Baby Buddy is a web-based baby monitor application that allows parents to track their child's development and keep track of important milestones. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps required to install Baby Buddy on a NetBSD system.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Open your terminal and enter the following command to create a virtual environment:
$ python3 -m venv babybuddy_env
This will create a new virtual environment called babybuddy_env in the current directory.
Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
$ source babybuddy_env/bin/activate
Now that we have our virtual environment set up, we can install Baby Buddy within it. To do this, run the following command:
$ pip install babybuddy
This will install Baby Buddy and any required dependencies.
Baby Buddy requires a PostgreSQL database to store its data. If you do not already have a PostgreSQL database set up, you can install it using the following command:
$ pkgin install postgresql95-server
Once the PostgreSQL server is installed, start the service using the following command:
$ /usr/pkg/bin/pg_ctl start -D /usr/pkg/pgdata
Next, create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Baby Buddy to use:
$ su - postgres
$ createuser babybuddy
$ createdb babybuddy -O babybuddy
With our virtual environment and PostgreSQL database set up, we can now configure Baby Buddy.
First, create a new configuration file for Baby Buddy:
$ mkdir -p ~/.babybuddy/
$ touch ~/.babybuddy/config.yml
Next, open the configuration file using your preferred text editor and add the following lines:
DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://babybuddy@localhost/babybuddy"
SECRET_KEY: "your-secret-key-here"
Replace your-secret-key-here with a strong secret key that you generate.
We now have everything in place to run the Baby Buddy server:
$ babybuddy runserver
This should start the Baby Buddy server on your local machine. You can access the server by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Baby Buddy on your NetBSD system. You can now use it to track your child's development and milestones.
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