LibreNews is an open-source decentralized news platform that allows users to create and share news articles. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing LibreNews on OpenBSD.
Before we start, it is important to update the system to ensure that all packages are up-to-date. To do this, log in to your server as the root user and run the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add -u
LibreNews requires the following packages to be installed on the server:
To install these packages, run the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add git node npm
Next, we need to clone the LibreNews repository from GitHub using git. Run the following command to clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/librenews/librenews.git
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the LibreNews directory and install the dependencies using npm:
$ cd librenews
$ sudo npm install
LibreNews requires a configuration file to be present in the root directory of the application. To create the configuration file, copy the config.sample.json file to config.json:
$ cp config.sample.json config.json
Open the config.json file using your favorite editor and configure the application according to your needs. At a minimum, you will need to specify the database credentials and the port number.
Finally, start the LibreNews application using the following command:
$ sudo node app.js
LibreNews should now be running on your OpenBSD server. You can access it by visiting http://localhost:port (replace port with the port number you specified in the config.json file).
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install LibreNews on OpenBSD. By following these steps, you should now have a working instance of LibreNews up and running on your server.
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