How to Install Miniflux on nixOS Latest?

Introduction

Miniflux is a free and open-source, minimalist web-based RSS reader that is designed to be self-hosted. It allows you to collect news articles and blogs in one place to read and discover them in detail. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install and configure Miniflux on nixOS.

Prerequisites

• nixOS latest
• A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Miniflux

1. Firstly, update the package list and package manager to ensure you have the latest software packages.

sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nixUnstable

2. Once you have updated the system, install the miniflux package using the following command.

sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.miniflux

Step 2: Configure Miniflux

1. Create a new system user for Miniflux to run under.

sudo useradd -r -d /opt/miniflux miniflux

2. Create the required directories for miniflux:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/miniflux/{data,config}

3. Change the ownership of the miniflux directory to the newly created user and group.

sudo chown -R miniflux:miniflux /opt/miniflux

4. Create a configuration file for Miniflux.

sudo nano /opt/miniflux/config/miniflux.conf

5. Copy and paste the following configuration into the file, make sure to replace and with your actual user and password.

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<enter-your-SQL-user>:<enter-your-SQL-password>@localhost:5432/miniflux
LISTEN_ADDR=127.0.0.1:8080
BASE_URL=http://localhost:8080/
SECRET_KEY=long_random_string
PASSWORD_HASH_COST=14
SESSION_KEY=very_long_random_string
CERT_FILE=
KEY_FILE=
OAUTH2_ENABLED=false
MARK_READ_DELAY_MINUTES=30
SHOW_UNREAD_COUNT=true

6. Save and close the file.

Start and Enable Miniflux

1. Start the Miniflux service, enable it, and verify it's running by entering the following commands:

sudo systemctl start miniflux
sudo systemctl enable miniflux
sudo systemctl status miniflux

You should see an output similar to this:

● miniflux.service - Miniflux
Loaded: loaded (/nix/store/rqs93978czijv59xw63vw7z2xd13c7an-miniflux-2.0.35-miniflux.service; enabled; vendor preset: no>
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-09-19 04:46:00 UTC; 40min ago
Main PID: 3567 (miniflux)
Tasks: 11 (limit: 1078)
Memory: 221.6M
CPU: 3.432s
CGroup: /system.slice/miniflux.service
└─3567 /nix/store/d6m60fw6h1ss6ak8kzl4z6kn1abrn4yh-miniflux-2.0.35/bin/miniflux

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Miniflux on nixOS. You can now access the site by navigating to http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Miniflux on nixOS. Now you can start adding RSS feeds and discovering new information all in one place!

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