Dalton Plan is a web-based education management system that allows teachers to better track student progress and manage their coursework. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Dalton Plan on NixOS Latest.
Before we get started, there are a few things you'll need:
It's best practice to create a new user to run the Dalton Plan service. This helps keep your system secure by isolating the service from your main user account.
To create a new user, open a terminal and enter the following commands:
$ sudo useradd -r dalton
$ sudo -u dalton mkdir /var/lib/dalton
This will create a new user called dalton and a new directory at /var/lib/dalton where the service files will be stored.
Next, we need to install Dalton Plan. Open a terminal and enter the following command:
$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.daltonplan
This command will download and install the Dalton Plan package from the NixOS package repository.
Now that Dalton Plan is installed, we need to configure it. The configuration file is located at /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.
Open the configuration file using your favorite text editor, and add the following lines:
services.daltonplan.enable = true;
services.daltonplan.database = "/var/lib/dalton/daltonplan.db";
These lines enable the Dalton Plan service and set the location of the database file.
Save the file and exit your text editor.
To apply these changes, we need to reload the NixOS configuration and start the Dalton Plan service.
Enter the following commands:
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch
$ sudo systemctl start daltonplan
This will reload the NixOS configuration and start the Dalton Plan service.
Dalton Plan should now be up and running! You can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations, you've successfully installed Dalton Plan on NixOS Latest!
In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps to install Dalton Plan on NixOS Latest. By following these steps, you can easily manage student progress and coursework using Dalton Plan. Remember to keep your system updated and secure by following best practices like creating a new user to run the service.
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