How to Install Pleroma on NetBSD

Pleroma is a free, federated social networking service which can be self-hosted. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install Pleroma on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following requirements:

• A NetBSD server with root access.
• An account with sudo privilege.

Step 1: Install Elixir and PostgreSQL

First, you need to install the required software:

$ sudo pkgin update
$ sudo pkgin install elixir postgresql96-server git

Step 2: Configure PostgreSQL

After installing PostgreSQL, you need to configure it:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data
$ pg_ctl -D /var/postgresql/data start
$ createuser -P pleroma
$ createdb -O pleroma pleroma_prod

Step 3: Install Pleroma

Now, we're ready to install Pleroma:

$ cd /var/www
$ sudo git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git
$ cd pleroma
$ sudo mix deps.get
$ sudo mix ecto.create
$ sudo mix ecto.migrate
$ sudo MIX_ENV=prod mix compile

Step 4: Configure Pleroma

We need to make some configuration changes to make Pleroma work properly. You can copy the sample configuration provided with Pleroma and modify it based on your needs:

$ sudo cp config/prod.secret.exs.sample config/prod.secret.exs
$ sudo vim config/prod.secret.exs

You need to set the database configuration in config/prod.secret.exs:

config :pleroma, Pleroma.Repo,
  adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
  username: "pleroma",
  password: "<password>",
  database: "pleroma_prod",
  hostname: "localhost",
  pool_size: 10

You also need to configure the server URL in config/prod.secret.exs:

config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint,
  url: [host: "example.com", port: 80],
  cache_static_manifest: "priv/static/manifest.json"

In this example, we set the host to example.com and the port to 80.

Step 5: Start Pleroma

Now, we're ready to start Pleroma:

$ sudo MIX_ENV=prod mix phx.server

You should see the following output:

[info] Running Pleroma.Web.Endpoint with cowboy 2.9.0 at //example.com:80

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Pleroma on NetBSD. You can now access Pleroma using your favorite web browser.

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