Noosfero is an open-source web platform for social and solidarity economy networks, offering features such as blogs, forums, wikis, and more. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Noosfero on NetBSD, a free and open-source operating system.
Before we begin installing Noosfero, please ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your NetBSD system:
Follow the steps below to install Noosfero:
Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Noosfero. In this tutorial, we will use the /var/www directory.
cd /var/www
Clone the Noosfero repository into the current directory using Git.
git clone https://gitlab.com/noosfero/noosfero.git
Navigate into the Noosfero directory.
cd noosfero
Install the required Ruby gems using Bundler.
bundle install --without development test
Create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Noosfero.
sudo -u postgres createuser -P noosfero
sudo -u postgres createdb --owner=noosfero noosfero
Create a file named .env in the Noosfero directory and add the following lines to it, replacing DB_PASSWORD with a secure password for the PostgreSQL user.
SECRET_KEY_BASE=$(rake secret)
RAILS_ENV=production
DATABASE_URL=postgres://noosfero:DB_PASSWORD@localhost/noosfero
Initialize the Noosfero database.
rake db:migrate
Load the default Noosfero data.
rake db:seed
Precompile the assets.
rake assets:precompile
Start the Noosfero server.
rails server -e production
http://localhost:3000. You should see the Noosfero login screen.Congratulations, you have successfully installed Noosfero on NetBSD! You can now log in and start customizing your Noosfero instance.
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