Squidex is an open-source headless CMS (Content Management System) built with ASP.NET Core and NoSQL databases. Void Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that provides an operating system with a minimal base system, yet contains everything necessary to install and run Squidex.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Squidex on Void Linux step by step.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have:
sudo privilegesFirst, we need to install some essential dependencies that Squidex requires to run on Void Linux. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install -Syu git curl gcc cmake make openssl-devel libicu-devel
This command will update your package manager and then install Git, Curl, GCC, CMake, Make, OpenSSL development libraries and ICU development libraries on your machine.
Squidex is built with .NET Core, so we need to install its software development kit (SDK) to run Squidex. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo curl -SL -o dotnet.tar.gz https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1c68b21e-2d0c-4b8a-b73a-550d3ec24080/e0f1ad8c4a17d4a53b4d4eabb5f58dc5/dotnet-sdk-5.0.302-linux-x64.tar.gz && sudo mkdir -p /opt/dotnet && sudo tar zxf dotnet.tar.gz -C /opt/dotnet
This command will download the .NET Core SDK package, create a new directory /opt/dotnet to install it, and extract the package into that directory.
Next, we need to add the .NET Core SDK to our system path. To do this, run the following command:
sudo ln -sf /opt/dotnet/dotnet /usr/bin/dotnet
Squidex uses MongoDB as its database. Run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install -y mongodb
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/mongodb /var/service
These commands will install MongoDB and create a symlink to enable it to start automatically upon boot.
Now we need to download the source code of Squidex from its repository. To do that, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/Squidex/squidex.git
This command will create a new Squidex directory and download its source code into it.
Now we need to build Squidex from the source code and run the application. Run the following commands in your terminal from the Squidex directory:
cd squidex
dotnet build
dotnet run --urls "http://localhost:5000/"
These commands will build the Squidex application and start its HTTP server listening on port 5000.
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000. If everything goes well, you should see the Squidex login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Squidex on Void Linux. Now you can create your own content with Squidex and manage it as you like.
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