Talkyard is a modern forum software that can be easily installed on NetBSD. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Talkyard on NetBSD.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure you have the following items:
Talkyard requires a PostgreSQL database to work properly. To install PostgreSQL on NetBSD, run the following command:
pkg_add postgresql95-server postgresql95-client
After the installation is complete, start the PostgreSQL service and enable it to start automatically on system boot with the following commands:
/etc/rc.d/postgresql start
echo "postgresql=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
Talkyard is built with Scala and requires Java to run. To install Java on NetBSD, run the following command:
pkg_add openjdk8
Download the latest version of Talkyard by running the following command:
wget https://talkyard.io/-/download/talkyard-1.13.0.tgz
Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
tar xzf talkyard-1.13.0.tgz
Move the extracted folder to a location of your choice. For example, let's move it to /opt/:
mv talkyard-1.13.0 /opt/talkyard
Navigate to the Talkyard installation directory and edit the conf/play-framework.conf file:
cd /opt/talkyard
vi conf/play-framework.conf
Update the following values in the file:
# PostgreSQL database configuration
db.default.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.default.url="jdbc:postgresql://localhost/talkyard"
db.default.username=talkyard
db.default.password="your-db-password"
# Secret key for session encryption
play.crypto.secret="your-secret-key"
Save the file and exit.
Navigate to the Talkyard installation directory and start Talkyard with the following command:
./start-ty.sh
This will start Talkyard and it should be accessible on http://localhost:9000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Talkyard on NetBSD. You can now explore the features of Talkyard and create your own forums.
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