How to Install Pagure on OpenBSD

Pagure is an open-source software tool used as a Git repository manager that allows you to set up your Git server on your system. It is written in Python and is licensed under the GPL3.

In this tutorial, we will be guiding you through the steps to set up Pagure on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation of Pagure, you need to ensure that your OpenBSD system has the following requirements:

• OpenBSD 6.8 or later
• Python 3.x
• Pip
• Git

Installation Steps

Here are the steps to install Pagure:

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, you need to install the required dependencies for Pagure using the following command:

$ doas pkg_add gcc gettext libffi libyaml python3 py3-pip py3-setuptools py3-virtualenv git

This command will install all the necessary dependencies for the Pagure installation.

Step 2: Create a Virtual Environment

Pagure is installed within a virtual environment to ensure that there are no conflicts with other packages installed on the system. To create a virtual environment, run the following commands:

$ python3 -m venv ~/venv/pagure
$ source ~/venv/pagure/bin/activate

Step 3: Install Pagure

Next, you need to install Pagure using the pip command as shown below:

$ pip install "pagure[mysql]"

Step 4: Configure Pagure

In this step, you need to configure Pagure by creating a configuration file. First, create a directory that will hold the configuration file:

$ mkdir -p ~/etc/pagure

Next, copy the sample configuration file from the Pagure repository:

$ cp ~/venv/pagure/src/pagure/pagure.cfg.sample ~/etc/pagure/pagure.cfg

Modify the pagure.cfg file with your desired settings.

Step 5: Create a MySQL Database

Pagure requires a MySQL database to function correctly. To create a database, you can use the following command:

$ doas mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE pagure DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
mysql> CREATE USER 'pagure'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pagure.* TO 'pagure'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit

Replace <password> with your desired password.

Step 6: Initialize Pagure

Finally, you need to initialize Pagure using the following commands:

$ cd ~/venv/pagure/src/pagure
$ paster setup-app ~/etc/pagure/paster.ini
$ paster serve ~/etc/pagure/paster.ini --reload

This command will start the Pagure server on your OpenBSD system. You can visit http://localhost:5000 in your web browser to access the Pagure web interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered the steps to install Pagure on OpenBSD. By following these steps, you should now have Pagure up and running on your OpenBSD system.

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