How to Install Drift on NetBSD

Drift is a distributed key-value store made by Max Leiter. It offers a very simple interface, and it's designed to be easily deployable across multiple machines.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Drift on a NetBSD machine. The installation process is straightforward, and you will be ready to use Drift in just a few minutes.

Prerequisites

• NetBSD machine
• Internet connection
• Package manager (pkgin or apt-get)
• Python 2.7 or later

Step 1: Install dependencies

Drift requires Python and pip to run. If you don't have Python and pip installed on your NetBSD machine, use the following command with pkgin:

sudo pkgin install python36 py36-pip

or use the following command with apt-get:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip

Step 2: Clone the Drift repository

First, clone the Drift repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/MaxLeiter/drift.git

Step 3: Install Drift

After cloning the repository, navigate to the drift directory:

cd drift

Next, use pip to install Drift's dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Now, you can install Drift itself:

sudo python setup.py install

Step 4: Run Drift

Before running Drift, create a configuration file:

cp config.yaml.example config.yaml

Now, you can run the Drift server:

python drift/server.py

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Drift on your NetBSD machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you've learned how to install Drift on a NetBSD machine using Python and pip. With Drift now installed, you're ready to start using this simple key-value store to power your applications.

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