In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Castopod, a self-hosted podcast hosting platform, on Manjaro.
Before we begin, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
First, we need to install some dependencies required by Castopod. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S nginx php php-fpm composer php-intl php-xml ffmpeg --noconfirm
nginx - A web server that will serve the Castopod applicationphp and php-fpm - Required by Castopod to run PHP codecomposer - PHP dependency manager to install Castopodphp-intl - Required for localizationphp-xml - Required for XML parsingffmpeg - Required for transcoding of audio and video files.Next, you need to clone the Castopod repository using the git command. Run the following command:
cd /var/www/
sudo git clone https://github.com/Castopod/Castopod.git
Navigate to the Castopod directory and run the composer install command to install Castopod dependencies:
cd /var/www/Castopod
sudo composer install
We need to configure the NGINX web server to serve Castopod. Open the NGINX configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add the following configuration in the http block:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your.domain.com;
root /var/www/Castopod;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace your.domain.com with your domain name or server IP address.
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL + X, followed by Y and ENTER.
Restart the NGINX service to apply the configuration changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Castopod requires permissions to access certain directories. Set the correct permissions by running the following command:
sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/Castopod
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/Castopod
Castopod requires a database to store its data. You can either use MySQL or PostgreSQL. In this tutorial, we will use PostgreSQL.
Install PostgreSQL using the following command:
sudo pacman -S postgresql --noconfirm
Next, we need to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Castopod.
Log in to the PostgreSQL server as the postgres user:
sudo su postgres
psql
Create a new database and user for Castopod by running the following commands:
CREATE USER castopod WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
CREATE DATABASE castopod OWNER castopod;
Replace yourpassword with a strong password.
Exit PostgreSQL by running the following command:
\q
Rename the .env.development file to .env:
sudo mv /var/www/Castopod/.env.development /var/www/Castopod/.env
Open the .env file using the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/Castopod/.env
Look for DB_ variables and replace them with the following values:
DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=castopod
DB_USERNAME=castopod
DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword
Replace yourpassword with the password you created for the Castopod database user.
Save and close the file.
Run the following commands to complete the Castopod installation:
cd /var/www/Castopod
sudo php artisan migrate
Castopod is now installed and configured on your Manjaro system. You can access it using your server's IP address or domain name in your web browser.
For example: http://your.domain.com
Login using the default credentials:
admin@admin.com123456We recommend you to change the default credentials once you are logged in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Castopod on your Manjaro system.
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