Huginn is a self-hosted, open-source software platform that allows you to automate your personal life and business processes. It enables you to create "agents," which are small scripts or bots that perform automated tasks like scraping websites, monitoring online discussions or sending triggered responses to social media.
In this tutorial, we will guide you on installing Huginn on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before starting with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any software package, it is always recommended to update your system to have the latest security patches, bug fixes and software updates.
To update your system, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
This will update your package index and upgrade any installed packages to the latest versions.
Huginn requires several packages to be installed on your system. We will install them using the following commands:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libqt4-dev libqtwebkit-dev libpq-dev libyaml-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev python-software-properties libffi-dev
Huginn requires Ruby version 2.5.8 or higher. Ubuntu Server Latest comes with several versions of Ruby pre-installed. However, we will use RVM (Ruby Version Manager) to install the latest version of Ruby on our system.
To install RVM, run the following command:
curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | sudo gpg --import -
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | sudo bash -s stable
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
This will install RVM and update your Bash shell configuration.
After installing RVM, you can install Ruby by running the following command:
rvm install 2.5.8
rvm use 2.5.8 --default
These commands will install Ruby version 2.5.8 and set it as the default Ruby version on your system.
Huginn requires Node.js to be installed on your system. We can install it using the following commands:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
This will add the Node.js repository to your sources list and install the latest stable version of Node.js on your system.
Now that we have installed all the dependencies and set up the environment, we can proceed with the installation of Huginn.
To install Huginn, clone its code from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/huginn/huginn.git && cd huginn
Next, run the following command to install the required gems:
bundle install --without development test
This will install all the gems mentioned in the Gemfile and exclude the development and test environment ones.
After installing the gems, we can create the database by running the following command:
rake db:create
This will create a new database for Huginn.
Now we can run the migration scripts to create the necessary tables:
rake db:migrate
Optionally, you can also run the seed data script to populate the sample data:
rake db:seed
Finally, we can start the Huginn server by running the following command from the Huginn directory:
foreman start -p 3000
This will start the Huginn server and make it available on port 3000.
To access Huginn, open your web browser and visit http://localhost:3000/.
You should see the Huginn login page. Enter the username and password you created during the seed data script or leave them blank if you did not run it.
If everything is set up correctly, you should see the Huginn dashboard and get started with creating your first agent.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Huginn on Ubuntu Server Latest.
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