Tutorial: How to Install Fider on OpenBSD

Fider is an open source feedback platform that can help organizations collect and manage feedback from their customers or users. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Fider on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing Fider, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A server running OpenBSD
• Access to the command line
• Root access to the server

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Fider on your OpenBSD server, you need to install some dependencies such as Node.js, Yarn, and PostgreSQL. You can use the following command to install these dependencies:

$ doas pkg_add node yarn postgresql

Step 2: Create a PostgreSQL database

Create a new PostgreSQL database for Fider:

$ doas -u _postgresql psql -c "CREATE DATABASE fider;"

Then, create a new PostgreSQL user and grant it privileges to the Fider database:

$ doas -u _postgresql psql -c "CREATE USER fideruser WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
$ doas -u _postgresql psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE fider TO fideruser;"

Step 3: Download and Install Fider

Download and extract the latest release of Fider from the official website:

$ curl -L -o fider.tar.gz https://fider.io/download/latest
$ tar -xvf fider.tar.gz

Then, navigate to the extracted folder:

$ cd fider/

Install Fider dependencies using Yarn:

$ yarn install --production=false

Next, make a copy of the example configuration file and modify it to match your environment:

$ cp config.js.example config.js
$ nano config.js

Update the following values in the config.js file:

• db: Update the PostgreSQL database configuration with the hostname, database name, username, and password.
• baseUrl: Update the base URL of your Fider installation.

Step 4: Start Fider

You can start Fider using the following command:

$ yarn start

Fider will be started in development mode. You may want to use a process manager to run Fider as a daemon.

Step 5: Access Fider

Once Fider is running, you can access the platform on the web browser by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:3000.

You can log in using the default administrator account with the following credentials:

• Email: admin@admin.com
• Password: admin

After logging in, you can update your account details and configure Fider to collect feedback from your users.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fider on OpenBSD.

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