How to Install Pleroma on OpenSUSE Latest

Pleroma is a lightweight and fast free software social networking server. It is built on Elixir and Phoenix Framework. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pleroma on OpenSUSE Latest version.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation of Pleroma, you should verify that your system has the following prerequisites.

• A server running OpenSUSE Latest
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• PostgreSQL 9.6 or higher
• Elixir 1.7 or higher
• Git

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies in our system.

sudo zypper install -y unzip git postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-contrib postgresql-client

Step 2: Install Erlang and Elixir

Pleroma needs Erlang and Elixir to run. You can install these packages with the following command:

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/erlang/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/devel:languages:erlang.repo
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
sudo zypper install -y elixir erlang erlang-ssl erlang-crypto

Step 3: Download and Install Pleroma

We will now clone Pleroma's repository from Github.

cd ~
git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git

Next, install the dependencies needed by Pleroma:

cd pleroma
mix deps.get

Now we need to create a configuration file for Pleroma.

MIX_ENV=prod mix pleroma.instance gen

This will create a new file named config/generated_config.exs in the project directory.

Step 4: Configure PostgreSQL

In this step, we will configure PostgreSQL to create a new user and database for Pleroma.

First, we need to initialize the database cluster.

sudo postgresql-setup --initdb

Now start the PostgreSQL server.

sudo systemctl start postgresql.service

Create a new user and database for Pleroma.

sudo su - postgres
createuser -P pleroma
createdb -O pleroma -E 'utf-8' pleroma
exit

Step 5: Configure Pleroma

We will now configure Pleroma to set up the database and run the server.

Edit the config/generated_config.exs file and modify the database settings as below:

# Configure your database
config :pleroma, Pleroma.Repo,
  adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres,
  username: "pleroma",
  password: "<password>",
  database: "pleroma",
  hostname: "localhost",
  pool_size: 10

Replace <password> with the password you set when creating the PostgreSQL user for pleroma.

Once done, save and close the file.

Step 6: Compile and Run Pleroma

In this step, we will build and compile Pleroma and then start the server.

Run the following command to compile the Pleroma project:

MIX_ENV=prod mix compile

To create the database structure and migrate the schema, run the following command:

MIX_ENV=prod mix ecto.migrate

Finally, start the Pleroma server.

MIX_ENV=prod mix phx.server

Step 7: Access Pleroma

Pleroma should now be accessible on http://localhost:4000. You can create a new user and start using Pleroma!

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Pleroma on OpenSUSE Latest. If you encounter any issues during the installation, please consult the official Pleroma documentation.

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