How to Install Tiny Tiny RSS on OpenSUSE Latest

Tiny Tiny RSS (TT-RSS) is a free and open-source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader, allowing you to manage and read your news feeds online. In this tutorial, we will be going through the steps to install TT-RSS on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your system meets the following requirements:

• A server or VPS running OpenSUSE Latest.
• A sudo user with root privileges.

Step 1: Install Apache and PHP

TT-RSS is a web-based application written in PHP, which requires a web server to run. Apache is a popular web server software that can be used with OpenSUSE.

To install Apache and PHP, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo zypper install apache2 php7 php7-mbstring php7-gd php7-xmlreader php7-mysql

Step 2: Install MariaDB

TT-RSS requires a database to store its data. MariaDB is a widely used open-source relational database management system that can be used with TT-RSS.

To install MariaDB, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client

Step 3: Secure MariaDB

To secure your MariaDB installation, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step 4: Create a MariaDB database and user for TT-RSS

To create a new database and a user for TT-RSS, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the password for the root user when prompted.

CREATE DATABASE ttrssdb;
GRANT ALL ON ttrssdb.* TO 'ttrssuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Replace password with a strong password.

Step 5: Install TT-RSS

The next step is to install TT-RSS. First, change to your web server's document root directory by running the following command in your terminal:

cd /srv/www/htdocs/

Clone the TT-RSS repository using Git by running the following command:

sudo git clone https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss.git tt-rss

Change the owner and group of the tt-rss directory to wwwrun:

sudo chown -R wwwrun:www tt-rss

Step 6: Configure Apache for TT-RSS

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for TT-RSS by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ttrss.conf

Paste the following lines into the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain_name
ServerAlias www.your_domain_name

DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/tt-rss

<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/tt-rss>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/ttrss_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/ttrss_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace your_domain_name with your actual domain name.

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Enable Apache modules

To enable the required Apache modules, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Complete TT-RSS Installation

Open your web browser and visit http://your_domain_name/install/.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the TT-RSS installation.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed TT-RSS on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now configure TT-RSS to fetch and display your favorite RSS/Atom feeds. Enjoy!

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