RSS-Bridge is a free and open-source PHP project that helps you generate RSS feeds for different sources that don't support RSS. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RSS-Bridge on Linux Mint latest using a few simple steps.
Before we proceed with the installation of RSS-Bridge, make sure that you have these prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint latest system:
You can check if these packages are installed on your system using the following commands:
sudo apt install apache2
sudo apt install nginx
sudo apt install php
sudo apt install git
First, you need to clone the RSS-Bridge repository to your Linux Mint latest system using the Git command. Run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge.git
Next, you need to configure your web server to serve the RSS-Bridge application. You can use Apache or Nginx as your web server.
If you are using Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file for RSS-Bridge using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/rss-bridge.conf
Add the following virtual host configuration to this file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/rss-bridge
<Directory /var/www/rss-bridge>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/rss-bridge-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/rss-bridge-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file, then enable the new virtual host configuration and restart Apache with the following commands:
sudo a2ensite rss-bridge.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration for RSS-Bridge using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/rss-bridge.conf
Add the following server block configuration to this file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name rss-bridge;
root /var/www/rss-bridge;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
}
Save and close the file, then enable the new server block configuration and restart Nginx with the following commands:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/rss-bridge.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
After configuring your web server for RSS-Bridge, you need to install and configure RSS-Bridge. Follow the steps below to do so:
Move the cloned repository to your web server's document root by running the following command:
sudo mv rss-bridge /var/www/
Change the ownership and permissions of the RSS-Bridge directory to the web server's user and group by running the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rss-bridge/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/rss-bridge/
Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt install composer
cd /var/www/rss-bridge
composer install --no-dev
Rename the config.sample.ini file to config.ini by running the following command:
cp config.sample.ini config.ini
Edit the config.ini file to add the feeds that you want to generate. Add the feeds in the following format:
[FeedName]
load: https://example.com/feed/
You can add as many feeds as you want in this file.
Finally, test your RSS-Bridge installation by visiting the web server's IP address or domain name followed by /rss-bridge/ in your web browser. You should see the generated RSS feeds based on the feeds you added in the config.ini file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed RSS-Bridge on your Linux Mint latest system.
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