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Monica is a personal relationship manager that can help you organize your life and keep track of your interactions with your contacts. If you’re an OpenBSD user, you can easily install Monica on your system and start using it right away.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to install Monica on OpenBSD:
Before you can install Monica, you need to make sure you have all of the required packages installed on your system. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
$ sudo pkg_add -vvv node postgresql-server
This command will install Node.js and PostgreSQL, which are required for Monica to run properly.
Now that you have all of the required dependencies installed, you can download and install Monica. To do this, run the following commands:
$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/monicahq/monica.git
$ cd monica
$ npm install
This will download the latest version of Monica from the GitHub repository, and install all of the necessary dependencies.
Monica uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. Before you can start using Monica, you need to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Monica to use. To do this, run the following commands:
$ sudo -u _postgresql /usr/local/bin/initdb -D /var/postgresql/data/
$ sudo /bin/rcctl start postgresql
$ sudo -u _postgresql /usr/local/bin/createuser monica
$ sudo -u _postgresql createdb -O monica monica
This will create a new PostgreSQL database called "monica" with a user called "monica" that has full access to the "monica" database.
Monica needs to be configured before it can be run. To do this, copy the example env file:
$ cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file using your favorite text editor, and update the following variables with the appropriate values for your system:
APP_URL=http://localhost:8080
DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=monica
DB_USERNAME=monica
DB_PASSWORD=<your-secure-password>
In the example above, replace <your-secure-password> with a secure password for the "monica" user.
Next, you need to build Monica and start the server:
$ npm run build
$ npm start
This will build the project and start the server. You should see output similar to this:
> monica@1.0.0 start /home/user/monica
> nodemon --exec babel-node src/server.js
[nodemon] 2.0.2
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching dir(s): *.*
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,mjs,json
[nodemon] starting `babel-node src/server.js`
...
Navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser, and you should see the Monica login page. Use the email and password you provided in the .env file to log in.
Congratulations, you’ve successfully installed Monica on OpenBSD!
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