Raneto is an open-source, markdown-based knowledge base that allows you to create and manage a wiki-like website. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Raneto on your MXLinux Latest system.
Before we begin, ensure that your MXLinux system is up to date by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
You'll also need these tools installed:
If you don't already have Node.js and Git installed, you can install them using the following commands:
sudo apt install nodejs
sudo apt install npm
sudo apt install git
Now we'll clone the Raneto repository to our system. To do so, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/gilbitron/Raneto.git
This will clone the latest version of Raneto into a directory named "Raneto" in your current working directory.
With the repository cloned, navigate to the Raneto directory and install the required dependencies using the following command:
cd Raneto
npm install
After installing the necessary dependencies, we need to configure Raneto to work with our system. Specifically, we'll define our site's title and set up file paths for our markdown pages.
Raneto uses a configuration file in the config/ directory, so make a copy of the sample configuration file by running the following command:
cp config.example.js config.js
Next, edit the config.js file using your favorite text editor:
nano config.js
And update the following properties in the file:
title: 'Your Site Title',
base_url: '/',
content_dir: './example/content',
public_dir: './example/public'
Set the value of title to whatever you want your site to be called.
And, replace the content_dir and public_dir properties to point to the directory you plan to store the markdown files in and images respectively.
Now that everything is in place, you can run the app with the following command:
npm start
You should now be able to access your new knowledge base by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
To keep Raneto running, it's a good idea to use a process manager such as PM2. Here's how you can set it up:
sudo npm install pm2 -g
And start the application using the following command:
pm2 start index.js --name Raneto
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Raneto on MXLinux Latest. Raneto provides a simple way to create and manage a markdown-based knowledge base. We hope you found this tutorial helpful in getting started.
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