This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Convos on OpenBSD. Convos is an online chat application that is built with Perl and Mojolicious.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
If Perl is not installed on your OpenBSD server, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo pkg_add -iv perl
This command will install Perl along with any necessary dependencies.
Convos requires a Redis server to store session information. To install Redis, run the following command:
sudo pkg_add -iv redis
To install Convos, run the following command:
sudo cpanm -n Convos
This command will download and install the Convos package along with any necessary dependencies. The -n flag tells cpanm not to prompt for any user input during the installation.
After installing Convos, you need to configure it. Convos uses a configuration file named convos.conf which should be located in /etc.
We will create this configuration file using the following command:
sudo cp $(find /usr/local -name convos.conf -print | head -n 1) /etc/convos.conf
This command will create a copy of the convos.conf file in the /etc directory.
Open the convos.conf file using your preferred text editor:
sudo vi /etc/convos.conf
In the file, you will see several configurations. You can modify them according to your requirements. The most important configurations are:
redis_url: The URL of the Redis server. The default is redis://localhost:6379/0.http_listen: The HTTP server address and port. The default is http://*:8080.https_listen: The HTTPS server address and port. The default is https://*:8443.cookie_secret: A secret key used to encrypt session information. You can generate one by running the following command:openssl rand -base64 32
To start the Convos server, run the following command:
sudo convos daemon
This will start the Convos server in the foreground. To start the server in the background, add the -b flag:
sudo convos daemon -b
You can now access the Convos web interface by navigating to your server's IP address or hostname on port 8080 or 8443 (if using HTTPS). For example, http://localhost:8080.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Convos on OpenBSD. You can now use Convos to create chat rooms and communicate with others securely.
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