Installing Dashing on OpenBSD

Dashing is an open source framework for building beautiful dashboards. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Dashing on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A server running OpenBSD
• sudo or root access to the server

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Dashing on OpenBSD, first, we need to install some dependencies. OpenBSD comes with Ruby preinstalled, but we still need to install some libraries.

Connect to your OpenBSD server using SSH or the terminal and run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo pkg_add -v ruby ruby-bundler ruby-kramdown wkhtmltopdf

Step 2: Install Dashing

Now, that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to install Dashing.

Run the following command to install Dashing using Bundler:

sudo gem install dashing

Step 3: Create the Dashing project

Now, we can create a new Dashing project. To create a new project, run the following command:

dashing new dashboard

This will create a new Dashing project in a directory named dashboard.

Step 4: Run the Dashing server

To start the Dashing server, navigate to the dashboard directory and run the following command:

dashing start

This will start the Dashing server on port 3030.

Step 5: Access the Dashing dashboard

To access the Dashing dashboard, open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://<server_ip_address>:3030

Replace <server_ip_address> with the IP address of your OpenBSD server.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dashing on OpenBSD and created a new dashboard project.

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