HackerShare is an open-source, self-hosted, knowledge management tool that allows you to organize, share and collaborate your knowledge in a beautiful and intuitive web application. This tutorial explains how to install HackerShare on a POP! OS latest installation.
First, update the system packages to their latest versions using the following command.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
HackerShare has some requirements that we need to install before proceeding with the installation. Execute the following command to install the required dependencies.
sudo apt install -y git curl wget unzip gnupg ca-certificates
HackerShare is a containerized web application, so we will have to install Docker to host the application. Execute the following commands to install Docker.
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
After executing the above commands, verify that Docker is installed and running by executing the following command.
sudo systemctl status docker
HackerShare uses Docker Compose to manage container orchestration. We will have to install Docker Compose by executing the following commands.
sudo curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 | cut -d '"' -f 4 | wget -qi -
sudo chmod +x docker-compose-Linux-x86_64
sudo mv docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
After executing the above commands, verify that Docker Compose is installed by executing the following command.
docker-compose version
After installing Docker and Docker Compose, clone HackerShare repository and build it by executing the following commands.
git clone https://github.com/hackershare/hackershare.git
cd hackershare
sudo docker-compose up -d
After executing the above commands, the containers will be built and started in the background.
HackerShare web application will be available at http://localhost:3002, open your web browser and navigate to this URL. The first time you access the web application, you will be prompted for initial setup as an admin user, provide the required details and continue to access the HackerShare dashboard.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and start using the open-source, self-hosted, knowledge management tool - HackerShare on POP! OS latest. You can now start organizing, sharing and collaborating your knowledge using this beautiful and intuitive web application.
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