In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install GoToSocial on NetBSD. GoToSocial is an open-source social network platform developed by Super Serious Business. It is built with modern technologies such as React, Redux, and Django that offers a robust social networking experience.
Before installing GoToSocial, you should have the following:
To get started with the installation, we need to install the following dependencies:
sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin install python3 py37-pip py37-virtualenv nodejs
The above command will install Python 3, Pip (Python package manager), Virtual Env (Python Virtual Environment), and NodeJS.
After installing the dependencies, we need to clone the GoToSocial repository from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial.git
The above command will clone the source code of the repository into a new directory called "gotosocial."
In this step, we will install the necessary Python dependencies using pip requirements files.
cd gotosocial
virtualenv -p python3 env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements/base.txt
The above commands will create a new virtual environment, activate it, and install the Python dependencies required by GoToSocial.
After installing Python dependencies, you need to install JavaScript dependencies using the npm package manager.
npm install
After running this command, npm will download and install all the required packages and dependencies.
By default, GoToSocial uses SQLite as its database. However, you can also use PostgreSQL or MySQL.
For SQLite, let's create a new database file:
cd gotosocial
mkdir -p var/db
touch var/db/gotosocial.sqlite3
For PostgreSQL, you need to create a database, user, and password.
In "gotosocial," create a new local.env file:
cd gotosocial
cp env.example local.env
Edit this file and enter your database configuration and other settings as needed.
Before starting the GoToSocial server, we need to run migrations to apply the database changes and insert initial data.
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py loaddata initial.json
These commands will create database tables and load the data required for GoToSocial.
Finally, it's time to start the server.
npm run webpack
python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
The first command will compile the JavaScript files, and the second command will start the server on port 8000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed GoToSocial on your NetBSD operating system. You can now access the GoToSocial web application by opening your web browser and navigating to http://yourserverip:8000.
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