How to Install Mobilizon on Linux Mint Latest

Mobilizon is a free, open-source, and federated platform to organize events and socialize. It is designed to protect users' privacy and is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install Mobilizon on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint system:

• Git
• A web server (Nginx or Apache)
• PostgreSQL
• Ruby 2.6.5
• Bundler

You can install these prerequisites by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git nginx postgresql postgresql-contrib ruby ruby-dev build-essential libpq-dev nodejs

Step 1: Clone the Mobilizon repository

To install Mobilizon, you will first need to clone the Mobilizon repository. You can clone the latest stable version using the following command:

git clone -b v1.1.0 https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon.git

After cloning the repository, navigate to the Mobilizon directory using the following command:

cd mobilizon

Step 2: Install dependencies

Next, you need to install the dependencies required by Mobilizon. To do so, run the following command from the Mobilizon directory:

bundle install --path vendor/bundle

Step 3: Configure the database

You will now need to configure the PostgreSQL database to be used by Mobilizon. Start by creating a new PostgreSQL user with the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser -P mobilizon

When prompted, enter a password for the user mobilizon.

Next, create a new PostgreSQL database with the following command:

sudo -u postgres createdb -O mobilizon -E UTF-8 mobilizon

Once you have created the database and user, you can configure the database settings for Mobilizon. Copy the config/database.yml.example file to config/database.yml using the following command:

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

Then, edit the config/database.yml file with your PostgreSQL database username, password, and database name:

username: mobilizon
password: YOUR_DATABASE_PASSWORD
database: mobilizon

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Configure the Mobilizon application

You will now need to create a new configuration file for Mobilizon. Copy the config/settings.yml.sample file to config/settings.yml using the following command:

cp config/settings.yml.sample config/settings.yml

Then, edit the config/settings.yml file with your preferred configuration settings. At minimum, you should update the following settings:

production:
  domain: YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME
  email_from: YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS
  secret_key_base: YOUR_SECRET_KEY_BASE

Replace YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME with your domain name, YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS with your email address, and YOUR_SECRET_KEY_BASE with a secure secret key.

Step 5: Precompile assets

You will now need to precompile the assets for Mobilizon using the following command:

./bin/rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production

Step 6: Configuration Nginx or Apache

You can use Nginx or Apache as a web server for Mobilizon. Here, we will provide instructions for Nginx.

Create a new Nginx virtual host configuration file for Mobilizon:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mobilizon.example.com

Then, add the following configuration for a basic Mobilizon installation:

upstream mobilizon {
  server unix:/path/to/mobilizon/tmp/sockets/puma.sock fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name mobilizon.example.com;
  root /path/to/mobilizon/public;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://mobilizon;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
    proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
    proxy_redirect off;
  }
}

Replace mobilizon.example.com with your domain name and /path/to/mobilizon with the path to your Mobilizon installation.

Then, create a symbolic link to enable the virtual host:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mobilizon.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, reload the Nginx configuration:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 7: Start the application

You can now start the application using the following command:

./bin/puma -C config/puma.rb

You will now be able to access your Mobilizon instance by visiting your domain name in a web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mobilizon on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use Mobilizon to organize and manage events on your own federated platform.

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