Discourse is a modern platform for discussions that powers lots of websites including forums and communities. It is written in Ruby on Rails and EmberJS based User Interface. In this tutorial, you will learn how to Install Discourse on POP! OS latest version.
Before installing Discourse, there are a few prerequisites that you must have installed on your system:
Let's start with the installation process:
To install Discourse in POP! OS, you need to follow the below-mentioned steps:
The first step is to download the Discourse installation files. You can download the files by running the following command in your terminal:
$ git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse
After downloading the files, the next step is to configure Discourse on your device. Run the following commands to configure Discourse:
$ cd /var/discourse
$ cp samples/standalone.yml containers/app.yml
You should have the configuration file copied to the app.yml file. Edit the app.yml file using a text editor of your choosing. Uncommend the line that contains DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS and replace smtp.example.com with your SMTP domain. Replace the DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS with a comma-separated list of developer emails. Afterwards, save and exit.
After the configuration process, you can start the installation process by running the following command:
$ ./discourse-setup
The installation process will start, and you will be prompted to enter your email address and the domain name for your Discourse forum. Enter the required information and wait for the installation to complete.
After the installation process is complete, you can start Discourse by running the following command in your terminal:
$ ./launcher start app
In this tutorial, we have explained the steps required to install Discourse on POP! OS. After following these steps, you will have a fully functional Discourse forum that can be accessed from your web browser.
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