Thredded is a Rails 5.2+ forum/message board engine. It's designed to be easy to set up and customize, and can be integrated easily with existing Rails applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Thredded on Kali Linux Latest.
Before installing Thredded, please ensure that you have the following:
The first step is to clone the Thredded repository from GitHub. Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to store the Thredded files. Then, run the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/thredded/thredded.git
This will clone the repository to your local machine.
Navigate to the Thredded directory and install the required dependencies by running the following commands:
$ cd thredded
$ bundle install
This will install all the gems required to run Thredded.
Thredded requires a database to store forum data. You can choose either PostgreSQL or MySQL. If you don't have either of these installed, you can install them using the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
Once you have installed a database, you will need to create a new database and grant the user permissions to access it. For example, to create a new PostgreSQL database, run the following commands:
$ sudo su postgres
$ psql
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE thredded;
postgres=# CREATE USER thredded WITH PASSWORD 'password';
postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE thredded TO thredded;
postgres=# \q
$ exit
Be sure to replace 'password' with a strong password.
Next, copy the config/database.yml.example file to config/database.yml:
$ cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
In the database.yml file, uncomment the lines for the database you will be using and update the username and password to match what you set up in the previous step.
To initialize the database, run the following command:
$ rails db:setup
This will create the necessary tables and seed the database with default data.
You can start the web server by running the following command:
$ rails server
The web server will start on port 3000 by default. You can access Thredded by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thredded on Kali Linux Latest. You can now customize the appearance and functionality of the forum as needed. Check out the Thredded documentation for more information on how to get the most out of this powerful Rails engine.
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