Sourcehut is a suite of free and open-source software for software development by Drew DeVault. It's one of the rare platforms that is completely API-driven, making it very flexible and open for integration.
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Sourcehut on NetBSD, which is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have the following:
Sourcehut requires some dependencies, which need to be installed before we can proceed with the installation.
To install the dependencies, run the following command:
# pkgin -y install git go
In the above command, -y flag is used to indicate an automatic "yes" or confirmation to any prompts encountered during the installation.
To install Sourcehut, first clone the Git repository by running the following command:
$ git clone https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/sr.ht
This will create a new directory called sr.ht.
Navigate to the newly created directory by running the following command:
$ cd sr.ht
Build and install sourcehut by running the following command:
$ make
$ doas make install
The doas command is used to switch to the root user and run the installation as a privileged user.
After installation, we need to configure Sourcehut to get it up and running.
Sourcehut uses a configuration file to specify its settings. By default, the configuration file is located at ~/.config/sr.ht/config.ini.
To create the configuration file, run the following command:
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/sr.ht/
$ cp ./example.ini ~/.config/sr.ht/config.ini
Now, edit the configuration file to add your settings. For example, an email address and SMTP server details for sending emails. Add the following lines to the configuration file:
[mail]
auth = "plain"
server = "smtp.gmail.com"
port = 587
account = "youremail@gmail.com"
password = "your email password"
After configuring Sourcehut successfully, we need to start the Sourcehut services for it to work.
To start the services, run the following command:
# sh sourcehut start
This will start all the necessary services, including the web server and email services.
That's it. You've now installed and configured Sourcehut on NetBSD. Sourcehut is a very flexible and extensible platform, so feel free to explore it further and start building your software projects.
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