Discourse is a popular open-source software for building internet forums, blogs, and mailing lists. It is written in Ruby on Rails and requires a stack of software components to work.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Discourse on NetBSD.
Discourse requires Docker to be installed on the server. Docker is a containerization platform that lets you run applications in isolated environments.
To install Docker on NetBSD, run the following commands:
# Install dependencies
pkgin update
pkgin install curl ca-certificates
# Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sh get-docker.sh
Docker Compose is a tool that lets you define and run multi-container Docker applications. It is required by Discourse.
To install Docker Compose on NetBSD, run the following commands:
# Install dependencies
pkgin update
pkgin install py37-pip
# Install Docker Compose
pip install docker-compose
Next, you need to clone the Discourse repository from Github.
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git discourse
cd discourse
Copy the samples/env file to .env, which contains the configuration settings you need to change.
cp samples/env .env
Edit the .env file and set the following variables:
DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: Set the domain name or IP address of your Discourse website.DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: Set the SMTP server address to send emails.DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: Set the port number for the SMTP server.DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: Set the username for the SMTP server.DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: Set the password for the SMTP server.Save and close the .env file.
Discourse consists of several containers that need to be created using Docker Compose.
docker-compose up -d
This command creates the following containers:
app: The main Discourse application.db: The PostgreSQL database.redis: The Redis data store.nginx: The web server.Once the containers are running, you can check the installation by visiting your Discourse website in a web browser. The URL will be http://your-discourse-url.
If everything is working fine, you will see the Discourse installation wizard.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Discourse on NetBSD. Discourse is a powerful forum software that requires some special installation steps, but with this guide, you should have everything you need to get it up and running.
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