Publify is a free and open-source Content Management System (CMS) for blogging. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install and set up Publify on an Ubuntu Server.
Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
The first step is to install Ruby on your Ubuntu Server. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ruby-full
Once Ruby is installed, you can verify the installation by running the ruby -v command.
Next, you'll need to install Git to clone the Publify repository. You can install Git by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install git
Once Git is installed, you can verify the installation by running the git --version command.
Now that you have all the prerequisites installed, you can clone the Publify repository to your Ubuntu Server. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/publify/publify.git
This will create a new directory called publify in your current directory.
Before you can run Publify, you need to install its dependencies. To do this, navigate to the publify directory and run the following command:
gem install bundler
bundle install
This will install all the required dependencies for Publify.
Next, you need to configure Publify. Copy the config/database.yml.example file to config/database.yml:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Then, open the config/database.yml file in a text editor and adjust the settings according to your needs. You'll need to specify the database credentials and other database-specific settings.
After you've configured the database settings, copy the config/config.yml.example file to config/config.yml:
cp config/config.yml.example config/config.yml
Then, open the config/config.yml file in a text editor and adjust the settings according to your needs. You'll need to specify the website name, admin email, and other website-specific settings.
Now that you've configured Publify, you need to initialize the database. To do this, run the following command:
rake db:create db:migrate
This will create the necessary database tables and columns.
Finally, you can start Publify by running the following command:
rails server
This will start the Publify server, and you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
That's it! You've successfully installed and set up Publify on your Ubuntu Server. You can now start creating blog posts and customizing your website.
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