How to Install Tiny Tiny RSS on NetBSD

Introduction

Tiny Tiny RSS is a free, open-source news feed (RSS/Atom) reader that allows you to read news from various sources in one place. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Tiny Tiny RSS on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• A server running NetBSD
• Root access to the server
• A webserver (like Apache or Nginx) installed and configured on your NetBSD server
• PHP and PHP extensions like PDO and mbstring installed on your server

Step 1: Download and Unpack Tiny Tiny RSS

1. Start by logging into your NetBSD server via SSH as the root user.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to store the Tiny Tiny RSS files. For instance:

$ cd /var/www

3. Download the latest release of Tiny Tiny RSS from the official website using the wget command. The code below will download version 21.01:

$ wget https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss/archive/refs/tags/21.01.tar.gz

4. Extract the downloaded archive using the tar command:

$ tar -xzvf 21.01.tar.gz

5. Rename the extracted directory to something simpler like tt-rss:

$ mv tt-rss-21.01 tt-rss
6. Change the owner of the tt-rss directory to your webserver's user:

$ chown -R www:www tt-rss

## Step 2: Create a Database for Tiny Tiny RSS
1. Log in to your database server as the root user. The exact method might depend on the database server you are using but for a local installation of MySQL, run the following command:

$ mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database for Tiny Tiny RSS:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE tiny_tiny_rss;

3. Create a new user and grant it full privileges to the database:

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tiny_tiny_rss.* TO 'tt-rss'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';

4. Flush the privileges and exit the MySQL prompt:

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> EXIT;

## Step 3: Configure Tiny Tiny RSS
1. Navigate to the tt-rss directory:

$ cd /var/www/tt-rss

2. Create a configuration file from the sample file:

$ cp config.php-dist config.php

3. Edit the configuration file with your favorite text editor:

$ nano config.php

4. Replace the following lines:

define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define('DB_NAME', 'news'); define('DB_USER', 'news'); define('DB_PASS', 'password');

with these lines:

define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define('DB_NAME', 'tiny_tiny_rss'); define('DB_USER', 'tt-rss'); define('DB_PASS', 'your_password');

5. Save and close the file.

## Step 4: Set File Permissions
1. Navigate to the tt-rss directory:

$ cd /var/www/tt-rss

2. Set the file and directory permissions recursively:

$ find cache/ feed-icons/ lock/ -type d -exec chmod 777 {} ; $ find cache/ feed-icons/ lock/ -type f -exec chmod 666 {} ;

## Step 5: Access Tiny Tiny RSS via Web Browser
1. Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name followed by /tt-rss/ as shown below:

http://your_server_ip_or_domain_name/tt-rss

2. Tiny Tiny RSS is now installed and ready to use. You can log in using the default credentials below:

Username: admin Password: password

3. We highly recommend changing the default login credentials as soon as possible.

## Conclusion
In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to install Tiny Tiny RSS on NetBSD. With this installation, you can now read news from various sources conveniently in a single place.

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