Blog is a simple, minimalistic blogging platform written in Flask that allows you to create and publish blog posts in a matter of minutes. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Blog on Ubuntu Server Latest using GitHub.
Before you begin, you'll need:
First, you'll need to clone the Blog repository from GitHub. To do this, open a terminal window on your server and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git
This will create a new directory called blog in your current directory that contains all of the necessary files for running Blog.
Next, you'll need to set up a virtual environment to isolate your installation of Blog from your system's Python environment. To do so, run the following commands:
cd blog
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
These commands will create a new virtual environment for Blog and activate it.
With your virtual environment active, you'll need to install Blog's dependencies using pip. To do this, run the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all of the necessary dependencies for Blog.
Next, you'll need to configure Blog by copying the sample configuration file and editing it to suit your needs. To do this, run the following commands:
cp config.default.py config.py
nano config.py
This will create a copy of the sample configuration file called config.py and open it in the Nano editor.
Inside the configuration file, you'll need to edit the following lines:
SECRET_KEY = 'your_secret_key_here'
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///blog.db'
Replace your_secret_key_here with a secret key of your choosing (this can be any string of characters) and sqlite:///blog.db with the path to your SQLite database file (if you want to use a different database, you can edit the configuration accordingly).
Save and close the configuration file when you're finished.
With your configuration in place, you'll need to initialize the database for Blog. To do this, run the following commands:
flask db init
flask db migrate
flask db upgrade
These commands will create the necessary tables in your database.
Now that your installation of Blog is set up and configured, you can start the application by running the following command:
flask run
This will start the Flask development server and make Blog available at http://localhost:5000.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Blog on Ubuntu Server Latest using GitHub. With Blog up and running, you can start creating and publishing your own blog posts.
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