How to Install Commento on macOS

Commento is an open-source commenting platform that can be installed on your website. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Commento on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Terminal app
• Homebrew package manager
• Go programming language

Steps to Install Commento

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS machine.

2. Install Homebrew package manager by running the following command:

   /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
   

3. Install the Go programming language by running the following command:

   brew install go
   

4. Clone the Commento repository by running the following command:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/commento/commento.git
   

5. Change to the Commento directory by running the following command:

   cd commento
   

6. Build Commento by running the following command:

   go build -o commento
   

7. Create a Commento configuration file by running the following command:

   touch commento.conf
   

8. Open the Commento configuration file by running the following command:

   open -a TextEdit commento.conf
   

9. Copy and paste the following code into the configuration file:

   [server]
   domain = "localhost"
   port = 8080
   https = false
   pprof = false
   
   [database]
   host = ""
   port = 3306
   name = "commento"
   user = ""
   password = ""
   
   [oauth]
   github-client-id = ""
   github-client-secret = ""
   google-client-id = ""
   google-client-secret = ""
   twitter-consumer-key = ""
   twitter-consumer-secret = ""
   
   [security]
   cookie-secret = ""
   
   [moderation]
   akismet-key = ""
   akismet-blog = "https://localhost"
   comment-link-unfurling = true
   
   [smtp]
   host = ""
   port = 587
   username = ""
   password = ""
   from = "" 
   

10. Save and close the configuration file.

11. Run the Commento server by running the following command:

    ./commento
    

12. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 to access the Commento dashboard.

You have successfully installed Commento on your macOS machine.

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