In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LibreServer on NixOS Latest. LibreServer is an open-source self-hosted web portal for managing various services. The setup is pretty simple, and we will walk you through the entire process step-by-step.
Before we start, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to ensure that we have all the required dependencies before installing LibreServer. Open your terminal and execute the following command as a superuser:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.git nixos.nixFlakes
This command will install nixos.git and nixos.nixFlakes.
The next step is to download the LibreServer configuration file. Execute the following command in your terminal:
mkdir -p ~/.config/libreserver
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CoffeeITWorks/LibreServer/master/nix/flake.lock | grep "\"LibreServer\"" -A 3 | tail -n 3 | head -n 1 | sed 's/.*uri": "//; s/".*$//' | xargs nix flake cat | sudo tee ~/.config/libreserver/config.json > /dev/null
This command will create a configuration directory and download the configuration file locally.
Now we are ready to install LibreServer. Execute the following command in your terminal:
nix-shell "https://github.com/CoffeeITWorks/LibreServer/archive/refs/tags/0.10.1.tar.gz" -A servant --run "libreserver"
This command will download and launch LibreServer.
Once LibreServer is launched, you can access it from your web browser. Open your favorite web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000.
You should now see the LibreServer homepage. From here, you can manage various services offered by LibreServer.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed LibreServer on NixOS Latest.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install LibreServer on NixOS Latest. LibreServer is a powerful self-hosted web portal for managing various services. The setup is quite simple, and with just a few commands, you can have LibreServer up and running. We hope this tutorial has been helpful, and we wish you all the best with exploring and using LibreServer.
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