In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Meetable on Ubuntu Server Latest. Before beginning the installation, make sure that you have a valid and updated Ubuntu Server Latest installation.
sudo apt-get install git```
2. Install build-essential, libssl-dev, and libffi-dev:
```sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev```
3. Install virtualenv:
```sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv```
4. Install PostgreSQL:
```sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib```
## Step 2: Clone Meetable
1. Create a virtual environment:
```virtualenv -p python3 meetable-venv```
2. Activate the virtual environment:
```source meetable-venv/bin/activate```
3. Clone Meetable repository:
```git clone https://github.com/indieweb/Meetable.git
cd Meetable```
## Step 3: Install Python Dependencies
1. Install Python dependencies:
```pip install -r requirements.txt```
2. Create secret key:
```export SECRET_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)```
## Step 4: Set Up PostgreSQL Database
1. Log in to the PostgreSQL shell:
```sudo -u postgres psql```
2. Create a Meetable database:
```CREATE DATABASE meetable;
CREATE USER meetable WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE meetable TO meetable;```
3. Exit the PostgreSQL shell:
```\q```
## Step 5: Run Meetable
1. Create a .env file:
```cp example.env .env```
2. Modify the .env file with your PostgreSQL credentials:
```export APP_SETTINGS="config.ProductionConfig"
export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://meetable:password@localhost/meetable"
export SECRET_KEY="your_secret_key"
export GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_ID=""
export GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_SECRET=""
export MAIL_SERVER=""
export MAIL_PORT=""
export MAIL_USE_TLS=""
export MAIL_USE_SSL=""
export MAIL_USERNAME=""
export MAIL_PASSWORD=""```
3. Source the .env file:
```source .env```
4. Migrate the database:
```flask db migrate
flask db upgrade```
5. Run Meetable:
```python run.py```
Congratulations, now you have successfully installed Meetable on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can access it by visiting the IP address of your server on port 5000 (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:5000).
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