GoToSocial is a simple and powerful social networking platform developed by Super Serious Business. If you want to install GoToSocial on nixOS latest, follow the steps given below:
Firstly, you need to clone the GoToSocial repository to your machine. Open up the terminal and type the following command:
$ git clone https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial.git
This command downloads the GoToSocial source code to your local machine.
If you don't have Nix installed on your system, you can install it by running the command:
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
This command installs Nix on your machine.
Navigate to the directory where the GoToSocial source code is stored:
$ cd gotosocial
Then, run the following command to build the package:
$ nix-build release.nix
This command creates a package for GoToSocial in the result
directory.
GoToSocial requires PostgreSQL as its database. You need to create a PostgreSQL database for GoToSocial, and configure it before running the web application.
$ sudo -u postgres psql
postgres=# CREATE DATABASE gotosocial;
postgres=# CREATE USER gotosocial WITH PASSWORD 'password';
postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE gotosocial TO gotosocial;
This command creates a new database called gotosocial
, a new user called gotosocial
with the password password
, and grants all privileges to the gotosocial
user.
Next, you need to create a .env
file to store the environment variables that GoToSocial requires. Copy the example .env
file:
$ cp .env.example .env
Edit the newly created .env
file to add your PostgreSQL configuration:
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://gotosocial:password@localhost/gotosocial
Now, start the GoToSocial web application with the following command:
$ result/bin/gotosocial-web
This command runs the web application on your machine.
Finally, navigate to http://localhost:8080
in your web browser to access GotToSocial.
You have successfully installed and configured GoToSocial on nixOS Latest. This social networking platform is now available and ready to use. Have fun!
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