How to Install Hasura on POP! OS Latest

Hasura is an open-source engine that allows you to build real-time GraphQL APIs and has support for database migrations. It is easy to use and deploy, making it a popular tool among developers. In this tutorial, we will guide you step by step on how to install Hasura on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

1. You have a working installation of POP! OS Latest.
2. You have sudo access to your machine.
3. You have internet connectivity.

Step 1: Install Docker

Hasura is distributed as a Docker container. Therefore, you need to have Docker installed on your machine to run Hasura. If you do not already have Docker installed, follow these steps to install it.

1. Open the terminal on your POP! OS Latest installation.
2. Run the following command to update the package list:

sudo apt-get update

3. Install docker using the following command:

sudo apt-get install docker.io

4. You can verify the installation by running the following command:

docker --version

This should display the current version of Docker installed on your machine.

Step 2: Set up Hasura

Once you have Docker installed, you can set up Hasura. Follow these steps to set up Hasura:

1. Open the terminal on your POP! OS Latest installation.
2. Pull the latest Hasura image from Docker Hub using the following command.

docker pull hasura/graphql-engine:v2.0.2

3. Create a directory on your machine where you want to store the Hasura configuration files.

mkdir hasura-config

4. Create a new docker container using the following command.

docker run -d --name hasura --net=host -v /path/to/hasura-config:/hasura-config hasura/graphql-engine:v2.0.2 graphql-engine --database-url postgres://<username>:<password>@<database-hostname>:<port>/<database-name>

Note: Replace , , , , and with your Postgres database credentials.

Running this command creates a new Docker container with the name "hasura" and launches the Hasura engine instance. Additionally, you have mounted a volume called "hasura-config" to the Docker container.

Step 3: Access Hasura console

After setting up the Hasura instance, the next step is to access the Hasura console. Follow these steps to access the Hasura console:

1. Open a web browser on your machine.
2. Type in the following URL:

http://localhost:8080/console

Note: If you are running Hasura on a different port number, replace "8080" with the port number that you are using.

3. You will be prompted to enter a login and a password. By default, Hasura does not come with login credentials, so you need to set up a new user.
4. Navigate back to the terminal and execute the following command to create a new user.

docker exec -it hasura graphql-engine --admin-secret myadminsecret auth create-remote-user --input '{"email":"admin@example.com", "password":"<password>", "name":"Admin"}'

Note: Replace with your desired password.

5. Once the user has been created, navigate back to the web browser and use the login credentials to log in to the Hasura console.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Hasura on POP! OS Latest. You can now use Hasura to build real-time GraphQL APIs and experiment with its various features. Make sure that you keep the Hasura instance up to date with the latest version to ensure that you have access to the latest features and bug fixes.

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