How to Install Docassemble on OpenBSD

Docassemble is an open-source expert system for document assembly. It can be used to build web-based interactive interviews and generate complex documents.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Docassemble on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• OpenBSD installation with root access
• Python 3.6 or later
• pip package manager
• Apache web server

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Docassemble, install its dependencies using the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add apache py37-pyopenssl py37-cryptography git

Step 2: Install Docassemble

1. Clone the Docassemble repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble.git

2. Navigate to the docassemble directory:

$ cd docassemble

3. Install Docassemble using pip by running:

$ sudo pip install -e .

Step 3: Configure Docassemble

1. Generate a secret key:

$ python -c "import os;print(os.urandom(16))"

2. Copy the output of the command, and create a file named secrets.yml in the /usr/local/share/docassemble/config directory:

$ sudo nano /usr/local/share/docassemble/config/secrets.yml

3. Paste the secret key into the file and save:

secrets:
  secret_key: YOUR_SECRET_KEY

4. Create the config.yml file in the same directory:

$ sudo nano /usr/local/share/docassemble/config/config.yml

5. Copy the following configuration into the file:

daconfig:
  server: "localhost"
  redis: "redis://localhost:6379/0"
  supervisor_memory_limit: "2G"

6. Update permissions on the root directory:

$ sudo chown -R daemon:daemon /usr/local/share/docassemble

7. Set up the Docassemble Supervisor process configuration:

$ sudo cp /usr/local/share/docassemble/contrib/supervisor/docassemble.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/

Step 4: Start Docassemble

1. Start the Docassemble Supervisor process:

$ sudo supervisorctl reread
$ sudo supervisorctl update

2. Start the Docassemble web server:

$ sudo /usr/local/bin/run-as-daemon.sh \
    --listen 0.0.0.0:80 \
    --log-directory /var/log/docassemble \
    --pid-file /var/run/docassemble.pid \
    "docassemble-webserver"

Step 5: Access Docassemble

Open a web browser and navigate to:

http://your_server_IP_address

You can now start using Docassemble to create interviews and generate documents.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Docassemble on OpenBSD.

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