Budibase is an open-source platform for building web applications without coding. It allows users to create custom apps, forms, and databases using a drag-and-drop editor. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Budibase on Void Linux.
Before installing Budibase on Void Linux, make sure you have the following:
Budibase is built using Node.js, so the first thing you need to do is install it. You can easily install Node.js using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S nodejs
This will install the latest version of Node.js and npm.
Budibase uses MongoDB as its database backend, so you need to install it on your system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S mongodb
Once the installation is complete, start the MongoDB service and enable it to start automatically at system boot:
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/mongodb /var/service/
To install Budibase, clone its GitHub repository:
git clone https://github.com/Budibase/budibase.git
Once the cloning is complete, install the dependencies using npm:
cd budibase
npm install
This will install the required packages and modules.
Before running Budibase, you need to configure it. Create a new file named .env in the root directory of the project and add the following content to it:
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/budibase
BUDIBASE_PORT=9000
BUDIBASE_API_KEY=myapikey
MONGODB_URI: The URI of the MongoDB instance. In this example, we are using the default URI for a MongoDB installation on the same machine.BUDIBASE_PORT: The port number on which Budibase will listen.BUDIBASE_API_KEY: The API key used to authenticate requests to Budibase.To start Budibase, run the following command:
npm run start
This will start Budibase on the port specified in BUDIBASE_PORT.
Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:9000 to access the Budibase dashboard.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Budibase on Void Linux. Now that you have installed Budibase, you can start building your own custom web applications without coding.
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