Leed is a minimalistic RSS reader that can be self-hosted on your Ubuntu Server, and it's entirely lightweight and fast. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Leed on your Ubuntu Server.
You need the following prerequisites to proceed with the installation of Leed:
Leed requires Apache server, PHP, and MySQL. You can install them with the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql```
### Step 2: Create a MySQL database
You can create a new MySQL database and user for Leed with the following command:
sudo mysql CREATE DATABASE leed; CREATE USER 'leeduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON leed.* TO 'leeduser'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;
Replace 'password' with a strong password you want to use.
### Step 3: Install Leed
You can install Leed by cloning the Git repository from https://github.com/LeedRSS/Leed. Run the following command to clone the repository:
cd /var/www/html sudo git clone https://github.com/LeedRSS/Leed.git sudo chown -R www-data:www-data Leed/
### Step 4: Configure Leed
Leed needs to be configured to use the MySQL database that we created earlier. You can do that by editing the `config.default.php` file.
sudo nano /var/www/html/Leed/config.default.php
Uncomment the following lines and replace the username, password, and database name with the ones you created in Step 2.
```php
define('MYSQL_USERNAME', 'leeduser');
define('MYSQL_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('MYSQL_DATABASE', 'leed');
Next, we need to create a virtual host for Leed. Create a new virtual host configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/leed.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/Leed
ServerName leed.example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/Leed>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/leed-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/leed-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace admin@example.com with your email address and leed.example.com with your domain name or IP address.
Enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite leed.conf
Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can now access Leed by entering your domain name or IP address in your web browser. You should see the Leed login screen. The default username is admin and the default password is admin.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Leed on your Ubuntu Server and set it up to use the MySQL database. You also created a virtual host for Leed and accessed it. With this installation, you can now self-host your RSS feeds and enjoy reading them on your own server.
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