In this tutorial, we will go through the steps necessary to install Gancio on OpenBSD. Gancio is a self-hosted, decentralized, and privacy-respecting alternative to popular group scheduling and event platforms like Meetup and Facebook Events.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install some dependencies that are required to run Gancio:
sudo pkg_add -i go mariadb-server
Note: Please make sure your OpenBSD is already up-to-date.
Next, download the latest version of Gancio from their website using wget command. After that, extract the archive file:
cd /usr/local
sudo wget https://github.com/gancio/gancio/archive/v1.1.4.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf v1.1.4.tar.gz
Gancio requires a MySQL or MariaDB database to run. In this tutorial, we will use MariaDB. We need to create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the user:
sudo mysql_install_db
sudo rcctl start mysqld
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
Creating a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE gancio;
CREATE USER gancio@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gancio.* TO gancio@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Now that we have all the required dependencies and the database is set up, we can compile Gancio:
cd gancio-1.1.4
sudo env GOPATH=$PWD go get .
Finally, we can start Gancio by running:
sudo ./bin/gancio -d -c config.default
This will start Gancio in the background, and you can access the Gancio web interface by navigating to http://IP_address_of_your_server:3000 in your browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gancio on OpenBSD. You can now use it to manage events, schedules, and groups, privately, and securely.
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