In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of changedetection.io on your Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, there are certain things that you are required to have:
The first step is to install all the dependencies that are required for the successful installation of changedetection.io.
To do this, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libmysqlclient-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev python-dev python-setuptools python-pip
After installing the dependencies, we can now proceed to install changedetection.io from Github. To do this, follow the steps below:
Clone the changedetection.io repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
Go into the changedetection.io directory:
cd changedetection.io
Install changedetection.io using the following command:
sudo python setup.py install
Now that we have installed changedetection.io, we need to configure it to work properly.
Create a configuration file using the sample provided in the repository:
cp config/config_sample.py config/config.py
Modify the configuration file to suit your needs:
sudo nano config/config.py
Make changes to the URL, email settings, and database settings. Save and close the file.
Initialize the database:
cd db
sudo python setupdb.py
Start the application:
cd ..
gunicorn --workers=5 --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 app:app
After successfully starting the application, you can now access it using your web browser.
Open your web browser and enter the IP address or domain name of your Ubuntu Server followed by the port number 8000
to access the changedetection.io application.
```
http://[IP Address or Domain Name]:8000
```
You should now be able to use and enjoy the benefits of changedetection.io.
In this tutorial, we have successfully installed and configured changedetection.io on Ubuntu Server Latest. We hope you found this tutorial helpful and that you can integrate changedetection.io into your systems and processes.
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