Installing Readflow on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Readflow on OpenBSD. Readflow is a self-hosted feed aggregator that allows you to organize and read RSS feeds and social media streams in one place.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following:

• A running OpenBSD instance
• A user with sudo privileges

Install Dependencies

Before we proceed with the installation process of Readflow, we need to install its dependencies. Follow these steps to do so:

1. Login to your OpenBSD instance with a user that has sudo privileges.

2. Install PostgreSQL and Redis by running the following command:

   doas pkg_add -I postgresql-server postgresql-contrib redis
   

3. Initialize and start PostgreSQL:

   doas rcctl enable postgresql
   doas rcctl start postgresql
   

4. Create a new PostgreSQL user and database for Readflow:

   doas su - _postgresql
   createuser --pwprompt readflow
   createdb readflow -O readflow
   exit
   

Install Readflow

Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed with the installation of Readflow. Follow these steps to do so:

1. Login to your OpenBSD instance with a user that has sudo privileges.

2. Clone the Readflow repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/hiberabyss/readflow.git
   

3. Change to the Readflow directory:

   cd readflow
   

4. Install the required Python packages:

   doas pip3 install -r requirements.txt
   

5. Create a new configuration file for Readflow:

   cp readflow/settings_local.py.sample readflow/settings_local.py
   

6. Edit the configuration file with your PostgreSQL credentials:

   vim readflow/settings_local.py
   

   Change the following lines:

   DATABASES = {
        "default": {
            "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
            "NAME": "readflow",
            "USER": "readflow",
            "PASSWORD": "<your-password>",
            "HOST": "localhost",
            "PORT": "5432",
        }
    }
   

7. Change to the Readflow root directory:

   cd ../
   

8. Install the application by running the following command:

   python3 manage.py migrate
   

9. Create a superuser account:

   python3 manage.py createsuperuser
   

10. Start the Readflow application:

    python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
    

11. Open your web browser and go to http://<your-server-ip>:8000. You should be able to log in using the superuser credentials you just created.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Readflow on your OpenBSD instance. You can now add your RSS feeds and social media streams and start using Readflow to manage your feeds.

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