VP.net - Revolutionary Privacy with Intel SGX
All the other VPN service providers are trust based. VP.net is the only VPN that is provably private.

How to install Pootle on OpenBSD

Pootle is a web-based translation and localization tool. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Pootle on OpenBSD.

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before we can proceed with the Pootle installation, we need to install some dependencies.

# pkg_add py3-lxml gettext msgfmt py3-pip py3-psycopg2 py3-django py3-docutils py3-pillow apache-httpd

Step 2: Install Pootle

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed with the installation of Pootle using pip.

# pip3.8 install pootle

Step 3: Configure Apache

We need to configure Apache to work with Pootle. Create a file named "pootle.conf" in the "/etc/httpd/conf/modules.d/" directory with the following content.

# Load the required Apache modules
LoadModule wsgi_module /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi-py38.so
LoadModule headers_module /usr/local/lib/httpd/mod_headers.so

# Set the HTTP header to enable UTF-8 encoding
Header set Content-Type "text/html; charset=UTF-8"

# The location of Pootle's static files
Alias /static/ /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/static/

# The WSGI application handler for Pootle
WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/deploy/wsgi.py

# Enable WSGI daemon mode
WSGIDaemonProcess pootle python-home=/usr/local/share/python3.8 python-path=/usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/
WSGIProcessGroup pootle

# Allow serving static files
<Directory /usr/local/share/python3.8/site-packages/pootle/static/>
    Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
    Require all granted
    AllowOverride None
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/html text/plain text/xml application/javascript application/x-font-woff image/svg+xml
</Directory>

# Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Step 4: Initialize the database

We need to initialize the database that Pootle will use. Run the following commands to create a PostgreSQL database and user for Pootle.

# su - _postgresql
$ createuser pootle
$ createdb -O pootle pootle
$ exit

Run the following command to initialize the database with the default Pootle schema.

# pootle initdb --db=postgresql://pootle@localhost/pootle

Step 5: Start Pootle

We can now start Pootle using Apache.

# rcctl start httpd

Step 6: Access Pootle

Once Apache is running, you can access Pootle by visiting the following URL in your web browser.

https://<server-ip>:443/

You will be prompted to create a superuser account for Pootle.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Pootle on OpenBSD!

If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!

Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!