Baby Buddy is a free, open-source web application that helps parents track their baby’s activities such as feeding, diaper changes, naps, and more. It also provides charts and reports that can help parents analyze their baby’s progress. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Baby Buddy on MXLinux Latest.
Before we proceed, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Baby Buddy requires the following dependencies to be installed on the system:
To install these dependencies, open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip virtualenv libpq-dev python3-dev
Next, we need to clone the Baby Buddy repository from Github. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy.git
Once the cloning process is complete, we will change into the cloned directory by typing:
cd babybuddy
We will now set up a virtual environment for Baby Buddy. This allows the application to have its own isolated Python environment and it prevents package conflicts with the system Python installation.
To create a virtual environment, run the following command:
python3 -m venv venv
After the virtual environment has been created, we need to activate it to start using it. Run this command:
source venv/bin/activate
You should now see a (venv) prefix in your shell prompt, indicating that the virtual environment has been activated.
With the virtual environment active, we can now install Baby Buddy and its dependencies. Run the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Baby Buddy requires some configuration before it can be used properly. To create a configuration file, run the following command:
cp babybuddy/settings/local.sample.env babybuddy/settings/local.env
Next, open the configuration file in your preferred text editor:
nano babybuddy/settings/local.env
You will need to modify the following variables:
SECRET_KEY=
ALLOWED_HOSTS=
For the SECRET_KEY variable, you can generate a random key by running this command:
python -c 'from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())'
Copy the generated key and paste it into the SECRET_KEY variable.
For the ALLOWED_HOSTS variable, add your domain name or IP address. If you are running Baby Buddy locally, you can set this to localhost.
SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_here
ALLOWED_HOSTS=your_domain_or_ip_here
Save and exit the file.
Baby Buddy requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. To create the database, run the following commands:
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE babybuddy;
CREATE USER babybuddy WITH PASSWORD 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE babybuddy TO babybuddy;
Replace your_password_here with a strong password of your choice.
Exit the PostgreSQL prompt by typing \q.
With the database created, we can now apply the database migrations using the following command:
python manage.py migrate
Baby Buddy requires a superuser account to create and manage other users. To create a superuser, run the following command:
python manage.py createsuperuser
Follow the prompts to create a username and password.
We are now ready to run Baby Buddy! To start the application, run the following command:
python manage.py runserver
You should see output that looks like this:
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
This means that Baby Buddy is up and running! To access the web interface, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8000. If you are running Baby Buddy on a remote server, replace localhost with your server's IP address or domain name.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Baby Buddy on MXLinux Latest. With Baby Buddy, you can easily track your baby's activities and monitor their progress. We hope this tutorial was helpful and that you now have a working installation of Baby Buddy!
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