How to Install Hasura on OpenSUSE Latest

Hasura is a powerful open-source tool for building real-time GraphQL APIs quickly and securely. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Hasura on OpenSUSE latest version.

Prerequisites

• A server or virtual machine running OpenSUSE Latest
• A sudo or root user account

Step 1: Install Docker and Docker-compose

The first step is to install Docker and Docker-compose, which are required to run Hasura.

1. Update your system packages:

sudo zypper refresh

2. Install Docker:

sudo zypper install docker

3. Start the Docker service:

sudo systemctl start docker

4. Enable the Docker service to start at boot:

sudo systemctl enable docker

5. Install Docker-compose:

sudo zypper install docker-compose

Step 2: Download Hasura

1. Create a new directory for Hasura:

mkdir hasura
cd hasura

2. Download the latest Hasura Docker image:

sudo docker pull hasura/graphql-engine:latest

Step 3: Start Hasura

1. Create a new Docker Compose file:

touch docker-compose.yml

2. Edit the file and add the following contents:

version: '3.6'

services:
  graphql-engine:
    image: hasura/graphql-engine:v2.0.9
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      HASURA_GRAPHQL_DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/dbname
      HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENABLE_CONSOLE: "true"
    depends_on:
      - postgres
    networks:
      - hasura

  postgres:
    image: postgres:13-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
      POSTGRES_DB: dbname
    volumes:
      - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - hasura

volumes:
  db-data:

networks:
  hasura:

3. Replace password and dbname with your own Postgres password and database name.

4. Start Hasura and Postgres containers:

sudo docker-compose up -d

5. Access Hasura console by visiting http://<server-ip-address>:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Hasura on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start building your own real-time GraphQL APIs using this powerful tool.

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