ChiefOnboarding is an innovative employee onboarding software designed to streamline the onboarding process and enhance employee engagement. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install ChiefOnboarding on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to ensure that your system is up to date. Open the terminal window and use the following command to update your system:
sudo zypper update
ChiefOnboarding requires a number of packages to run successfully. Use the following command to install the required packages:
sudo zypper install nodejs git
Next, you need to clone the ChiefOnboarding repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/chiefonboarding/chiefonboarding.git
This will create a directory named "chiefonboarding" in your current working directory.
Navigate to the "chiefonboarding" directory by running the following command:
cd chiefonboarding
Once you are in the ChiefOnboarding directory, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
npm install
This will install all the dependencies required to run ChiefOnboarding.
ChiefOnboarding uses a PostgreSQL database to store the data. You need to create a new database and configure the credentials. Use the following commands to create the database and configure the credentials:
sudo -u postgres createdb chiefonboarding
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER chiefonboarding WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE chiefonboarding TO chiefonboarding;"
You can replace "password" with your preferred password.
ChiefOnboarding requires certain environment variables to run successfully. You need to create a .env file in the ChiefOnboarding directory and set the following variables:
DATABASE_URL=postgres://chiefonboarding:password@localhost:5432/chiefonboarding
SESSION_SECRET=secret
Make sure to replace "password" with the password you set in Step 5.
Once you have completed all the configuration steps, you can start the ChiefOnboarding server by running the following command:
npm start
This will start the server on port 3000. You can access ChiefOnboarding by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ChiefOnboarding on OpenSUSE Latest.
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