How to Install Pleroma on macOS

Pleroma is a free social networking platform that runs on the Elixir programming language. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Pleroma on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Elixir
• PostgreSQL

Install Pleroma

To install Pleroma on macOS, follow the steps below:

1. Open Terminal on your macOS.

2. Clone the Pleroma repository from GitHub by running the following command:

   git clone https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma.git
   

3. Change to the Pleroma directory:

   cd pleroma
   

4. Install the Pleroma dependencies:

   mix deps.get
   

5. Create the Pleroma configuration files:

   cp config/dev.secret.exs.sample config/dev.secret.exs
   cp config/prod.secret.exs.sample config/prod.secret.exs
   

6. Create the PostgreSQL database for Pleroma:

   createdb -U postgres pleroma
   

7. Edit the config/dev.secret.exs file and replace the following placeholders with your values:

   config :pleroma, Pleroma.Endpoint,
     url: [host: "localhost", port: 4000],
     secret_key_base: "your-secret-key",
     db_pass: "your-db-password",
     mail_domain: "example.com",
     mail_server: "smtp.example.com",
     mail_username: "your-smtp-username",
     mail_password: "your-smtp-password",
     web_push_privkey: "your-web-push-private-key",
     web_push_pubkey: "your-web-push-public-key"
   

8. Edit the config/prod.secret.exs file and replace the following placeholders with your values:

   config :pleroma, Pleroma.Endpoint,
     url: [host: "your-domain.com", port: 443],
     secret_key_base: "your-secret-key",
     db_pass: "your-db-password",
     mail_domain: "example.com",
     mail_server: "smtp.example.com",
     mail_username: "your-smtp-username",
     mail_password: "your-smtp-password",
     web_push_privkey: "your-web-push-private-key",
     web_push_pubkey: "your-web-push-public-key",
     http: [port: 4000, transport_opts: [socket_opts: [:inet6]]],
     https: [port: 443, transport_opts: [socket_opts: [:inet6]]]
   

9. Create the Pleroma database schema:

   mix ecto.migrate
   

10. Compile the Pleroma assets:

    mix phx.digest
    

11. Start the Pleroma server:

    iex -S mix phx.server
    

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Pleroma on macOS. You can now use Pleroma as a free social networking platform.

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