoft.git
Navigate to the cloned directory and install Ruby gem dependencies.
cd foodsoft
sudo bundle install
##Step 5: Configure Database Configure MySQL database for Foodsoft by running the following commands:
mysql -uroot -p<your_password> -e 'CREATE DATABASE foodsoft DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UTF8 DEFAULT COLLATE UTF8_GENERAL_CI;'
mysql -uroot -p<your_password> -e 'CREATE USER 'foodsoft'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<strong_password_here>';'
mysql -uroot -p<your_password> -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON foodsoft.* TO 'foodsoft'@'localhost';'
Replace foodsoft
user respectively.
##Step 6: Configure Foodsoft
Copy the .env-example
file to .env
with the following command:
cp .env-example .env
Edit the .env
file and replace the following parameters with the appropriate values:
DATABASE_URL=mysql://foodsoft:<strong_password_here>@localhost/foodsoft
SECRET_KEY_BASE=your_secret_key
Replace your_secret_key
with your desired secret key.
##Step 7: Create Database Tables Next, we will create the database tables by running the following command:
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:create
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:migrate
##Step 8: Start the Foodsoft Application Finally, start the Foodsoft application on port 3000 by running the following command:
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails server -b 0.0.0.0 -p 3000
Visit http://localhost:3000
with your web browser to launch the Foodsoft application.
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install the Foodsoft application on Kali Linux. With this setup, you can now start using Foodsoft to power your food coop.
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