AsmBB is a lightweight forum software written in assembly language, suitable for small to medium-sized communities. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing AsmBB on NixOS Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
AsmBB is not yet available in the stable channel of Nixpkgs. Therefore, we need to enable the unstable channel to access the package.
Open the /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
file with your favorite text editor.
Add the following line to the imports
section:
imports = [ <nixpkgs-unstable/lib/modules.nix> ];
Save and close the file.
Run the following command to activate the new configuration:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Now that we have enabled the unstable channel, we can install AsmBB using the following command:
sudo nix-env -i asm32-asm1x-asm1x
This will install the AsmBB package and all its dependencies.
Before we can use AsmBB, we need to create a configuration file. Here's an example configuration file:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
BOARD_TITLE="My AsmBB Board"
BOARD_GUEST="1"
BOARD_GUEST_NAME="Guest"
GZIP="on"
USE_CAPTCHA="on"
SQL_DBNAME="asm_bb_db"
SQL_USER="asm_bb_user"
SQL_PASS="my_password"
SQL_HOSTNAME="localhost"
Save the above code as my_config.sh
in a directory of your choice. Be sure to replace the values of SQL_*
with your own.
To manually run AsmBB, use the following command:
/admin.pl -m -v -c my_config.sh
To have AsmBB run automatically when the server starts up, create a systemd service unit file:
Create a directory for the service unit file:
sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/asm-bb.service.d
Create a new file called override.conf
in the new directory:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/asm-bb.service.d/override.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/perl /path/to/asm_bb_dir/admin.pl -m -v -c /path/to/config.sh
Replace /path/to/asm_bb_dir
and /path/to/config.sh
with the actual paths to your AsmBB installation directory and configuration file, respectively.
Save and close the file.
Reload the systemd daemon:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Start the service:
sudo systemctl start asm-bb
AsmBB is now up and running on your NixOS server.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install AsmBB on NixOS Latest. Remember to keep your installation up-to-date with security patches and bug fixes, and to configure AsmBB according to your needs.
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